Round River board member and artist Trent Alvey was featured in a recent article in the artists of utah magazine 15 bytes BY ANN POORE, AUGUST 26, 2021 – http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/trent-alvey/ Looking ahead to retirement some years down the road (her husband’s, that is; artists just don’t), Trent Alvey knew that the office building the couple had invested in…
The North American Congress for Conservation Biology conference concluded on July 30, 2020 with a remembrance of Dr. Michael Soulé, co-founder and first president of the Society for Conservation Biology. Michael died June 17, 2020 at the age of 84. In this live-streamed remembrance video, friends, colleagues, and those influenced by Dr. Soulé share their…
Stepping Aside – Co-Founder and Former Chair, Doug Peacock Without Doug Peacock’s guidance and friendship Round River simply would not be the strong organization and leader in conservation that it is today. Friend, hero, curmudgeon, and mentor for 25 years he walked point for this organization. Today, out of sheer necessity all of his energies…
photo © Naomi Stolow We Only Protect What We Love Michael Soule On The Vanishing Wilderness The following is an excerpt from an interview by Leath Tonino, The Sun Magazine – April 2018. … Tonino: Many of us have probably forgotten, if we ever knew in the first place, why biodiversity is important. What is its value? Soule: I don’t…
by Doug Peacock – Men’s Journal Nearly a half century ago, when I returned from Vietnam, I was lost and wandered the Western American wilderness seeking palliation from war sickness. As the snows melted, I moved north into Yellowstone National Park. Though I wasn’t looking for them, there were grizzly bears, and they commanded my attention.…
by Rick Bass, Men’s Journal, May 12, 2017 We’ve been walking slowly through the dark for a long time, the old soldier and I, beneath a thumbnail silver moon, the coyotes chattering like roosters. He makes his way using a wooden flagpole for a cane, a rifle and a tripod strapped to his back.…
Art Frequency: Trent Alvey uses science and curiosity to create The Westminster Review, March 2017 by Rachel Terran (’18) Round River board member Trent Alvey was featured in the Spring 2017 issue of The Westminster Review. Trent studied art and communication at Westminster (’87), and received the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award. Below is an…
April 29, 2016 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Obama: We are writing to thank you for your leadership on climate change and to ask for your help: Yellowstone grizzly bears are in grave danger. Your administration has regrettably taken steps to strip the bear’s federal…
Editorial by Doug Peacock, Round River Board Chairman A month after tangling with Cliven Bundy, the BLM confronts a Utah county commissioner planning an ATV rally in a canyon full of archeological significance. Edward Abbey first introduced me to the canyons and mesas of Southeastern Utah 40 years ago. Soon thereafter, Recapture Canyon became my…
March 20, 2014. On Tuesday evening, before Dr. Soulé’s lecture at the Westminster College/Round River Conservation Studies Common Lands Lecture Series, Michael was presented Round River’s Paul Shepard Conservation Award for his conservation achievements. With Flo Shepard in the audience, Michael accepted an engraved Ruana knife in his honor. Below are several comments from others honoring…