Welcome, and thanks for dropping by. As a trained wildlife biologist and educator, I have written about nature and natural resources in various forms for over 50 years. My mission in life is:

“To write about and share information about nature and natural resources and encourage people to become more connected with nature.”

I am focusing on writing The Nature of Things blog and a couple of books that are in process. I also enjoy photography and occasionally like creating videos that I post on my Nature of Things YouTube Channel and on TikTok.

I invite you to join (it is free!) The Nature of Things Facebook Group. Join with a growing group of hundreds of other nature lovers, and share your pictures, ask questions and join in on the fun. Visit and join The Nature of Things Facebook Group by CLICKING HERE.

A second blog (and possible book) that is a major focus at present is called My Audubon Adventures. The blog is essentially a memoir about my five decade experience of being involved in one way or another with the Audubon Movement. I hope you will check that blog out and follow along.

I have created The Dodson Group, LLC to publish environmental conservation materials related to advocating Conservation Landscape Management and sustainability in the hopes of getting people to help conserve wildlife where we live, work and play. If you are interested in educational information, books, (digital and regular books) about conservation landscape management and sustainability CLICK HERE.

finally, I manage what I call my “Re-Commerce” business through an eBay store called The Conservation Company Store.

We live in a society where waste seems to be a way of life. We waste more than 40% of the food that is produced in the United States. We are filling up landfills faster than new ways of handling all of the waste that is generated by our constant buying habits and the result is loss of important wildlife habitat, polluted water and wasted energy needed to produce new items and then dispose of all of the waste that is created. So under the banner of “Re-Commerce” I am advocating: Reduction, Re-Use, Re-Cycling and Re-Selling.

In this regard I have started my own Re-Selling efforts by creating an online store call The Conservation Company. Proceeds that I generate through my reselling efforts all goes toward the support of conservation and environmental education.

All the best,

Ron