Pete Oxford / Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) being planted as part of habitat restoration, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) held by conservationist, Coopers Creek, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, Georgia

Cyril Ruoso / Inmates tending to native prairie plant seedlings as part of sustainability in prison program, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Organic garden tended to by inmates as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) being released into temporary tank by inmate who has raised the frog as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) biologist Mark Hayes looking at frog raised by inmates as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Jim Brandenburg / Cotton farmer in desert wind storm walking amid desiccated crops, Texas

Michael Durham / Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti) on finger, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee

Cyril Ruoso / Organic garden tended to by inmate as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Inmate checking compost as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Gourd (Cucurbita sp) being harvested by inmate as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Inmate checking compost as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Jim Brandenburg / Jim Brandenburg, Minnesota

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) researchers Jim and Mary Bird with Karen Miller scouting for whales, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) researcher Jason Sturgis filming friendly whale, Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained unde...

Jim Brandenburg / Renee Askins, founder of the Wolf Fund, speaking with Ted Turner about her goal of returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Jim Brandenburg / Two people walking across stepping stones in Lake Itasca at the headwaters of Mississippi River, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Photographer self-portrait among cedar trees, Northwoods, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Farming with draft horses, Minnesota