A Professional Wetland Scientist (Emeritus) and Wildlife Biologist (MS), Budd Titlow is an award-winning nature photographer and a widely published writer/author currently living in Pacific Beach, California. He has authored four books, including PROTECTING THE PLANET—Environmental Champions from Conservation to Climate Change (ISBN 978-1633882256), BIRD BRAINS—Inside the Strange Minds of Our Fine Feathered Friends (ISBN 978-0-7627-8755-5), and SEASHELLS—Jewels from the Ocean (ISBN 978-0-7603-2593-3). Budd has also published 300 magazine/newspaper photo-essays and 5,000 photographs. Since moving to California, Budd has worked as an instructor for the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California and as an on-call workshop lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UC San Diego. He also serves on San Diego Audubon’s Conservation Commission, San Diego County’s Climate Action Campaign, and as nature walk leader for Sea and Sage Audubon’s San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, California. Budd is currently using his writing and photography to focus public attention on the climate crisis—the most serious environmental threat Earth has ever faced.