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• Co-wrote novella (30K) with my fiction-writing mentor. Fallout is available on Amazon.com.
• Wrote major photojournalistic report for The Summit Foundation, 31 photos used. 48 pages.
• First academic book chapter in Quality Assurance & Certification in Ecotourism published by CABI in 2007.
• Public Use Planning Manual, Park Planning for Life, won second place in the interpretive training category of the National Association for Interpretation’s 2003 Media Awards competition.
• Wrote a column in Legacy magazine called the “International Interpreter” for 1.5 years.
• Named contributing editor to the same publication in September 2002, the position shifted to The Interpreter in 2004 as associate editor. No longer.
• Won Honorable Mention for best feature article in Legacy in 2002.
• Won Gloria Barron Wilderness Essay Contest (sponsored by the Wilderness Society and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) in 1998. $2,000. Published in the International Journal of Wilderness August 2004.
• Earned an A- or greater for every research paper written at both Dartmouth and Yale.
• Won the Hart Memorial Writing Contest in high school, 1988. $500.
• Won Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest (VFW/Ladies Auxiliary). 1988. $100.
• Published three cover stories in The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Oceanus, and Legacy.
• Researched and wrote, “Marine Biomedicine: Past, Present, and Future.” This paper was used to design the “PharmaSea” module of Ocean Planet, a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. 1993.
• Under guidance of master conservation trainer, Paul Butler (VP of Rare), I co-wrote the five-volume training manual for the Nature Guide Training Program and solo wrote the training manual of the Public Use Planning Program. Also in Peace Corps I wrote a teacher’s guide based on a children’s story, illustrated by museologist Deirdre Hyde. The Minister of Education of Costa Rica inaugurated the project in 1996.