Ralph Bartholdt's writing and photography have earned more than 50 awards from the Idaho Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists and the National Newspaper Association. His work has appeared in Montana Magazine, Montana Headwall, Idaho Magazine, Fly Rod & Reel, Fishing and Hunting News, Northwest Sportsman Magazine, Rocky Mountain Game and Fish, Midcurrents, Hatch Magazine, NewWest, The Montana Standard, The Missoulian, The Spokesman Review, Coeur d'Alene Press, The River Journal and other publications across the Intermountain West. He was embedded with the 1st Marines in Iraq's Anbar Province in 2004. He lives in northern Idaho.