All posts by Mike Howe

I am an ecologist and a composer of guitar based instrumental melodies signed to the Real Music label in California. I like to write about my work, music and nature conservation and how it all comes together. I try not to write about things I don't know much about.

Intrepid

Hats off to these guys, 14,000 feet and rising #Montblanc #Alpine

“The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness”, John Muir

Beautiful acoustic guitar playlist for work, study and chilling around the house

Featuring some of my favourite artists

Run For Wildlife – Gwent Levels

Proud of my boy and all the people who care about continued destruction of our last remaining precious wildlife areas. I intend to run as far as I can to help, and sign all of the petitions and letters to our elected representatives

Listen on Spotify to a compilation of melodies from 5 nominated and award winning albums

https://open.spotify.com/user/roundriver/playlist/412WSonVElLPrtNtfMo2kw?si=q1xHv-uWSLW1FV7No534zg

Beautiful Sonoran Desert

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the US/Mexican border, a place of amazing desert plants, quiet solitude, beautiful sunshine and occasional, dramatic rain, but also where reminders of political tensions are never too far away. A strange and beguiling place that I like very much

Mesquite Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park

On a recent road trip throughout the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Southern California we paused in this stunning place to wait for sunset