About
Meet Mark
Ecologist, wildlife tracker, mapmaker, restoration specialist, photographer, naturalist, & educator
For the past 20+ years, I’ve dedicated myself to the study of the natural world and the sharing of that accumulated knowledge through teaching, wilderness guiding, and science communication through mapmaking.
Cambium Ecological is my venue to distill my lifetime of discoveries and help inspire others to observe, understand, and ultimately conserve our natural world.
By promoting ecoliteracy, the practice of reading the landscape, I hope to equip others with the skills needed to steward our lands and waters toward greater diversity and abundance, and to enrich our lives through meaningful engagement with wild places.
Outside of work, I spend my time flint knapping, bow building, spoon carving, songwriting, taking photographs, and (of course) tracking wild animals.
Wilderness Guide in Alaska & Montana
Environmental Restoration Project Manager
Environmental Educator
Co-owner of Blue Water GIS, a conservation-based GIS and mapping firm
CyberTracker Certified Track & Sign Specialist
CyberTracker Certified Trailing Level III
Committee Member of Tracker Certification North America
Avid bowhunter
Certifications & Experience
Why Cambium?
Cambium (let’s not get too technical here and just include phloem in the mix as well) is the nutrient rich layer between the wood and the bark of a woody plant. And cambium is a highly sought after resource — as a nutrient rich food, insulative nesting material, and even a substrate for scent marking. It feeds and houses everything from beetles and voles, to grizzly bears and humans.
Cambium provides a great example of how plants and animals interact in complex and beautiful ways, and gives us a roadmap for reading the ecological stories left on the landscape.
Our logo shows the sign that bears leave after feeding on cambium of large trees.
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