Cortney Cameron is an applied geoscientist, nature therapy instructor, author, and songwriter based in southwestern Oregon. She grew up in the Appalachian Foothills, honed her career in Florida cypress domes, and now studies Oregon’s world-class waters as a research hydrologist. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and agency reports on freshwater ecosystem hydrology and natural disasters. She is the lead author of the best-selling nature therapy book, Nature Therapy Walks: 22 Sensory Activities to Enjoy in Nature for Wellbeing, and four nature-themed illustrated children’s books, including The Flower on the Mountain. Her poems and memoirs have been featured in various outlets, including Appalachian Journal and Sand Hills. She is the lead writer for the Catians comic series, previously published by Scout Comics. She can be reached at hello@crcameron.com. Her current creative projects are highlighted below.
Music
- Family Jamboree (recording) – folk/Americana
- Atlas Ray, 2020 (recording)* – metal
- Railways in Heaven, 2019 (recording)† – folk/Americana
- Riversong, 2019 (recording)† – folk/Americana
- Higher Than the Mountain, 2019 (recording)† – folk/Americana
- Get to Me, 2007 (MP3)‡ – rock
- Endless Summer (Can’t Relive the Moment), 2007 (MP3)‡
* Album artwork by John Gutang. † Album artwork by Cyasha Rain. ‡ Demo by Jamie Graves Productions. All songs (lyrics and melodies) copyright © Cortney Cameron.
Comic Books
- Catians with Luyi Bennett & others
Children’s Books
- Atlas and the Lucky Flower with Faith Etheredge
- Look, a Bee! with Filza Amalina and Ryan Bielak
- The Spider Without a Web with Tejaswini Gorakala
- The Flower on the Mountain with Olha Urdeichuk
Non-Fiction Books
- Nature Therapy Walks: 22 Sensory Activities to Enjoy in Nature for Wellbeing with N. Clarke, 2020
- Nature Therapy Guide certification program at the Natural Wellness Academy
Memoir Essays
- A Tale of Two Horseshoe Crabs, The Loop, 2024 (PDF)
- A toddler’s lessons on nature therapy, The Loop, 2022 (PDF)
- Succession: Reflections on the Nature of Death, Sisyphus, 2019 (PDF)
- Filly, The Dead Mule, 2019 (PDF)
- Dads and Guitars, The Dead Mule, 2016 (PDF)
Poetry & Chapbooks
- Tree, Eno River Arts and Literature Magazine, 2021, 10:12 (link)
- Nails, The Purpled Nail, 2020 (link) (PDF)
- Swamp in Autumn, Sand Hills, 2019, 43(1):122 (PDF)
- The Appalachians, Appalachian Journal, 2018, 45(3-4):659 (PDF)
- Geologist in Love, Tenkatt Press, 2018 (link)
Journal & Technical Articles
- Cameron, C. 2025. Estimating Lake-Groundwater Exchange Using Nighttime Water Level Fluctuations in Central Florida: The Modified White Method as a Complementary Tool for Leakage Assessments. In review.
- Cameron, C. 2025. Waterbird species-area relationships at Florida lakes: validating a management threshold using citizen science data. Lake and Reservoir Management. Accepted.
- Cameron, C. 2025. Fluid boundaries: Spatiotemporal variability of Florida springsheds under changing hydrologic conditions. The Stacks. Accepted.
- Cameron, C., & Venning, T.J. 2025. Maximum Potential Age of Pondcypress Hydrologic Indicators Using Diameter at Breast Height. Limnological Review. 25(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/limnolrev25010009
- Cameron, C. 2025. Citrus Production Losses in Florida Due to Hurricane Ian: Estimates From the Forecast-Production Gap. Southeastern Geographer. 65(1):54-73. https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2025.a952574
- Cameron, C., Shea, C., Nowciki, R., Schmutz, D., LaRoche, J., & Hancock, M. 2023. Hydrology of Cypress Domes: A Review. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 31:673–696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-023-09941-4
- Cameron, C., Venning, T. J., Holzwart, K. R., Frazier, M., Leeper, D., & Hancock, M. 2023. Species Richness of Cypress Dome Vegetation in West-Central Florida, USA. Wetland Science & Practice. 41(2):51-56. https://doi.org/10.1672/ucrt083-51
- Cameron, C.R., Hancock M.C., Carr, D.W., Hurst M.K., Campbell D.E., Venning T.J., Paige T.D., & Rouse Holzwart K. 2020. Hydroperiods of cypress domes in west-central Florida, USA. Wetlands 40:2225–2234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01329-x
- Cameron, C., and Madueme, C. 2019. Assessment of Open Source Software, QGIS, to Estimate Hurricane Matthew Flood Extent in Robeson County, North Carolina Using Unsupervised Classification. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 25(4): 359–367. https://doi.org/10.2113/EEG-2216
- Cameron, C. 2015. Relationship between watershed area and discharge of West Prong Roaring River, Wilkes County, NC. The Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 131(1): 13-14. https://www.doi.org/10.7572/2167-5872-131.1.13
More available on request.
Geology & Popular Science Columns
- Cameron, C. 2019. In Praise of Open Source GIS Software. The Professional Geologist, 56(4): 20. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2019. West Prong Roaring River after Florence. The Professional Geologist, 56(1): 57. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2018. Of Rocks and Robots: Automation in Geology. The Professional Geologist, 55(3): 33. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2017. Geologic Adventures in Trieste, Italy. The Professional Geologist, 54(3): 55. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2017. On Field Trips and The Scientific Debut. The Professional Geologist, 54(1): 51. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2015. Volcanic lightning turns ash into glass. EARTH Magazine. (PDF)
- Cameron, C. 2015. Subducted seawater the source of fluid-rich diamonds. EARTH Magazine. (PDF)