Plants are one of his true obsessions. He had to be able to identify every plant that he came across, to know where it stands taxonomically, and its classification as an indicator of a specific habitat. He even wrote his own non-published book which is an aid in identifying plants. Another book written for children entitled “If I Were A Plant, Which One Would I Be?”. Since plants grow in soils, he had to study and understand soil types, and where they were geographically on the landscape, and why they were there. Streams, brooks, and drainageways intrigued him. He wanted to understand their functioning values and their real importance and purpose. These are extremely dynamic ecological wonders that offer us a peek into what defines our environmental and water resources. But one of the greatest interests he had was wetlands; what they were, why they were there, and how they functioned. New Hampshire’s landscape is very young geologically and when he started to study about glaciation (long-term) and our own land use history (short-term), things started to make sense. Looking at everything in a holistic concept and seeing just how connected everything is gave him the passion to focus on trying to help determine how our lands can and should be used today.