Help Save Big Cats

Did you know that it’s estimated that there are only three hundred lions remaining in Eastern Africa around Tangier National Park? Three hundred lions isn’t many. Announcing a new opportunity for classrooms to help support important lion conservation work in Kenya and Tanzania. Here’s the problem: When lions attack livestock, it threatens the livelihood of the whole community. As a result, communities often retaliate by killing lions. … Continue reading Help Save Big Cats

Ryan Buck: Little Black Dots on the Other Side of the World

Ryan Buck is a Senior Transportation Planner in Michigan. He specializes in non-motorized planning and travel demand modeling. In his free time, Ryan enjoys traveling the world, running, map making, and writing for his own geography blog, http://www.worldgeoblog.com. As a kid I was amazed by the multitude of cities and places found on maps or globes.  I wondered what Madagascar looked like and what the … Continue reading Ryan Buck: Little Black Dots on the Other Side of the World