Jonathan & Roseann Hanson ~ Links

Coyote at Ravenrock, Southern Arizona 2006

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We've always been committed to environmental and cultural conservation - especially when the two are linked together. To us, people and nature are not separate, much as modern urban-based environmentalism might insist.

As much as possible we volunteer or work with various conservation efforts. Here are links to our current projects and passions.

Sharing the lives of others - especially animals - enriches us in so many ways. Follow the life of Tommy T, newest Cat Ambassador for the Cincinnati Zoo, at this wonderful website, and find out why saving cheetahs is so important.

Hunters and anglers were among the original proponents of the Wilderness Act. We became founding members of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers because they get it. Their tag line says it all: Solitude - Tradition - Challenge - Freedom - Health - Family.

Arizona Open Land Trust has been quietly protecting family lands for more than 27 years in southern Arizona. They were instrumental in helping to pass the largest open space bond in the history of Pima County. We salute them!

Jaguars in the Northern Hemisphere are barely hanging on - especially those in northern Mexico and southern Arizona. Yes, there are several jagaurs that make their home in the U.S. borderlands. We have long supported the efforts of Jack Childs, tracker and hunter, who has devoted his life to jaguars, and the Northern Jaguar Project. We also teach animal tracking for Sky Island Alliance ; Roseann was SIA's executive director for two years and has been a consultant for them on communications on fundraising.

For 25 years the Centro de Estudio de Desiertos y Oceanos has been dedicated to education, adventure and research exploring and protecting the desert and sea in Sonora, Mexico. We've been involved as U.S. sponsors for the Whistling Thorn Camp Project since 2005. Based in northern Tanzania, this cultural and environmental conservation project is very exciting for us - we are leading safaris there as often as we can.

Roseann provides development and management services for the African Conservation Fund, which raises resources and awareness for community-based conservation efforts in East Africa.

Jonathan's 2-year-old magazine, founded with friends Scott Brady and Chris Marzonie. North America's first overlanding magazine - a quarterly journal - dedicated to exploring the world by the road less traveled.

Our friends Steve and Libby Bodio post cool pictures of their awesome hunting dogs - lurchers, tazis and miniature dachsund - so we thought we'd counter the coolness with some silliness, our border collie Rob's usual mode-du-jour. And no, he was not supposed to sleep on the sofa. Rob passed away, well over 16 years of happy age, in May 2007. RIP, buddy.