Andy Maser

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Every initiative to protect the environment needs a charismatic poster species. When it comes to the controversial tar sands debate that endangered animal is the rare and genetically unique Spirit Bear. A black bear with a recessive gene that turns its fur white is the star of the award winning… Read the rest

Award-winning National Geographic Young Explorer, Global iWend Ambassador and kayaker extraordinaire Andy Maser traveled to South America with his Epicocity Project partners to run some rapids and learn more about what’s happening to Bolivia’s tropical glaciers.
In addition to writing a killer feature story about his trip for the newest… Read the rest

Andy Maser of Rivers in Demand is the man. Not only is he a National Geographic Young Explorer, but he’s the one who organized Portland’s 350.org kayak event on the Willamette River a few weeks ago. He’s also one of Wend’s Global iWend Ambassadors. In fact, he has an article… Read the rest

Two of our favorite Wend Ambassadors are headed out on a sweet trip today. Andy Maser and Daniel Fox will be paddling 130 miles of the Columbia River from Willamette Falls in Portland to Ft Stevens, where the Columbia flows into the Pacific Ocean, to benefit the Disabled American Veterans,… Read the rest