Doug Alderson's Web Site

Since publishing his first free-lance magazine article at age eighteen, Doug Alderson's articles and photographs have been featured in Wildlife Conservation, American Forests, Sea Kayaker, Sierra, Mother Earth News, Campus Life, America, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Florida Naturalist, Florida Sportsman, Tallahassee Magazine, Florida Wildlife and several others. He has won two national writing awards for his magazine features.

Doug's first book, Waters Less Traveled: Exploring Florida's Big Bend Coast (University Press of Florida), was the runner up for Best Travel Book of 2006 by the North American Travel Journalists Association. To learn more about Waters less Traveled, click here.

The Vision Keepers: Walking For Native Americans and the Earth, which covers Doug's walks and experiences with Native American people, was released in April of 2007 by Quest Books of Wheaton, Illinois. See promotion schedule below. To read an excerpt, click here. For order information and a summary, click here. To read a review by noted author Janisse Ray, click here.

The Ghost Orchid Ghost and Other Tales From the Swamp, a collection of original Florida mysteries and ghost stories, was recently released by Pineapple Press. The book serves as a unique way to teach young people about Florida's history and environment through storytelling. To read a sample chapter, click here. For order information and a summary, click here. To read an article about the book, click here.

Doug is the former associate editor of Florida Wildlife magazine, and he edited A Florida Wildlife Anthology: 1947-2003. His chapter on the St. Marks River is part of the Between Two Rivers anthology, published by the Red Hills Writers Project in 2004. Doug has also worked as a lobbyist for several environmental groups and as a naturalist for the Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science. In between jobs, he has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, coordinated a walk across the United States from coast to coast, and he has backpacked across Europe.

Doug is currently the field director for the Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail, a 1,600-mile sea kayaking trail around the entire state being spearheaded by Florida's Office of Greenways and Trails. He is also moving into a new role as coordinator of the state's 40 designated paddling trails. He is a member of the Heart of the Earth environmental council and he serves as a ceremonial leader at the White Earth Muskogee Creek Tribal Town.

He lives south of Tallahassee with his wife, Cyndi, and daughter, Cheyenne.

If you'd like to contact Doug, you can e-mail him at dougalderson@comcast.net.

Doug’s 2008 Promotion Schedule

Doug had a busy 2007 with two new books to promote. He made over 25 public appearances. Several appearances are being lined up for 2008, including:

Saturday, February 16th: Book signing at the Rally for the Rivers III, Ravine Gardens State Park, Palatka, Florida

Saturday, February 23rd: emcee and book signing at the Tallahassee Museum Matinee of the Arts, Tallahassee Museum

Sunday, March 2nd, 3pm: Atlanta Theosophical Society

Wednesday, March 19th, 7pm: Apalachee Canoe and Kayak Club

Thursday, March 20th, 12:30pm: Northside Rotary Club, Tallahassee

Tuesday, May 13th, 7pm: Florida Trail Association, Apalachee Chapter