Greetings relatives and friends,

I am an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation (ᏣᎳᎩ).

I’m currently writing about Native issues, past and present, birds and climate change and other environmental issues, and sometimes other things.

I’ve been a birder since age seven and have a PhD in resource economics. I probably know more about birds than I do about economics.

I spent twenty-five years with California Fish & Wildlife, involved in oil spill response, natural resource damage assessment, wildlife and habitat restoration, and tribal relations.

I’m grateful to currently live near the traditional Indigenous portage of qatáy on S’Klallam and Chimacum lands (aka Port Townsend, Washington), where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound, surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Olympics, Pacific Ranges, and Cascades.

In addition to the social links above, I’m on Bluesky at @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social