My Nonprofit Reviews

Every once in a rare while you are lucky enough to get an experience that lingers with you long after it’s over - the week in September 2008 with IJNR exploring Oregon’s Willamette Valley was such an experience. A New Yorker most of my life, I got to see and know really well the natural landscape of the Pacific Northwest … lessons were taught while camping out in Andrews Experimental Forest, walking through the cornfields of Stahlbush Farms, hiking up a valley at a native oak savanna restoration project …. and many other excursions. IJNR ignited my passion for nature and overall gave me a curiosity and sensitivity I needed in environmental filmmaking. The program also encouraged a strong friendship among the fellow journalists. Years after the experience, we still keep in touch with each other professionally and personally.

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