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Eric Burr
A childhood in New England, snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, fishing and canoeing in eastern Canada, hopelessly imprinted me on boreal forest wildlife. A forestry education followed, at Seattle's Unive...view moreA childhood in New England, snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, fishing and canoeing in eastern Canada, hopelessly imprinted me on boreal forest wildlife. A forestry education followed, at Seattle's University of Washington, plus a Masters at Berkeley California, to study under the leading forest fire and wildlife ecologists of the early 1960's. Smokejumping out of Missoula Montana, and trail crew for Olympic National Park helped pay tuition, while three years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantry Lieutenant avoided the draft. National Parks and National Forests supplied summer and winter seasonal jobs as backcountry ranger or naturalist, after a fall and winter rangering in Big Bend National Park, and four years as a snow and sub-district rangerin Olympic National Park. Most winters were spent working for ski areas as professional ski patrol, alpine and cross-country ski instructor, and helicopter ski guide. Previous published writing started in the 1970's for Nordic World (now Cross Country Skier) and Powder magazines, and contributed chapters to books on cross-country ski technique.
Retirement odd jobs include ski instruction, leading nature walks, designing and building trails, and occasional articles in publications like Off Piste and the Methow Valley Sport Trails Association newspaper. Mazama Washington, ground zero for the 30 year Early Winters ski wars, is now home with ski touring and prime wildlife habitat right out the door.view less