"John Fielder" (born 1950) is an American Landscape photography/landscape photographer, nature writer, publisher of over 40 books, and conservationist. He is nationally known for his landscape photography, scenic calendars (which have been published for over 30 years) and for his many coffee table books & travel guides-including Colorado's best-selling Colorado 1870-2000, in which he matches his modern photographs with classic photographs of the same scenes taken in the 19th century by pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson. Fielder has won the Colorado Book Award three times, in 1996, 1997, and 2000.

John Fielder has worked to promote the protection of Colorado open space and wildlands. His photography has influenced people and legislation, earning him recognition including the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award in 1993, and in 2011 the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s first Achievement Award given to an individual. He was an original governor-appointed member of the lottery-related Board of Great Outdoors Colorado, and speaks to thousands of people each year to rally support for land use and environmental issues.

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We're not sure we can keep the lights on for our customers. We don't have the money to buy the power to deliver to the customers.

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[Given this, it's not surprising that Volume II seems at times to be equal parts coffee-table book and environmental soap box.] I'm a lucky person, ... You own your own publishing company, you get to say what you want.

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He became like a loving friend, ... No, I feel in some ways he's like my father now. I wish I could have known him; I feel there's a void in my life that I never did know him. It's strange having an attachment to this dead man, but . . .

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Seeing how much people love Colorado was one of the most incredible, gratifying aspects of my career.

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It's a place I enjoy retreating when I don't have time to go farther into the mountains.

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There is a general attitude among the public that we're too big to fail. But the fact of the matter is that the dollars that we're sending out the door every day are so much more than what we're taking in -- it's exhausted our credit, the banks won't lend to us.

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He saw a lot of the country, but mostly he saw a lot of Colorado. He saw and learned more about places in Colorado in his short lifetime than most people ever do.

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We had dinner last week, and we talked about a new girlfriend, his new job and how he liked the people at work.

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