by Adventure Scientists | Nov 6, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, apr, Landmark
Several members of the September and October Landmark crews are staying on in November, and are joined by three new teammates, Trent, Jennifer and Tony, our first returning crew member. Get to know the new folks: Having grown up on the Kansas prairie,...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 4, 2014 | apr, Landmark
Landmark is ASC’s groundbreaking project to provide “boots on the ground” support for the American Prairie Reserve management team. Wildlife survey crews consist of skilled outdoors men and women who live and work on...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 28, 2014 | apr, Landmark
Story and photos by Crystal DolisIn such an expansive landscape, it isn’t surprising that most people imagine the large and charismatic features of the prairie. The bison, pronghorn, coyotes, raptors; the golden colors of fall and the wind rustling through seas...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 8, 2014 | apr, Landmark
Yes, those are all mosquitoes. Story and photos by Laura Hitt One thing is certain: The prairie is a land of extremes. I arrived two weeks ago—wending down a dirt road beneath a huge cloud-speckled sky—a few days after a storm that dumped more than half...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 6, 2014 | apr, Landmark
Landmark is ASC’s groundbreaking project to provide “boots on the ground” support for the American Prairie Reserve management team. Wildlife survey crews consist of skilled outdoors men and women who live and work on...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 3, 2014 | apr, Landmark
A good day for the mosquitoes Landmark crews have worked in -20 and +104 temps on Montana’s vast grasslands this year; however, perhaps the greatest challenge any crew has faced has been the plague of mosquitoes caused by flooding in late August after more...