An Ode to the Prairie

by Adventure Scientists | Jan 6, 2017 | American Prairie Reserve, conservation, Landmark, prairie, Wildlife

​By Sandy Van Dijk The last transect I walked was the final transect for the Landmark Project managed by Adventure Scientists on American Prairie Reserve in northeastern Montana. The day was December 13, 2016, the walk was about 9.5 miles, the temperature was...

Closing the Prairie Gate

by Adventure Scientists | Dec 27, 2016 | adventurer spotlight, American Prairie Reserve, apr, camera trap, collect, conservation, great plains, Landmark, montana, Wildlife

By: Victoria Ortiz​Only four places on Earth still contain vast, unplowed native grasslands: Siberia, Mongolia, Patagonia and the northern Great Plains of the United States. Over the last few years Adventure Scientists has partnered with the American Prairie...

 The Differences that Define the Prairie

by Adventure Scientists | Dec 19, 2016 | American Prairie Reserve, conservation, Landmark, Photography, prairie

By: Saul Carrillo Saul Carrillo, originally from Austin, Texas, has spent over three months as a Landmark crew member on the Great Plains. Photo by Eli Allen ​​Oftentimes while moving from place to place, it is easy to look past the minutely subtle...

My First Meeting With Gumbo

by Adventure Scientists | Oct 21, 2016 | American Prairie Reserve, conservation, Landmark

By: Matilde GranetLandmark Crew Member Gumbo: The element of the Great Plains that shows how complicated it is to live in this territory.In the Great Plains region where the American Prairie Reserve is located, people often refer to mud as “gumbo.”The...

Reshaping Wildlife Conservation at American Prairie Reserve

by Adventure Scientists | Oct 14, 2016 | American Prairie Reserve, conservation, prairie, Wildlife

By Josiane Segar​Landmark Crew Member Camera trap photo of pronghorn congregating on one of the Wild Sky ranches. ​If one thing has been impressed upon me in my two summers of working at American Prairie Reserve, it’s that setting up a large-scale...

American Prairie Reserve: Working at the Forefront of Conservation Design

by Adventure Scientists | Oct 5, 2016 | American Prairie Reserve, camera trap, conservation, Landmark, prairie, Wildlife

By Josiane Segar​Landmark Crew Member Camera trap photo of pronghorn congregating on one of the Wild Sky ranches. If one thing has been impressed upon me in my two summers of working at American Prairie Reserve, it’s that setting up a large-scale...