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Steve Winter Photography, Hoboken, NJ (2026)

12/04/2023

.Impacts is excited to launch a fundraising fine art print sale in support of Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (.e.s.c.u.e), Africa's first indigenous-owned elephant sanctuary, and I am honored to post these images from my friends and colleagues!

Funds raised will send 13 orphaned elephants back to the wild.This moment is such an immense achievement for the sanctuary and their brave young orphans – who arrived with considerable odds stacked against them, and so much to overcome.

I am honored to support this important moment and highlight the vital link between empowering women, environmental stewardship, and wildlife preservation.

Learn more and explore all the exquisite works available by visiting bit.ly/vitalimpactssale (link in profile).

Images by photographers

1 - Nick Nichols
2 - Georgina Goodwin
3 - Bertie Gregory
4 - Brian Skerry
5 - Karine Aigner
6 - David Chancellor
7 - Jimmy Chin
8 - Pete McBride
9 - Andy Mann
10 - Evgenia Arbugaeva

11/22/2023

Sharon Guynup and I are so proud to be the recipients of the Eliza Scidmore Award from the National Geographic Society!! Read about this in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Washington, D.C., November 2, 2023 — Wildlife photographer Steve Winter and journalist Sharon Guynup traveled to 32 U.S. states on a two-year investigation documenting the dangers captive tigers face in the tourism industry. The resulting 30-page National Geographic magazine feature was shared with members of Congress and ultimately led to the passage of the Big Cat Public Safety Act in December, 2022. To recognize the impact of their work, National Geographic Explorers Winter and Guynup will receive the Society’s 2024 Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Storytelling.

The award –– named for the writer and photographer Eliza Scidmore, the first woman elected to the Society’s Board of Trustees in 1892 –– recognizes individuals who use immersive storytelling to make complex ideas, issues and information relevant and accessible.

“Storytelling is fundamental to our mission work at the Society because it raises awareness of critical issues, provides context, sparks dialogue, fosters empathy and moves people to act,” said Jill Tiefenthaler, CEO of the National Geographic Society. “Sharon and Steve’s compelling, evidence-based storytelling did just that. In illuminating the plight of tigers, they touched the hearts and minds of countless people — including lawmakers. We are proud to recognize these storytellers with this prestigious award.”

11/04/2023

We are very excited to announce that Sharon Guynup .guynup and I have won the National Geographic Society's 2024 Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Storytelling! This award was for our investigative reporting on the plight of captive tigers in the U.S. Read more about their work at the link in bio.

"Documenting animal abuse, wildlife trafficking, and other criminality was heartbreaking. But the National Geographic Society gave a copy of our 30-page National Geographic story to every member of Congress—and in December 2022, the Big Cat Public Safety Act was signed into law. It was among the most meaningful moments of my career—a big step toward protecting big cats all over the world." - Steve Winter

In these photos:
1. Three young tigers rescued from Joe Exotic’s former zoo relax at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.
2. Two tiger-lion hybrids get loose during a photo shoot at Doc Antle’s Myrtle Beach Safari attraction in South Carolina. Antle was convicted of wildlife trafficking in October.
3. Undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents display skulls of tigers shot by Joe Exotic to make room for more prolific breeders.
4. A family bottle-feeds a cub in the living room of the Ringling Animal Care Center in Oklahoma.
5. Gregg Woody displays a cub at the Ogle County Fair in Illinois, where he also exhibited a thousand-pound liger.
6. Two tigers at Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Indiana.
7. Antle (at right) and his team pose with tigers in a pool at Myrtle Beach Safari.
8. Inbreeding produces white-and-tabby tigers, like this one at Myrtle Beach Safari, and they’re used to attract tourists.
9. Langley, a tiger-lion hybrid that lived in a house at Safari Sanctuary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is fed a treat by founder Lori Ensign

10/21/2023

Join me and .guynup with the award winning travel specialists for a once in a lifetime, small group Tiger Photography Safari to Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park, March 2024. Join Sharon and I as we return to the land of the tiger as seen in our National Geographic book "Tigers Forever"
There are currently 3 spots available on our trip from March 9 - March 19th. The trip from March 20-30 has even more spots available.
If you would like details and a copy of the itinerary get in touch with on [email protected] and they will send them over to you. We can't wait to be back out in the field again with tigers and hope you will join us. Check the link in bio for more details.

10/18/2023

Join me and .guynup with the award winning travel specialists for a once in a lifetime, small group Tiger Photography Safari to Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park, March 2024. Join Sharon and I as we return to the land of the tiger as seen in our National Geographic book "Tigers Forever"

There are currently 3 spots available on our trip from March 9 - March 19th. The trip from March 20-30 has even more spots available.

If you would like details and a copy of the itinerary get in touch with on [email protected] and they will send them over to you. We can't wait to be back out in the field again with tigers and hope you will join us. Check the link in bio for more details.

09/17/2023

It’s so appropriate that our epic, 3,000-plus-mile, cross-country journey should begin in in Liberty Canyon—the site of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. The shrill grind and clank of trucks moving earth is loud, crazy music: Construction of California’s first urban wildlife crossing—the world’s largest––is underway!
Five of us are driving from Los Angeles to the Florida Everglades to explore similar projects that are creating safe passage for animals. It’s the first at least six road trips for the “Wildlife Crossings Across America” project, the brainchild of Beth Pratt, who heads the National Wildlife Federation’s California operations. We’re also riding with Renee Callahan and Marta Brocki, experts from Animal Road Crossing, or ARC—a nonprofit that helps reconnect landscapes and wildlife habitat. Photographer Steve Winter and I will document and report along the way.
Beth Pratt had a dream: connecting some of the best cougar habitat in the region, which is bisected by the 101 Freeway. Her next initiative was announced at the memorial: the Wildlife Crossing Fund. Beth plans to raise half a billion dollars to build wildlife underpasses and overpasses nationwide. The goal: to protect both animals and people. Collisions kill one- to two-million large animals each year and cause some 200 human fatalities, at a cost of $10 BILLION.
The mercury hit 106 by the time we pulled off I-15. We parked in a barren clearing where Neal Darby waited for us. As part of his introduction, he told us that in his work as a biologist for the National Park Service, he’s spent decades studying this harsh, rocky landscape. It’s the site of a wildlife bridge that will break ground next spring, one of three needed in the area.

09/14/2023

Announcing a roadtrip for the wildlife! I'll be on the road from September 15 to September 28, driving from Los Angeles to Florida, on stage one of our multi-year roadtrip. We'll be exploring wildlife crossings and connectivity projects and featuring local partners doing this important work.
Joining me is a dream team: Beth Pratt California Director of the National Wildlife Federation - Me - National Geographic Photographer Steve Winter, environmental journalist and author Sharon Guynup, and ARC Solutions - Animal Road Crossings team members Renee Callahan and Marta Brocki. You can follow our adventures here and on my page and also at http://savelacougars.org/crossingsroadtrip/
Why are we doing this? So we can raise awareness and support to build more crossings!

P-22’s legacy is to protect more wildlife and ecosystems. To connect those areas and build more crossings!!!

08/07/2023

Join me and .guynup with the award winning travel specialists for a once in a lifetime, small group Tiger Photography Safari to Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park, March 2024. Join Sharon and I as we return to the land of the tiger as seen in our National Geographic book "Tigers Forever"
If you would like details and a copy of the itinerary get in touch with on [email protected] and they will send them over to you. We can't wait to be back out in the field again with tigers and hope you will join us. LInk in Bio

07/18/2023

We are thrilled to announce the Vital Impacts Student Speaker Series! .impacts and are bringing world-class storytellers out of the field and into classrooms to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. Coming this fall to students around the US!

Interested in hosting a speaker in your community? Visit the link in our bio to learn how!

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06/19/2023

"Doc" Antle, a notorious tiger, liger and lion breeder who has run a tiger-petting roadside zoo for decades was convicted of buying and trafficking endangered species. Link below in comments.
"Celebrity animal trainer and zookeeper Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been found guilty of four felony counts of buying endangered animals...Antle faces a maximum of 20 years behind bars when he is sentenced Sept. 14 in Frederick County Circuit Court."
Photo by Steve Winter/National Geographic/Big Cat Voices

03/26/2023

LAST CHANCE! The .impacts Winter Collection is closing Friday, March 31. This is your last chance to own one of a kind fine-art prints that give back.

Proceeds support 's and the .impacts environmental grants and mentorships.

Learn more at vitalimpacts.org (link in profile)

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