Author and photographer translate their love of the outdoors into environmental advocacy. Their guidebooks get hikers from Point A to Point B on the trails that wind through the woods of the Pacific Northwest. But the dozens of volumes that writer Harvey Manning and photographer Ira Spring have published over the years prod readers to do more than just strap on a pair of boots and set out for a stroll through the wilderness. They call out for foot soldiers willing to walk the extra political mile it takes to preserve the forests in their backyards and beyond. And they do it with attitude.
Spring is different.
But together, they get things done. They've taken their message to Capitol Hill and helped get bills through Congress. They've led the push to preserve and expand trail systems and create more national parks. And then again five weeks after that. More than 400,000 copies of their books have been sold.