John works as the rewilding advocate for the Adirondack Council, a member-supported group defending the ecological integrity and wild character of New York’s great Adirondack Park. He is also on the board of directors for RESTORE: The North Woods, Eddy Foundation, and Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Collaborative. John previously was editor of Wild Earth, worked for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and succeeded Dave Foreman as executive director of the Rewilding Institute. He continues to participate as advisor, scout, editor, interviewer, and writer. In 2011, John completed TrekEast, a 7,600-mile, muscle-powered exploration of wilder parts of the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. In 2013, he trekked from Sonora, Mexico, north along the Spine of the Continent as far as southern British Columbia, Canada, groundtruthing Rewilding North America and promoting habitat connections, big wild cores, and apex predators.