Your Guide

Steve Bondi

Connecting people to the unique nature of the Methow Valley has been my passion for over 20 years.  Here in the Methow, I worked as a field biologist for the US Forest Service Methow Valley Ranger District, I directed the Land Stewardship program of the Methow Conservancy, and I owned and operated the North Cascades Basecamp in Mazama.  Currently, I am a natural history tour guide with my own business here in the Methow. I am a skilled interpreter and educator with special expertise in natural history: birds, wildflowers, native plants, geology, glaciology, and human history, just to name a few.

Summary of my credentials

• Current Owner/Guide for Methow Explorations.
• Owner, operator, and manager as well as program instructor, guide, and interpreter at the North Cascades Basecamp in Mazama, 2010-2016. Program Resume available upon request.
• Stewardship Director for the Methow Conservancy, the Methow Valley’s local Land Trust, 2002 to 2010.
• Volunteer instructor with Watershed Watchers outdoor education program for students and adults, 5 years.
• Instructor and Program Manager for inaugural 2016 Methow Valley Conservation Science and Leadership Course.
• Naturalist/guide for Methow Trails ‘Winter Ecology’ Snowshoe tours, 2002 to present.
• Instructional courses include Partners in Flight ‘Birding by sight and sound’, Methow Valley Conservation Course (3 years),
• Project architect, manager, and collaborator for Methow Beaver Project.
• Invited Professional Advisory Roles: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Lands Management Advisory Council, WDFW Citizens Advisory Group, and the Methow Restoration Council, Methow Valley Nordic Steam Steering Committee, Methow Trails Winter Trails Advisory Committee.
• Wildlife ecologist/naturalist for Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies/Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, biological technician with Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, field biologist for EDAW, Inc. and Resources NW, and research associate for Teton Regional Land Trust.
• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, University of Puget Sound (1994); Master’s degree in Environmental Science/Regional Planning, Washington State University (2002).
• Avid hiker, biker, bush-wacker, Nordic skier, ski tourer, and snowshoer, and devoted family guy- wife Kim, children Emmet (17) + Amelia (20).