Landmark Crews Help Encourage Wildlife-Friendly Ranching
By Adventure Scientists Staff From the heat of August to the deep freeze of January, our Landmark crews collect wildlife data on the American Prairie Reserve. The data is used to help American Prairie Reserve make wildlife management decisions that support...
Dancing Across the Prairie for Swift Fox
By Aline LittLandmark Adventure Scientist Laine McCall, Stefanie Coxe, and Deniz Bertuna (left to right) getting ready to begin a 'foxtrot'. Photo: Aline Litt Today the Landmark Crew culminated a long series of “foxtrots”. This is what we call the...
Running for the Love of the Lake
By: Our ShoresMicroplastics Adventure Scientists The Our Shores team with their trusty companion. Left to right: Evan Flom, Allissa Stutte, and Andy Butter. Photo: Our Shores Something we feel is important to talk about is how we’re carrying ourselves around the...
Abby in Spain for Microplastics Conference
By Jenna WalengaMicroplastics Program Manager Abby Barrows presenting at the MICRO 2016 conference in Lanzarote, Spain. Photo: Chelsea Rochman Microplastics Principal Investigator, Abigail Barrows, was in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain last week for Micro...
Mountains, Mice and Mate Herb: Collecting Scat in Patagonia
By Karin MullendorffScat Adventure Scientist The Cerro Castillo range, Patagonia. Photo: Karin Mullendorff Two summers ago I came across these lands for the first time. Created in the 1970’s to protect valuable forest resources, the Cerro Castillo...
Looking for Leks on the American Prairie Reserve
By: Laine McCallLandmark Adventure Scientist Typical view of a sage grouse lek: males you can't miss, females are hard to spot even with binoculars. Photo: Deniz Bertuna Spring on the American Prairie Reserve means lekking season for the region’s two species of...
Pura Vida: A Microplastics Call to Action
By: Dylan JonesAdventure Scientist Locals and tourists alike enjoy the swimming opportunities and magical setting of the Uvita Waterfall--this is where I collected my water samples. Photo: Dylan Jones White sand gives softly under our feet, reflecting...
Crossing Common Ground
By: Michael WaterfordASC Roadkill Adventure Scientist Pulling my gear cart into Yellowwood State Forest on the 6th night of the trip. Early last year a friend of mine pointed out that despite exploring some of the most remote corners of the map, I had never explored...
Science Spotlight: Landmark Transects
By: Stefanie CoxeLandmark crew member Landmark members Deniz Bertuna and Aline Litt on a transect hike. Photo: Stefanie Coxe The Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation Landmark crew performs transects year-round to collect baseline data about the...
Waves of Change
By: Cameron SayMicroplastics Adventure Scientist Sampling setup. Bottle attached to the leg rope. Photo: Cameron Say The ocean has shaped the life that I live today. The feeling of being in the water waiting for a wave is as special to me as riding one to the shore. I...