"An Uncertain Future" my latest drop in my Timeless series on SuperRare. Listed for .5 eth and 25% goes to environmental org fighting to protect grizzlies. I am including the entire description here because it is an important conservation message as we head into 2025 (link below). “Wilderness without wildlife is just scenery” ― Lois Crisler I have spent a lot of time the last few weeks heading into the new year thinking about my art and why I spend so much time in wild places. It is where I feel at home and find true peace and joy. It is why I fell in love with wildlife and nature photography; it is who I am. As we begin 2025, I am committing to increase my efforts to use my photography, writing, and energy toward fighting to protect our public lands and endangered and threatened species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. I will also work anywhere else I can as we, conservationists, face the new administration's stance on our environment. We may lose protection through both the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), among others. As I process this, I constantly think about grizzly bears and all that has gone into creating a viable population in and around Yellowstone over the last 50 years. These bears have been protected, and hunting them is illegal as they are designated threatened species by the ESA. They have also continued to have this protection thanks to NEPA, which requires federal agencies to use the best available science to assess the environmental impact of proposed actions. This has protected grizzly bear management from being turned over to the states of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, who all want trophy hunting. There is a good chance their protection changes in the next couple of years, and if so, grizzlies who don’t know invisible national park boundaries and have been protected for 50 years could cross that line and be immediately hunted for trophies. Grizzly bears are my favorite species, and I love nothing more than watching them in their natural habitat and photographing them. Cubs are always such a bonus as they are so playful and incredible to watch as they interact with each other and their mom. I spent an incredible two hours with a sow grizzly and her three yearling cubs in early June 2024 in the northwest corner of Yellowstone. It was an experience I will never forget, and I will do all I can to protect them. I will donate 25% of the profit from this piece to Earth Justice, which has done an incredible job keeping grizzly bears safe in the past.

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@ny_joker_eth Thank you so much! So happy you like my work!

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@enixsta These are incredible Mae

Incredible to see

Incredibly meaningful - love this. I thought it might be tied to your baby but had no real idea, the piece had me thinking all afternoon about my son - older - college age - but some recent diagnosis and masking behaviors had my mind running…love that I saw my own child in this already…beautiful, incredible work Sam.

@DeeZe WTF

@benstraussphoto @SamSpratt amazing Ben!!

@intrepid_p It’s amazing

Spending more time already fighting for the protection of public lands and wildlife I love. We helped defeat a bill in WY allowing for 24/7 hunting of mountain lions and now are fighting against the proposed hunting of grizzlies there. Many new fights now with the federal government as well. It gets hard to keep fighting sometimes, but I won’t stop.

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@citadelwolff Please

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@citadelwolff nooooo stay at 50 pleeaaassseeee - I can't take it lol

@Digiscapes1 epic

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@BluejaywayEth @pamvoth @intrepid_p @sachdr thank you BlueJay!! Love this group!

Always so thankful you picked up this favorite of mine after a sow moose rescued her one day old calf after it fell in a rushing river in early June in RMNP. Thank you @BluejaywayEth