Martin C DodgeMarty Dodge has always yearned to be outside exploring plants, animals, and their terrestrial and aquatic environments. As a Boy Scout and junior leader and a tripping counselor for a boys' camp during his four college summers, he found significant jy in sharing outdoor experiences with others. As a college professor of natural resources conservation for thirty-nine years, his most cherished activities included leading hundreds of weekend outings to the New York Adirondack State Park; dozens of two-week travel ecology courses to the Florida Everglades, Costa Rica, and Belize; and fourteen-month-long credit-bearing courses during the summer to Alaska. As the coach of a collegiate woodsmen team, he developed competitive skills with axes, saws, canoes, and the range of woodsmen tools.

Dodge lives by himself in a modest home near the top of one of the Bristol Hills that overlooks Canandaigua Lake, New York. His home is surrounded by forests and meadows that obscure any view of his nearest neighbors-and he likes it that way. Read More Read Less