About Meg & Bert Raynes 

“I don’t see any way a person could just stand there and look at something that would help wildlife, all wildlife, and not try to do something to help those critters out… If there’s something that can be done to improve their lives or sustain their lives, do it. Actually, just do it.”     Bert

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Meg and Bert Raynes moved to Jackson Hole in 1972 and soon began a decades-long effort to give back to their community—including the wildlife. For over forty years Bert wrote the weekly column "Far Afield," featuring his often wry commentary and a summary of wildlife sightings by other local observers during the previous week. (His book Curmudgeon Chronicles captures some of these columns.) For decades he also led the monthly Jackson Hole Bird Club, as it was known then. After Meg passed away Bert founded the Meg & Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund. Our first project in 2009 was to establish Nature Mapping Jackson Hole, an ongoing citizen science project now led by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation.

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To learn more about Bert and Meg, visit raynes.info, a website created by Bert's friend Peter Ward.