Keeping Kurrent

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This river, the Nenana river, is located immediately adjacent to Denali National Park and Preserve and passes by the McKinley Village where the Host had an overnight stay. The river is glacier fed. There was a sign saying that a Grizzly bear had recently been seen immediately by this property. This river is beautiful and the area is dangerous..

Traveling the World"

Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them behind you, never to return. But the place you have left forever is always there for you to see whenever you shut your eyes." Jan Myrdal, The Silk Road, 1980

 

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    Ectourism - What does it mean and why should I be an ecotourist?

    Tourism has been growing at a phenomenal rate around the world. The International Ecotourism Society reports that "The U.S. ranks first globally for international tourist receipts and third for international tourist arrivals throughout the world in 2003.

    More than three-quarters of U.S. travelers "feel it is important during their visits not to damage the environment," according to a 2003 study. This study estimates that 17 million U.S. travelers consider environmental factors when deciding which travel companies to patronize.

    See more about ecotourism at http://www.ecotourism.org.

    TIES hires new Executive Director -

    Washington, DC - The Board of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) is pleased to announce the hiring of a full time Executive Director, Dave Sollitt to run the Washington, DC-based global organization, as part of its institutional growth and development. (He replaced Martha Honey.) David Sollitt comes to TIES from the private sector, where he had a varied career in regional, national and international marketing and communications, including extensive work with tourism-based clients.With his own agency and consultancy in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Dave worked with such clients as Grand Teton Lodge Company, Vail Resorts, Rockefeller Holdings, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming State Tourism, Marriott, and, most recently, TIES member Papoose Creek Lodge in Cameron, Montana. Dave also consulted for a variety of conservation organizations including Trout Unlimited, Deschutes River Conservancy, Yellowstone to Yukon and others. His passion for conservation was evidenced early, working to help save free flowing rivers in Arizona from the Bureau of Reclamation in the 1970's.  He holds a BS in Environmental Science from Arizona State University and a Masters in Communications from Northwestern University. He has enjoyed traveling to every continent except Antarctica and sailing extensively around the world.

     

    There are a lot of things to learn about the world's people. Sometimes this requires knowing a little language but on some occassions you get by on the English language. Here are a few of the places that the host, Wayne Potter, and his wife, Pam has visited. Take a few moments to check out the photographs of the people they met and interviewed.

    Pam and Wayne are panning for gold at an old placcer mining area in Fairbanks, Alaska. They did find some gold.

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    Updated on September 3, 2007