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For the Travel and Nature Writer: Keeping Your Mind Sharp and Words Insightful
Dr. Caitlin O Connell shares some insight for travel and nature writers, including how travel helps keep your mind sharp and words insightful, whether you re writing fiction, nonfiction, sports, politics, or something else entirely.
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Jan 23, 2021
The most compelling way to feel a direct connection to nature is through an immersive wilderness experience. As a conservationist, ardent traveler and nature writer, I have been fortunate to have had many such opportunities, both in Africa and within the United States. I’ll never forget my first visit to Yellowstone, one of America’s wildlife gems, after returning from a three-year contract to study elephants in Namibia. Traveling to Yellowstone National Park to see the charismatic megafauna and landscapes of the American West had long been on my bucket list. When a conference at Jackson Lake, Wyoming, brought me to the area, I was determined to fit