Soundbites: Prairie Dogs and a Chorus of Birds
By Grace Elison ASC Landmark Volunteer One of my favorite parts about living on the prairie is that while you may not always be able to spot wildlife, you can almost always hear them. In the morning we wake up to a chorus of birds chirping...
A Letter from Mark Wood, Explorer
I’m Mark Wood, a professional polar explorer and educator, and my passion and respect for nature take me to the extremes of the planet. I’m excited to be partnering with ASC to collect scientific samples during my travels, and to be sharing my adventure, reporting...
Moving Upstream: Help Us Study Microplastics
ASC Adventurer Trent Banks samples in the Spanish Peaks, Montana. (Photo by Jenna Walenga) By Jenna WalengaASC Microplastics Program ManagerBy now, you may be familiar with microplastics and the damage they are doing to our oceans. We have found these harmful tiny...
Men’s Journal Features Gregg and ASC
Well over a million people have read about ASC in the past month, since Men’s Journal included our founder Gregg Treinish on its inaugural “50 Most Adventurous Men” list. The honor seats Treinish alongside a slew of the world’s movers and...
Huetter Films Releases “Life on the Prairie”
A glimpse into the human experience on American Prairie Reserve in north eastern Montana. Abby Huetter is a documentary filmmaker based in Bozeman, Montana. Originally from Sacramento, California she currently is a Masters student in the Science and Natural...
Beyond the Scenic: An Artist’s Shifting Perspective of the Plains
Story and Paintings by Emilie LeeASC Partner ArtistIt’s 5 a.m., and I’m crammed in the back of a car with six strangers, rattling down a dirt road as we race to beat the sunrise. Sleep has overtaken me by the time we reach our destination, but I snap out...
ASC Spring Giveaway
The ASC Spring Giveaway is now live! Enter to win an amazing bundle of gear and goodies! Click here to throw your name in the hat: ASC Spring Giveaway The package includes Clif Bars, a Steripen Classic 3 water purifier, a pair of Sunski...
Meet the May/June Landmark Crew
An avid rock climber, photographer and nature-geek, Brady Ross has a degree in Geography from South Dakota State University. Brady spent his early years in the Rockies in southern Colorado, where he spent time hiking and expanding his adventurous spirit in the...
Beyond the Scenic: An Artist’s Shifting Perspective of the Plains
Story and Paintings by Emilie LeeASC Partner ArtistIt’s 5 a.m., and I’m crammed in the back of a car with six strangers, rattling down a dirt road as we race to beat the sunrise. Sleep has overtaken me by the time we reach our destination, but I snap out...
Fishing for Microplastics
Story and Photos by Joe KlementovichASC Microplastics AdventurerI like to think the little things we do can add up to bigger changes, no matter how massive the challenge. So over the past few months, I’ve been chomping at the bit to get involved with and sample...