Daniel Mathews holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Reed College. His combined love of scientific literature and backpacking gives him the rare ability to synthesize science while transforming it into literary art. He is the author of Trees in Trouble and Cascadia Revealed and contributing author of National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States and other guides. He has worked as a naturalist-guide on cruise ships and on backpacking seminars as well as served as a fire lookout. Visit him online at raveneditions.com.