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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

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,

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