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Chris
Lewey
Executive
Director and Founder of RAVEN, Chris holds a
Masters Degree in Environmental Studies from
Antioch University. He currently leads
natural history tours for RAVEN, as well as
such organizations as the Maine Audubon
Society, Smithsonian Study Tours, National
Wildlife Federation. Chris is also a
naturalist for the Appalachian Mountain Club
and a National Audubon Society Ornithology
instructor at their Hog Island ecology camp
in Maine. |
A native New
Englander and licensed Maine Guide, Chris is
very much at home on the coast or in the
mountains where his fascination with
wildlife is always enthusiastically shared.
He has taught biology, ecology, and
ornithology in both New Hampshire and Maine.
As a nature photographer and master
bird-bander, he continues wildlife research
in his region.
Member, Maine Professional Guides
Association, Member, White
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David Lewey
David Lewey works
with RAVEN on a number of trips and projects
in several different capacities. David draws
from over twenty years experience in the
tour business. As a guide and consultant for
RAVEN, David brings to all his travel work a
sensitivity to guests' needs and an
efficiency of making things run smoothly.
After learning the ropes in New England,
David expanded his range to lead groups all
over the world for the better part of 12
years. |
His experience is vast in the
Pacific Northwest and British Columbia,
Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina
as well as in Scandinavia, Greece, Turkey
and Antarctica.
When not assisting RAVEN,
David works for Tauck World Discovery ( a
worldwide, premier travel company) as their
Senior Manager for North America Operations
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Carl Lindblade
Carl Lindblade, CHA is a wealth of
information and has a way of sharing his
intimate knowledge of New Hampshire with his
guests that is both informative and
entertaining. Carl's special recognitions in
the travel business have included the
following:
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Innkeeper of the Year
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NHLRA Travel Person of
the Year
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NHTC Volunteer of the
Year
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American Hotel and
Lodging Association Employer of the Year
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NH DD Council Harris
Fellow Rotary International
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Following College he
pursued an itinerant Hotel Career to gain as
much knowledge as possible. Carl was the
manager of the Red Jacket Inn and Resort for
23 years. When that ended in 1995 formed his
own consulting firm, took up teaching, and
continued in the Hotel business. He now
finds himself as the Administrator of the 16
provider Saco River Medical Group in Conway,
NH. Married to his wonderful wife, Dorothy
they live in their country home surrounded
by wildlife. Carl teaches at a number of
colleges in NH and is annually ranked in the
top percentile by his students. He brings a
lifelong set of experiences to his
presentations. He's known as a vibrant
presenter with a good sense of humor. He
knows New Hampshire.
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David Thurlow
David Thurlow
has a degree in meteorology and has worked
for several years as an outreach educator
and outdoor trip leader.
His interest in the
atmosphere and the environment has brought
him from the top of Mount Washington to
Antarctica. He has eighteen years of
experience in informal science education,
focusing on media, museum exhibit design,
informal education, and natural history
interpretation. |
He was
the creator and long-time writer and host
for "The Weather Notebook" radio program.
When not
helping out on RAVEN programs, Dave works
for the Vermont Earth Institute, advocating
for individuals to leave a smaller
"footprint" on the local and global
environment.
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Glenn Campbell
Glenn Campbell has
lived in the Mount Washington Valley for
twenty-five years. During that time he has
worked in the hospitality industry. Glenn
has been a RAVEN guide since 1995. He is a
naturalist and historian. He has been an
avid bird-watcher since he was a child and
currently maintains a list of over one
hundred species that he has seen in his
backyard, which contains a beaver pond.
Glenn is a writer for the
New Hampshire Hospitality News and is
currently working on his second college
degree. |
Areas of specialized study
include the ecology of the New Hampshire
woods in winter and the natural and social
history of northern New Hampshire. One of
Glenn's favorite things to do is to enhance
the visitor's New Hampshire experience by
sharing his knowledge of the area with them.
Glenn has two daughters and resides in
Center Conway with his partner Judy.
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Paul Lindahl
Paul Lindahl a New
Hampshire resident for over twenty years has
a BA in Earth Science from the University of
Southern Maine. When Paul isn't giving
presentations for RAVEN I.W.P. He is
the Camp Director for Family and Adult
Programs at Camp Calumet in Ossipee, NH. This year-round Lutheran
Camp and Conference Center borders Ossipee
Lake at the southern-end of the White
Mountains. Paul has
developed many opportunities
for guests of all ages at the camp to learn
more about the natural world. |
He directs week long
environmental education camp programs for
school age children, he developed a self
guided nature trail for guests to explore
the woods and natural features of Calumet's
180 acres, develops summer weekly visiting
naturalist programs for guests, and has led
countless nature walks for guests of all
ages. Paul is an avid downhill skier in
winter and a sailing enthusiast in the
summer. His familiarity with the area along
with his Earth Science background gives Paul
the necessary tools for lively, interesting
presentations as he shares some wonderful
insights into the area.
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George Cleveland
George Cleveland
has been guiding tour groups throughout the
White Mountains for more than 20 years. An
avid collector of tales and legends, George
sniffs out new hauntings and reports of long
lost treasure.
He has frequently written for local
publications on people and places of
interest, including a North Conway birdwalk
with David Allen Sibley.
George has appeared before numerous
historical and school groups in the eastern
United States portraying his grandfather,
former President Grover Cleveland.
He was featured on C-SPAN's 'American
Presidents' series when they broadcast from
Cleveland's birthplace in Caldwell, New
Jersey.
For many years, George was known as The
Voice of the Valley on Conway radio.
He conducted over 3500 interviews with
newsmakers from all parts of the world.
George has spoken with most
major Presidential candidates, a
representative of an interplanetary
confederation and many noted authors and
musicians. |
He co-hosted one of the QVC Network's first
on-the-road broadcasts live from North
Conway Village featuring New England made
products.
He has joined RAVEN
for adventures chasing snow geese in Quebec
and puffins and migrants on Monhegan Island.
George lives in Tamworth, NH
where he has been Town Moderator for over 25
years.
He is the Executive Director of the Gibson
Center for Senior Services in North Conway,
assists many non profits with fundraising
and serves on several boards.
One of George's more unusual fundraising
endeavors was in the photo at the left for
the 2003 "Tamworth Men In Hats" calendar
that raised more than $75,000 for local
charities. (photo by Annie Provenzano)
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Gini Proulx
Gini Proulx grew up in
rural Annapolis County, Nova Scotia,
where she developed a keen love and
respect for the natural world. Mostly
self-taught through an ever-expanding
personal nature library, hundreds of
hours in the field and membership in a
number of nature-oriented organizations,
she has become recognized as an
authority on local plant life. She has
been credited with the discovery of
several rare and endangered plants in Digby and Annapolis counties.
For over 20 years, Gini
has been happy to share her enthusiasm
for the natural world through field
trips, research projects, trail
development, plant identification, slide
presentations and lectures. She
participates regularly in bird counts
and has been active in the preservation
of rare plant habitats and wilderness in
southwestern Nova Scotia.
A former 4-H leader and
librarian, Gini has hosted a phone-in
"Plant Talk" show on local CKDY radio
and was a regular correspondent for CBC?
(Halifax) Radio Information Morning.
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Gini has been an
instructor for NSOLD (Nova Scotia
Outdoor Leadership Development Program)
and has led nature tours for visiting
Elderhostel courses. She has led
countless nature hikes for local groups
and tourists. In 1997, she joined RAVEN
Interpretive Wildlife Programs and
continues to make presentations on Nova
Scotia ecology.
Gini has received a
number of awards acknowledging her
contributions including the (first ever)
Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy Environmental
Award, presented in 2003 by the N.S.
Dept. Of Environment and Labor.
Widowed in 2001, Gini
lives in Deep Brook, NS where her
Pinkney ancestors settled in the 1760's.
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Ronald Wolanin
Ronald
Wolanin, Interpreter, has a M.S. Degree in
environmental studies and works for the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Ron is noted for not only his ecological knowledge, but for his keen
awareness of the subtleties of nature. His areas of expertise include
wildflowers, woody plants, insects, and birds. |
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Dr. Richard Eakin
Dr. Richard Eakin, Interpreter, is a biology professor at
Westbrook College. Rich has birded from the Gulf of Maine to the
Antarctic and has been a National Audubon Society tour leader to the
Amazon. His research interests lie in the area of ornithology,
ichthyology, and ecology.
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Bob Bittenbender
Bob Bittenbender,
a graduate of the National Outdoor
Leadership School (NOLS) has been connected
with RAVEN for many years. Bob is the
Assistant Property Manager of Maine
Audubon's 65-acre Gilsland Farm Sanctuary in
Falmouth that consists of more than two
miles of trails, pond, woods, meadows,
orchard and salt marsh habitats. He has his
finger on the pulse of the changing seasons
of the natural world of coastal Maine. Bob's
extensive knowledge of native and cultivated
plants extends from has thirty years of
experience as a nurseryperson in Maine.
Bob along with his wife, Margi, produced and
hosted a popular radio show on gardening in
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He has developed and taught
numerous educational programs, orienteering
courses, ornithology classes and
natural-history field trips. Bob has
traveled extensively in all fifty states and
more than fifteen countries where his
insights into the natural world are always
expanded and sharpened. He's an avid
outdoor/nature photographer and lecturer and
his more recent presentations include the
Polar Bears of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
and the Lobsters of the Maine Coast. Bob is
currently on the board of the Oceanside
Conservation Land Trust of Casco Bay and
makes his home in Gray, Maine.
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Wink Lees
Wink Lees is a
native of the Mt. Washington Valley whose
environmental interests were borne out of
early childhood ramblings through forests
and fields and along drainages surrounding
his home neighborhood of Kearsarge, NH.
While attending college, he worked several
summers for the US Forest Service in varying
capacities in the Saco District of the White
Mountain National Forest and later worked on
the Little Missouri National Grasslands of
the Custer National Forest in North Dakota.
Over the past 20 years, Wink's primary
emphasis and profession has been centered on
a garden and landscape design and
installation partnership called Floribunda.
During his involvement with landscaping,
Wink became increasingly interested in
natural landscape design, native plants, and
land conservation leading him to complete a
Masters Degree in Environmental Studies at
Antioch New England. |
Wink continues his
affiliation with Antioch as an adjunct
instructor for various courses in New
England flora including native ferns and
alpine flora. In addition to his work with
RAVEN Interpretive Wildlife Programs, Wink
is the Conservation Easement Coordinator
with the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust and
has been employed with the New Hampshire
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy as the
Northern Reserves Stewardship Assistant.
Wink is also a Plant Conservation Volunteer
with the New England Wildflower Society and
for several years recently served as a
member of the Jackson, NH Conservation
Commission.
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