Ramble On. // Melanie Boling, Extreme Environments Behavioural Ecologist, Peer Wild.

“Mine's a tale that can't be told

My freedom I hold dear

How years ago in days of old

When magic filled the air.”

- Ramble on, Led Zeppelin.

Melanie Boling on expedition in Canada.

Sumatran Orangutan in the Leuser Ecosystem, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2017.

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2016.

Islandwood, Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2013.

Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2015.

Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2017.

Sunrise over the South Pacific” by Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2011.

“Mountain Time” by Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2014.

Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2017.

Olympic National Park, Washington.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2013.

Machu Picchu, Peru.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2021.

Fox Island, Washington.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2015.

British Columbia, Canada.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2015.

El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico.
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2012.

“Pacific Northbest.”
Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2020.

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Peruvian Andes.

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2021.

“Lucky we live Hawai’i”

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2014.

“New Zealand Fur Seals.”

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders. 2011.

“Misty Fjords”.

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2016.

Peruvian Andes.

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2021.

“Mama Pele knows best.”

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2016.

Vashon Island, Washington.

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2014.

“The Milky Way: Cascadia Edition.”

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2019.

“Live Aloha.”

Melanie Boling, Imagery Beyond Borders, 2015.

contact: melanie.noelani@gopeerwild.org

PSA from The Sea Wolf Pack // gopeerwild.org

“Only use cruelty-free sunblock on your skin; otherwise you’re rubbing shark liver (squalene) all over your body.” - Mia B.

There you have it. 🚫🦈🧴

The founders of Peer Wild on the shores of the Salish Sea in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux and Melanie Boling on expedition in Olympic National Park, Washington.

Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux on expedition while handler Melanie Boling scouts the Northern Pacific Coast for the elusive Coastal Sea Wolf in the Northwest corner of Washington State.

Boling’s research is part of her Graduate Studies at Harvard University where she examines “extreme environments” and how they can have a potential negative impact on humans operating in the extreme environment. Implementing “expeditionary service dogs” are a way of mitigating negative variables such as abnormal behavior and abnormal psychology that can play a role into conservation team degradation.

Melanie Boling and Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux spent nearly a year in the field while training out in the South Cascades Mountain Range of the Pacific Northwest. This particular scouting trip to the North Pacific Coast of Washington was the first that Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux and Boling had accomplished together “on expediton “ over the course of a week in August of 2020.

When in Jamaica | Seattle Travel Photographer

When in Jamaica, 

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Do as the locals do….

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Drink like a local. 

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Eat like a local. 

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Our gracious hosts. Thank you so much for the memories!!

And, hang like a local.

More about our travels to Montego Bay, Jamaica, coming soon.

Aloha xo xo xo

Just Look Up | Hawaii Adventure Travel Photographer

“Woods are not like other spaces. To begin with, they are cubic. Their trees surround you, loom over you, press in from all sides. Woods choke off views & leave you muddled & without bearings. They make you feel small & confused & vulnerable, like a small child lost in a crowd of strange legs. Stand in a desert or prairie & you know you are in a big space. Stand in the woods and you only sense it. They are vast, featureless nowhere. And they are alive.” 

― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

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Hiking the Aiea Loop, a five mile trail that moves through lush green valleys, dense forests, and spectacular views. But beware, there's mud, lots and lots of mud.