A moss mantled tree trunk in the forest View of mountains and valley from a rock scramble - Slider/Cover image Chris enjoying a tree swing by the water - Slider/Cover Image Red foliage next to green fuzzy moss - Slider/Cover Image Mossy forest path - Slider/Cover image Bright red toadstools - Slider/Cover Image Little mushrooms growing in a hollow tree - Slider/Cover image Cool green forest with patches of thick, soft moss - Slider/Cover image An orange salamander on a moss and lichen covered log - Slider/Cover Image A fallen, mossy log amongst vibrant green ferns - Slider/Cover image Slider/Header: Bear Tracks - Little Dry Run, WA - Slider/Cover Image Two male elk sparring in a clearing Header/Slider: Chestnut Burrs Header/Slider: Clean Water Header/Slider: View of the Shoemaker River with mountains in the background Header/Slider: Solomon's Seal
Photo of Chris Bolgiano taken from a poster for PSU speaking engagement - March 22, 2020

From Penn State University’s poster announcing Chris' opening keynote speech at the Forest Landowners' Conference, March 2019.

Chris Bolgiano, Mildly Amusing Nature Writer

Humor as Nature's Preferred Survival Technique

"Climate change and the Corona virus reveal the massive-to-microscopic scales at which humanity is disrupting Nature. Protecting and expanding forests can balance the scales, because forests answer that most fundamental of questions: 'What does Nature want?'"--CB