#MakeWaves
Pledge to Support Clean Water With Us and 1% for the Planet The Adventure Scientists Microplastics Project is featured as a “Water Activator” in a far-reaching campaign this summer run by one of our nonprofit partners. 1% for the...
Elk Crossing!
Photo by Rachel KarlovThe Landmark crew just got a big surprise when they came across a herd of about 500 running through the road close to Burnt Lodge. Learn more about Landmark and other ASC projects on our website, the Field Notes blog, and by following...
A Photographic Tour of the ASC Microplastics Lab
Photos by Joe Klementovich | Story by Emily Stifler Wolfe ASC volunteer Joe Klementovich woke at 4:30 a.m., and quietly snuck out of the house where his family was vacationing in Camden, Maine, pulling out of the driveway without waking anyone. He...
5 Wildlife Videos from the Uinta Mountains
By Emily Stifler WolfeASC Staff When Brittany Ingalls and Caitlin Pennington first tried to set up their camera trap near the 10,767-foot Bear Lake, the trail was impassible, blocked by thick deadfall. “We crawled through a quarter mile of blowdown, under and...
Pressed Grasses: From Preservation to Conservation
By Josiane SegarASC Landmark Crew MemberThe term “grass” is largely misunderstood. More often than not, it conjures an image of a neatly mowed patch of lawn. But the mixed-grass prairie in northeast Montana is so much more diverse than this: One...
Taking a Cue from Edward Abbey
Adventures on the Bruce Peninsula A clear view of the Georgian Bay from the Bruce Trail, in Ontario's Bruce Peninsula National Park (Photo by Kara Steeland) By Kara SteelandASC Microplastics AdventurerThe steel-hulled boat rocked gently as we sat on the back, readying...
Video: Beyond our Footsteps
By Brady RossASC Landmark Crew MemberThere's a lot of walking on the prairie. But that's not the thing I remember most. I remember the childlike joy of jumping into water puddles, sitting on hills and watching pronghorn walk into view. I remember the excitement...
Nat Geo Video: The Scary Journey of Microplastics
ASC Executive Director Gregg Treinish recently presented to the National Geographic Explorers Symposium about the emerging environmental issue of microplastic pollution, and about the ASC Microplastics Project. Thousands of tiny plastic particles can...
Landmark Alums: Where Are They Now?
Landmark attracts volunteers from all over the world who come together to share the unique experience of living and working on the American Prairie. Crew members spend two months on the reserve collecting data, exploring and making their own fun. After Landmark, many...
When the Well Runs Dry
A Puyallup River Journey Photos and Writing by Ken CampbellASC Microplastics AdventurerI don’t know my watershed as well as I thought I did. Although I sit on a local environmental education committee and work on projects for the Puyallup Watershed...