Our Path Ahead

Spring is here and under normal circumstances, many of us would be emerging from hibernation and dreaming up our next adventure. Since our Fall 2019 program wrapped in November, we’ve been busy planning upcoming sabbatical programs and new kinds of programs we hoped to offer in late summer. As uncertain as things are now, it’s hard to fathom what the next several months or even the next year will look like.

With this and the safety of our community in mind, we’ve decided to hit pause on all Amble programs until 2021. 

Sierra Foothills cohort at the Martin Wildlife Refuge in Spring 2019.

You could say we’re taking a sabbatical, of sorts. This is a decision we’ve dreaded making, but we know is the right one. Each program takes months of advanced planning, and in-person connections and travel are core to the experiences we offer. We hope to resume our programs as soon as it is safe to do so, and we’re sure that, more than ever, many of you will be seeking travel to far and wild places, and to support work that really matters. 

2019 was a huge year for us with two exciting programs in the Sierra Foothills and Glacier National Park, and lots of love in The New York Times, Lonely Planet, Smithsonian Magazine and InVision. We partnered with Parks Project, and we were invited to speak at conferences by Public Lands Alliance and the California Land Conservation. In many ways, we felt like we were just getting started. 

Amble featured in The New York Times

We are just as bummed as the many of you who were looking forward to taking your sabbatical with us, and even more disappointed we can’t support our community of nature nonprofits and conservancies in the way we had planned.

We will continue to do what we can to support them, and encourage you to do so by making a purchase from their online stores or making a donation that supports their continued work on protecting and preserving our wild spaces. For those who have already signed up to support them—hang tight! Like many of us, they are waiting to see what the next several weeks bring so they know where to focus their efforts.

We know this time is difficult for many of you, but we hope it’s also a restorative time with your family, an opportunity to reconnect with friends, or perhaps to work on projects you’ve been meaning to tackle—a stay at home sabbatical, of sorts. For now, we will be taking our own sabbatical and using this time to explore new ideas, recharge, reflect and come back stronger than before!