Selected Books Authored and/or Photographed
Colorado's Hidden Valleys (1982)
Colorado, Images of the Alpine Landscape (1985)
Colorado Lost Places and Forgotten Words (1989)
Colorado's Canyon Country: A Guide to Hiking and Floating BLM Wildlands (1992)
Along the Colorado Trail (1992)
Colorado, Rivers of the Rockies (1993)
The Official Colorado Trail Guide (1993)
To Walk in Wilderness: A Colorado Rocky Mountain Journal (1993)
The Complete Guide to Colorado's Wilderness Areas (1994)
A Colorado Autumn (1994)
Rocky Mountain Park: A 100 Year Perspective (1995)
(winner Colorado Book Awards 1995)
Explore Colorado (1995)
Photographing the Landscape: The Art of Seeing (1996)
(Winner Colorado Book Awards 1996)
Along Colorado's Continental Divide Trail (1997)
The Official Guide to Colorado's Continental Divide Trail (1997)
A Colorado Winter (1998)
Colorado 1870-2000 (1999)
Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited (2001)
John Fielder=s Best of Colorado (2002)
Mountain Ranges of Colorado (2004
Colorado 1870-2000 II (2005)
Do You See What I See? (2006)
Maria's Mysterious Mission (2007)

Selected Awards
Daniel L. Ritchie Award for Ethical Behavior and Social Responsibility
(University of Denver, 1992)
Colorado Conservation Award
(Colorado Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, 1992)
Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography
(Sierra Club, 1993)
Rocky Mountain National Park Stewardship Award
(Rocky Mountain National Park, 1995)
Cranmer Award
(Colorado Open Lands, 1997)
Humanitarian Award
(National Recreation and Parks Association, 1998)
Distinguished Service Award
(University of Colorado, 2000)
Rebel With a Cause
(Colorado Enviromental Coalition, 2007)
Lifetime Acheivement Award
(Colorado Film Commission, 2007)

Appointments and Board Service
By Governor Roy Romer to study ways to invest in Colorado's natural heritage
(1990)
Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund, by Governor Roy Romer
(since 1993 and appointed to second term serving through 2001)
Wilderness Land Trust (since 1993)

Other Achievements
Founded Westcliffe Publishers in 1982. Publishes exhibit format books featuring photography and writing about the natural and rural environments of America, guide books about hiking America's trails and wilderness lands, and calendars.

Founded in 1996 "Nature Photography is Fun for Kids" in order to teach photography and an appreciation for the natural environment to children.

Helped lead the Responsible Growth Initiative in 2000 in Colorado. An attempt to stop sprawl by changing state land use and planning laws. Was defeated at the ballot.

Hikes and skis 500 miles per year as a nature photographer.

Personal
Two grown daughters: Ashley, and Katy.