Footloose Forays

Michael Ellis is well known for his Ask the Naturalist column in Bay Nature magazine and as a longtime contributor to the Perspectives series on KQED. He has also been a repeat guest on Michael Krasny's Forum program, most recently this last August: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201108011000 .
Since founding Footloose Forays in 1983, Michael has led over 10,000 people to see the planet's greatest natural wonders. His travels have taken him from the rainforests of the Amazon to the deserts of the Kalahari, from the wildflowers of Turkey to the wildebeest of the Serengeti, and from the mountains of Madagascar to the coral reefs of Micronesia.
Michael has broad expertise as a naturalist. A Bachelor's in Botany and Masters in Marine Biology were just the starting point to a lifelong study of nature. He's studied elephant seals at the Farallones, taught seminars on dragonflies, and birded from Alaska to Antarctica and everywhere in between. He is currently leading back-to-back trips through the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta, and the mountains of Uganda and Rwanda.
Michael will show pictures and describe some of his adventures in the world's most amazing natural areas!