{"id":7022,"date":"2020-04-09T16:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:44:05","slug":"washington-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/09\/washington-foxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Foxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChaseConservationist and wildlife photographer Chase Dekker was born and raised in Monterey, California where he was immediately introduced to the natural world. <\/span><\/h3>\n

With whales, sea otters, seals, birds, and wildlife right on his doorstep, it wasn\u2019t hard for him to fall in love with nature.\u00a0He eventually moved up to Washington State where his passion for the outdoors took him to a brand new environment, filled with dense forests and mountains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chase attended Western Washington University where he earned degrees in Organismal Biology and Zoology, and then straight after college,<\/span>\u00a0moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he spent nearly every day out in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks photographing the spectacular wildlife and landscapes.<\/span><\/p>\n

He explains how he ended up getting this fascinating and adorable set of images,<\/p>\n

Fox Family<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

“I had visited this particular location in Washington state when I had lived there, but had never been in spring when the foxes build their dens and raise their kits. I had the opportunity to make a quick 4-day visit there while photographing killer whales in the Salish Sea, and ended up getting many more photos of the fox than I had anticipated!”<\/p>\n