Amy Gulick won the 2008 Philip Hyde Grant for her work in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The award was presented by the NANPA Foundation, an offshoot of the North American Nature Photography Association.

Gulick, of North Bend, Wash., is a photographer and writer specializing in conservation and natural history.

Her project will use photography to educate the public about why protecting the remaining intact watershed areas...

Seattle photographer Adam Weintraub has stepped down as president of Blue Earth Alliance after concluding his third year to concentrate on personal projects.

Larry Ockene, a photographer and product manager at Microsoft, has been appointed the new president.

Chase Jarvis and Nadine Stellavato have been named...

Selected winners, runners-up and other images from this year's Envirnomental Photography Invitation exhibition, presented this summer at Art Wolfe's Seattle gallery.

Known for his passionate advocacy for the environment, nature photographer Art Wolfe created a conservation-themed photo contest in 1997 as "an event for the advancement of photography as a unique medium, capable of bringing awareness and preservation to our environment through art." This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wolfe's annual photography exhibit, which has gone through some name changes and is currently known as the Environmental Photography...

"One Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity," by Nicolas Hulot, is illustrated with photographs by a team of renowned nature photographers. The book celebrates the variety of species and ecosystems, and explores how various forces affect them positively and negatively. French journalist Hulot describes eight ecosystems (forests, oceans, deserts, poles, mountains, wetlands, grasslands and cities), the species that inhabit them and the role humans play in...

Mountaineers Books has published “Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam,” with more than 200 full-color images by Florian Schulz (see Portfolio, page 12) and a foreword by Robert Kennedy Jr. Schulz documents the landscape, plants, animals and people of an ecosystem that exists along the spine of the Rocky Mountains. Although the wildness is still untouched by man, it lies in the path of encroaching development.

Contributing essayists Karsten Heuer, David Suzuki, Rick Bass and David Quammen describe...

Frans Lanting has received the 2005 Lennart Nilsson Award, which recognizes pioneers in medical and scientific photography. Lanting, who is based in Santa Cruz, Calif., was honored for his nature photography, examples of which have appeared in books, magazines and exhibitions around the world. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic, where he served as photographer-in-residence, and has received numerous awards for his work as a photographer and conservationist.

Jack Dykinga has published his first book devoted entirely to the state of Arizona. The coffeetable book, written and photographed by Dykinga with a foreword by Charles Bowden, captures the diversity of the state in more than 120 images.
The 128-page, 11 x 11 hardcover is available at bookstores or through Westcliffe Publishers for $50.

The nature photography community lost two of its most prominent role models earlier this year. In February, venerable nature photographer Erwin Bauer died of bone marrow cancer at his home in Sequim, Wash. Erwin's death was followed a month later by that of his wife and artistic partner, Peggy, who was killed in a car accident on March 23.

Following his graduation from the University of Cincinnati, Erwin served in World War II, for which he was awarded the...