Sea Rim State Park is located where the marshes meet the sea. This creates unique habitats for the park’s diverse wildlife. We spoke with Park Superintendent Nathan Londenberg, whose story about getting involved with the parks is pretty interesting! He told us that he grew up in Africa because his father was a missionary. During his time there, he witnessed firsthand the damaging effects humans can have on the planet. The area he grew up in should have had an abundance of plant and animal life, but, due to unregulated pit mining and general disregard for wildlife, it was the exact opposite. After experiencing this, Superintendent Londenberg realized he wanted to pursue a career that protected the earth.

When asked about conservation, Superintendent Londenberg quoted Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who dedicated her life to helping Africa’s wildlife, saying that “saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people.  Greed and personal gain must not be permitted to decimate, despoil and destroy the earth’s irreplaceable treasure for its existence is essential to the human spirit and the well-being of the earth as a whole.  All life has just one home – the earth – and we as the dominate species must take care of it.” This quote rolls all our feelings about conservation into two sentences. We, the people of Earth, are responsible for taking care of the planet.