The Old Conservationist

Essays by Russell E. Vance, III PhD

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Atilla's big back yard

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It's a grey, overcast day in western Kentucky.  The air is a wee bit cooler than last week but still almost eighty degrees. The humid...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Insidious Invasive Species

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People who know me well know that I love to pick a geological formation in the distance, or pick a compass direction, and strike out ...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Old Man on the Mountain

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     There's an old man sitting on the side of the mountain over there with his back to me. He's just sitting and silently looki...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

The environment is a crisis, not an issue

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      The environment is not an issue. It is a crisis. Yes, there are those who do not want to accept this reality. If the subject m...
Friday, September 21, 2018

The Sféars Experiment

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I can only assume that this is (c) Columbia Pictures.  It was a lovely morning.  The stillness was only disturbed by the hum of the p...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

What price luxury?

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" What price would we pay ... what irreplaceable treasure would we forfeit for profit or greater comfort during our short stay on t...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

We are not different, separate or other than nature

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Humans; at least those of European ancestry; like to speak as though nature is "other".  I seriously think that it is a part of...
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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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