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How planning ahead can help protect our natural treasures and public lands.

February is a time of year that many of us plan for summer. I know this is true for our family as we book campsites in national parks and start to plan for activities at our destination. This month, we are focusing on planning for your vacation and holiday travel with Nature First in mind…

We here at Nature First are thankful for a new year and the anticipation of a gradual return to the life we once had. We are also very thankful for all of you who are part of this important movement.

During the last four decades, wildlife photographer Tom Murphy has captured and presented to us many iconic images of nature from around the world. Yet, it is Yellowstone National Park that claims his heart.

Here at Nature First, we are deeply connected to the nature photography community and understand that following the Nature First Principles might seem like an impossible feat for a full-time or part-time nature photography workshop instructor. Someone recently said to us that “preserving areas while also trying to earn a living with nature photography are

Golden aspen leaves, bugling elk and the first snowfalls are all part of autumn here in Colorado. It’s a busy season for landscape photographers in this part of the world. I recently visited a beautiful valley in southwestern Colorado and everywhere you looked there were photographers with their tripods. In so many of the conversations I had, Nature First was a topic of discussion. Photographers are paying more attention to reducing their impact.

Here at Nature First, we have a wonderful community consisting of people that care deeply about protecting the wilds we love, and who work hard to make this alliance possible. Kristel Schneider started as the first Advocate for the Netherlands and Belgium and is now our Community Advocate Director. You can find her passionately working behind the scenes, connecting members and countries, and bringing us all together for this exciting cause.

What Would You Have Done? by Andres Puiggros photo by Willa Wie This blog post was written in Spanish by Nature First Advocate for Chile, Andres Puiggros, and translated to English for our site. His post focuses on our principle #5 “Know and follow rules and regulations” Read about his tough decision last month and

Thank you so much for all you do to carry this movement forward in these still very difficult times. While many of you can go out and enjoy nature again, there are still a lot of you that must deal with Covid-19 restrictions, like staying indoors during this summer period. This had made our work at Nature First more challenging. Luckily, we also see encouraging things happening. More and more photographers are joining the movement and rolling up their sleeves.

An open letter from Scott Bacon, Nature First Co-founder