The Old Conservationist

Essays by Russell E. Vance, III PhD

Friday, March 23, 2018

First Rain of Spring

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Smell the rain.  I would have never described myself as a desert dweller, but I guess spending over half our year living out in the deser...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Total Interdependence

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(c) BBC Please don’t tell anyone, because I know it will upset them.   All people, and to a certain extent especially Americans, have ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Truth about Nature

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Nature is not the enemy. Nature isn’t just in everything. Nature is everything. To kill Nature is to kill yourself.    New Seattle loo...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

A Climb into Palm Canyon, KOFA, Arizona

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Looking up the canyon from the trail-head The first time I every climbed a mountain beyond my comfort level I learned the real answer t...

A Day in the beautiful Mojave Desert

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We arrived at Hole in the Wall Campground in the middle of the Mojave National Preserve on Monday, February 12 th . We had been boondocki...

Buenos Aires Destruction

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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is an arid grasslands on the Mexican border in south central Arizona. My way out of the wash.  ...

Gandhi and King

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I was just reading an interesting October 8, 2014 monogram by Mark and Paul Engler entitled " How did Gandhi win? "  It was a f...
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Russell E Vance, III PhD
Columbia Falls, MT, United States
Russell E. Vance, III, PhD. is a retired psychotherapist who, after retiring, has followed his passions and dreams. He currently lives a nomadic RVer’s life spending over 90% of his life off-the-grid far out into the Sonoran Desert or in the dense cedar and hemlock forest of Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana where he and Pamela served as volunteer campground hosts for 8 years. An unabashed tree-hugger and environmentalist, Russ’ post-retirement advocation became wildlife management, living among and helping keep deer, mountain goats, big horn sheep, bears and other creatures safe. Living in their 21ft RoadTrek RV, Russ enjoys spending his evenings writing stories. He has published two novels, four novella, and runs a Facebook page.
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