<p class="biography" <b Wade Davis</b is Explorer-in-Residence at the <i National Geographic Society</i and is the author of numerous books, including <i The Serpent and the Rainbow</i , <i One River</i , and the 2009 Massey Lecture, <i The Wayfinders</i . He has lived and worked in the Stikine as a park ranger, guide, and anthropologist since 1978. He and his wife, Gail, own Wolf Creek Lodge, the closest private holding to both the Sacred Headwaters and the proposed site of the Red Chris mine.</p<p class="biography" <b Dr. David Suzuki</b is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. He is Companion to the… Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science, the United Nations Environment Program medal, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, and Global 500. Dr. Suzuki is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and holds 27 honorary degrees from universities around the world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the long-running CBC television program <i The Nature of Things</i , and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's <i Quirks and Quarks</i , as well as the acclaimed series <i It's a Matter of Survival</i and <i From Naked Ape to Superspecies</i . His written work includes more than 52 books, 19 of them for children. Dr. Suzuki lives with his wife, Dr. Tara Cullis, and family in Vancouver, BC.</p
<p class="biography" <b Amanda McConnell</b has written more than 100 documentary films, many of them for <i The Nature of Things</i . She has a Ph.D. in English Literature, and she writes and gardens in Toronto, Ontario.</p
<p class="biography" <b Adrienne Mason</b is a writer, editor and life-long resident of Vancouver Island. A biologist and naturalist/interpreter, she is the managing editor of <i KNOW: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids</i . She has a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria, and her articles have appeared in <i National Geographic Kids</i , <i WILD</i , <i Canadian Geographic</i , <i Georgia Straight</i , <i Beautiful BC</i , <i OWL</i , <i Ranger Rick</i , <i Boys' Life</i and <i Nature Canada</i . She lives in Tofino, BC, and enjoys hiking, beachcombing and exploring the coast with her husband… and two daughters.</p