It was that special year: 1967 when the city of Montreal exploded onto the world’s stage and hosted Expo ‘67.  My high school graduation from Westover School happened at that same time. My parents and I drove from Connecticut to Montreal stopping along the way at the admissions office of Bishop’s University. That very day I was accepted into the university and graduated four years later with a BA. Consequently, a small part of my heart remains in the Townships. That was where I would eventually meet my husband, Doug Harpur.  My career developed two distinct courses: a family business in forestry and farming and an exhibiting photographer and writer. Fifty years later I wrote an account of our family’s involvement in a river on the La Basse-Côte-Nord in eastern Quebec. It is in a remote region that supports a Salmo salar habitat. Through five generations, our family took our river’s property from recreation to resource management. Sea Winter Salmon Chronicles of the St. John River is a guide to a river’s ecology documented through photographs, diaries, maps, scientific data and other archival sources. It is also a family memoir laced with three generations of photographer’s images. Through my conservation advocacy, I tend to combine history, biography and biology by recording and celebrating local history, the people of the region and our special relationship to the natural environment. Karen Molson’s review states: “Part memoir, part rhapsody, Sea Winter Salmon is a fascinating read that brings insight to a beloved tradition.  Through it all, the great Atlantic salmon prevails.  Mari Hill Harpur illuminates a sport that is also a science while paying homage to friendships and local expertise.  In their role as river stewards, the family’s continuing active involvement with salmon restoration programs is inspiring.” Today, this river has emerged with our salmon stock intact but barely sustainable. Part of our support team is the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN  http://oceantrackingnetwork.org) developed by Dalhousie University and its partners. Their focus is to enable international sustainable management of valued aquatic species by providing knowledge of animal movements, survival, and habitats and of how all are linked to environmental conditions. I have also experienced some success with over forty photographic exhibits in five different countries.  In 2010 I had a special exhibit when I was an artist in residence at the Masterworks Art Foundation in Bermuda. I currently reside in Hamilton, Bermuda. A photographic exhibition of the illustrations from my book is currently exhibited in Montreal, Quebec. I am a former Director of the World Forestry Center from 1995-2015, and I served as its first female Chair from 2003-2006. I am a grandmother, a student of Tai Chi and folk harp and I enjoy an active life with my family, farming, and forestry.  May the forest be with you.