Founder + Guide:

Charles Post is an ecologist, birdbander + avid birder, and award winning wildlife conservation filmmaker.

Charles spent nearly a decade studying at UC Berkeley and working as a research scientist focused on wild and working landscapes. He earned his B.S. and Masters degree in Ecology, studying under the celebrated researcher, Dr. Mary Power. His graduate research focussed on the ecology of the American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus).

Since then, Charles built a bridge between his science background and creative ventures through his widely followed Instagram account (@charles_post), recent podcast The Traverse with Chris Burkard, directing and producing award-winning films, and widely published writing and photography spanning topics from the decline of kittiwakes in the Norwegian arctic to the beauty and fragility of migrating raptors across North America.

Charles is the creative director of Top 50 Farmers, an organization committed to scaling regenerative farming across Europe, and also works as a sustainability communications and strategy consultant supporting organizations like World Wildlife Fund, Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative, and brands like Dometic, GORE-TEX, Norrøna, Hipcamp and SITKA Gear, where he developed and lead their SITKA Ecosystem Grants Program.

He is a Swarovski Optik Ambassador, member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, a Surfrider Foundation Ambassador and a Fellow International at the Explorers Club.

Charles lives in Norway’s Lofoten Islands north of the arctic circle with his wife, Rachel Pohl, his samoyeds, Knute and Rowan, and rescue cat, Hannah.

As often as possible, Charles participates in bird banding efforts and bird research projects that contribute to local and global conservation and management efforts. You can learn more about Charles by visiting his website, charlespost.com or following along on his Instagram account @charles_post.

Filmmaking and Field Research *

Sky Migrations

Each fall our skies fill with raptors, a migration that relies on two hemispheres worth healthy ecosystems. Join ecologist and filmmaker, Charles Post, as he shines a light on the network of sentinels at the front lines of raptor conservation.

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Horse Rich and Dirt Poor

Horse Rich and Dirt Poor follows ecologist Charles Post as he explores America's pressing wild horse issue and the affects it has on the surrounding ecosystem.

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Golden

Peering out her tall bedroom windows to the highway below, Caitlin Davis dreamed of life as an ecologist. Today, in Idaho’s demanding sagebrush country, the raptor biologist spends her days rappelling into golden eagle nests studying how human impact affects their reproduction and productivity.

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Return Of The Desert Bighorn

Wildlife Biologists in West Texas are returning Desert Bighorn Sheep to their historic habitat after being extirpated in the mid 1900s. This is their story.

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Goshutes Mountains Banding Station

This was a moment from the filming of Sky Migrations. Here we are in the midst of the October raptor migration, banding birds on the move as they embark on their epic migrations across the American West.

Rio Mesa Research Station

I was hired by the University of Utah and National Geographic to run a seasonal bird banding effort targeting migratory songbirds passing through the remote desert ecosystems outside of Moab, Utah.

Lofoten Islands Shorebird Study

Since moving to the Lofoten Islands, I have been supporting a long-term population and habitat use study on the local Eurasian Oystercatcher population.