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No Bad Days: The “Aquatic Cowboy” of the Ozarks Trades Money for Happiness to Dive Missouri’s Waterways
My latest story – and first for Missouri Life – is a feature about Booker DeRousse, a commercial diver known as the "Aquatic Cowboy" who navigates the...
Book Review: The Nature Embedded Mind
If you are interested in mental health, forest bathing and nature therapy, this book may be for you. The Nature Embedded Mind: How The Way...
Who decides what survives? Pressures on the federal Endangered Species Act continue – but states aren’t prepared to pick up the pieces.
For over 50 years, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been the nation’s most effective defense against extinction, preventing the loss of 99 percent of...
Small Town America: Winter in the Keweenaw Peninsula
As a lower Midwesterner, I thought I knew snow. Then I learned Kansas City rarely breaks 19 inches in a typical winter - a tiny...
Bison – My Wildlife Wonders No. 7
When you stand in the presence of a bison, watching a mud-dusted bull moving through the grass or a calf with its bright orange coat...
Conservation Glossary of Terms
When language is vague, conversations break down. When definitions are unclear, accountability disappears. In my time reporting on conservation issues, I have learned that language...
Hi. I'm Heather Physioc.
I’m an independent outdoor, nature, wildlife & conservation photojournalist based in Kansas City. I use my lens, my words, and my platform to foster a genuine connection between viewers and conservation issues. I aim to illustrate, inform, and inspire to care.
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