Impactful
Documentary works of wildlife and their ecosystems.
Survival
Ellensburg, Washington
Resting in the valley of Ellensburg lay remains of a young calf.
Human impact on the area has caused wildlife and cattle to clash in the fight for survival. Barren winter conditions push wildlife to extreme measures, toward desperation.
Wild coyote run these hills, hunting in groups taking down small prey such as rabbit, quail, and other wildlife.
But as Winter stretches on, and food becomes scarce- often driven away due to land development- coyote are forced to hunt closer to humans and their livestock.
Reclaimed
Ellensburg, Washington
Hollow bones laid upon black stones, in the face of time they rest their mind.
Lost to the land , soil, soot, and sand.
Hollow
Eggshell lay scattered across thickets of soft green grass.
Their broken edges tell a story of life and of death. Love and of loss. Begging's and endings.
Devastated
Ellensburg, Washington
674,249 acres burned across Washington state due to wildfires in 2021.
Shockingly 88% of these fires were directly caused by humans, leaving but 12% a result of natural lightning strikes.
With 2021 being one of the hottest, driest years to date, and experiencing a heat wave of record breaking proportion, the Washington Forest Protection Association estimates that wildfires will only continue to escalate in both severity and occurrence over time.
Oxeye Daisies
Wallace Falls, Washington
Searching for wildflowers out in the Pacific Northwest I discovered Oxeye Daisies, which had sprung up alongside Wallace River, just below the lower falls- one of three waterfall sites along this incredible 4.9 mile hike.
To my surprise, these beautiful flowers found all across Washington state are actually an invasive species, a class C Noxious weed.
Unfortunately it's notorious for aggressively invading its surrounding, taking over fields, and depleting native biodiversity within that area.