Colorado nature photographer John Fielder, facing cancer, basks in beauty he helped preserve

Nature photographer John Fielder has dedicated his 40-year career to protecting Colorado’s open spaces, ranches, and wildlands. He received the distinguished Sierra Club Ansel Adams Award in 1993, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s first Achievement Award in 2011. (Photo courtesy John Fielder)

By Bruce Finley | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2023 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: August 12, 2023 at 4:21 PM MDT

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"Here I am at 72," Fielder said, "and cancer is trying to take my life."

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“This is simply self-rescue number 101”

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