This photo, on my office wall for most of the past 3 decades, captures a moment that shaped my career and changed my life. After my freshman year at NC State University (NCSU), intent on becoming a wildlife veterinarian, I decided to go on student exchange the next year to University of Idaho, where I fell headlong in love with the western US. That led me to a summer biological field intern program in Olympic National Park (nestled in the mountains on the home page). And that