Eric Hoffman The Writer - Overseas Assignments

Writing Assignments

All Photos by Eric Hoffman unless otherwise noted.

Below is a partial list of topics I have covered in books and magazines.

AUSTRALIA - at large Saltwater Crocodile Platypus Echidna Natural history guide for continent (see books) Alpaca farming in Australia Wheat farmers of Western Australia US farm subsidies impact on Aussie wheat farmers	Eric Hoffman and author/artist Alasdair McGregor in Sydney Harbor, Australia
South Australia Adelaide Camel trekking the Flinders Ranges Kangaroo Island Islands of the Thorny Passage Hopkins Island Thistle Island Barossa Valley Riverlands Wineries The Heysen & ABC Ranges Murray River Mouth Flinders Ranges National Park Wilpena Pound Gammon Ranges Coorong	Echidna, South Australia
Queensland Brisbane Carnarvon Gorge Lamington Tops National Park Fraser Island Heron Island Lady Musgrave Island Bundaberg Whitsunday Islands Hinchinbrook Island Wallaman Falls Naitonal Park Herbaton and Atherton Tablelands Cairns Kuranda Fitzroy Island Great Barrier Reef Lizard Island Dunk Island Daintree Rainforest Lakefield National Park Cape York Peninsula Quinkan Country	Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland
Northern Territory Darwin Kakadu National Park Uluru Kata-Juta National Park Litchfield National Park Tiwi Islanders (Bathurst & Melville Islands) Arnhem Land Cobourg Peninsula Katherine Gorge National Park Alice Springs Ormiston Gorge National Park Kings Canyon National Park Glen Helen Gorge National Park Berry Springs Nature Park Fogg Dam Conservation Area	Saltwater crocodile waits for an opportunity, Northern Territory
Western Australia Broome Kimberely Ranges Gibb River Road Caves of the Nullarbor Monkey Mia Dolphins of Shark Bay Hammersly Ranges National Park Bungle Bungles Perth Freemantle Albany & Karri Forest Walpole-Nornalup National Park Denmark(coastal town south of Perth) Stirling Ranges National Park Fitzgerald River National Park and its Royal Hakea Ningaloo Reef and whale sharks Exmouth Walpole Walpole-Nornalup NP Kununurra Derby	Corellas, Western Australia
New South Wales Sydney Lord Howe Island Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Mt. Kosciusko Natonal Park Royal National Park Mootwingee National Park Kinchega National Park Lake Mungo National Park Sturt National Park Tiboobura Barrington Tops National Park Warrumbungle National Park Dorrigo National Park Washpool & Gibraltar Ranges National Park Myall Lakes National Park New England National Park Thredbo Cooma Snowy River	Common Wombat, New South Wales
Victoria Melbourne Geelong Ballarat Healsville Sanctuary Mt. Arapiles Grampians National Park Mt. Buffalo National Park Little Desert National Park Wilsons Promontory National Park Dandenong National Park French Island State Park (koalas) Phillip Island (fairy penquins) Bogong National Park Falls Creek ski area	Superb Parrot, Victoria (photo by Sherry Edensmith)
Tasmania Hobart Mt. Field National Park Richmond Mount Field National Park Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park Overland Track Franklin-Lower Gordon National Park Tasmanian Devil Rafting the Gordon River Southwest National Park Devonport Launceston Freycinet National Park King Solomon and Marakoopa Caves Walls of Jerusualem NP	Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
NEW ZEALAND Royal Albatross Kea Alpaca fiber Camelid behavior	With its 10' wingspan folded up Royal Albatross guards chick Taiaroa, New Zealand (photo Otago Peninsula Trust)
NEW GUINEA Kayaking the Sepik River	Wigman, New Guinea. Photo by Stearns brothers
AFRICA Lemurs – Madagascar	The Ring-tailed Lemur is an agile climber.
SOUTH AMERICA Guanaco language – Chile/Agentina Torres de Paine NP – Chile Lauca National Par – Chile Chiloe Island (Chile) Rural Alianza – Peru Macusani – Peru Santa Rosa – Peru Vicunas – Chile & Peru Chakkus – Peru Vicunas, guanacos & llamas – Argentina & Bolivia El Alto Quarantine – Bolivia Rural Alianca (largest alpaca operation in the world) Putre region – Chile	Vicunas in their mountain pastures.
Bolivia Vicunas, guanacos & llamas – Argentina & Bolivia El Alto Quarantine	Llama pack train, Bolivia
Chile Torres del Paine NP Lauca National Park Chiloe Island (Chile) Vicunas in Chile & Peru Flamingos of the Andes Viscacha Andean Goose	Guanaco, Torres del Paine
Peru Rural Alianza Macusani Santa Rosa Vicunas – Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador Chakkus Arequipa fiber processors Interviews with Derek Michell, Juan Pepper, Luis Chavez, & Gilberto Sartafy Interview with Don Julio Barreda Interviews with Jose Luis Apaza DVZ and Rural Alianza President Luis Gomez Interview with CONACS Director Alfonso Martinez Interview with Rural Alianza Technical Engineer Julio Cuba Interview with archaezoologicalist Jane Wheeler Ph.d El Yaral & Telemarchay Archeological Sites Using screening protocols to evaluate alpacas & llamas in Peru, Chile & Bolivia Challenges of working with camelids at high altitudes near Macusani Challenges at La Raya Research Station during time of the Shining Path Colca Canyon Chivay - Festival del Witititi, condors Puno, established in 1668 Puno is the most attractive large city in the Peruvian Andes. Puno is a port city on Lake Titicaca, home to a university and possesses many colonial buildings. Most of all, for the uninformed traveller, it has a much lower crime rate than nearby Juliaca. Puna Humeda (wet region of high Andes that results in greater concentrations wildlife and domestic animal production, such as alpacas, sheep and Swiss cattle.) Puna Seco (dry region of high Andes that with lower densities of wildlife and traditional domestic animals, such as llamas) Nunoa, an ancient Quechua town in the Andes known for raising llamas and alpacas Ayaviri, home to Rural Alianza, the largest alpaca cooperative in the world Importance of bofadelas (wet seep areas) to camelid evolution, survival and distribution of camelids as well as other species of wildlife in the Andes. Reserva Nacional Pampas Galeras, the stronghold of the vicunas and annual chakkus (fleece collecting roundups)	Family of Quechua pastoralists, Peru (photo by George Miller)
Ecuador Galapagos	Land iguana, Galapagos, Ecuador (photo by Sherry Edensmith)
SUB ANTARCTIC South Georgia Island	South Georgia: Tourist photographs King penguins while a King penguin watches. (photo by Minden Pictures/Flip Nicklin)
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA Natural history guide to Belize Jaguar Ocelot Jaguarundi Margay 60 scuba diving sites Belize: a Central American country where women have power Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve Placencia Dangriga Ambergris Caye San Pedro Bermuda Landing Community Baboon Sanctuary (howler monkeys) Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Glover’s Reef St. George’s Caye Hol Chan Marine Reserve Gale’s Point (manatees) Caulker Caye South Water Caye Tobacco Caye Blue Hole National Park Baird’s Tapir Garifuna culture Guancaste National Park Lighthouse Reef Mennonite towns Hiking trails throughout Belize Sapodilla Cayes Lighthouse Reef Sharon Matola & The Belize Zoo Review Mayan archeological sites in Belize & Tikal (Guatemala) Altun Ha Chau Hiix (lodge & ruin) Cerros Ruins Caracol El Castillo Lamanai La Milpa Ruins Nim Li Punit Xunantunich Punta Gorda and Mayan Villages Wood stork Keel-billed toucan Frigate birds Scarlet Macaws	Tarahuamaras dance near 18th century Jesuit Mission, Sierra Madre , Mexico Garifuna drummers inherited the drum from their enslaved West African ancestors who escaped shipwrecked Spanish Galleons. Dangriga, Belize
NORTH AMERICA (also partial list) Mountain lion conservation & interaction with livestock Live capture of Tule Elk & Bighorn Sheep Environmental impact of feral pigs in California Marine mammal resurgence in California Peregrine falcon rescue program Saving the California condor from extinction Bald eagle rescue Elf Owl Conservation Tule Elk: Henry Miller’s Legacy Sex Life of the Three-toed Salamander Impact of DDT on Brown Pelicans Sea mammal interaction in Monterey Bay Steelhead and Salmon conservation in California	The Osprey is amongst the world's most successful predatory birds. It is fairly common along sea coasts, rivers, and lakes throughout the world, with the exceptions of the polar regions. This pair is readying their nest for their brood of chicks.

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