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...

The Depth of our Plastic Problem: Microplastics Researcher Abby Barrows’ firsthand account from the Oceanic Society Expedition

by Adventure Scientists | Nov 18, 2016 | adventure science, adventure scientists, Bali, conservation, expeditions, microplastic pollution, microplastics, Oceanic Survey Expedition, oceans, sailing, Scuba Diving

By Victoria Ortiz and Abby Barrows Abby at Bonto Village, Photo by Dianna Cohen ​The Oceanic Society Expedition recently spent 10 days traveling by boat from Bali to Komodo to explore the impact of plastic pollution in this region. They invited Adventure...

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...

Video: Sampling in the Shadow of Mount St. Helens

by Adventure Scientists | Sep 28, 2016 | adventure science, citizen science, conservation, freshwater microplastics, hiking, microplastic pollution, microplastics, Video

By Adventure Scientists Staff ​Award-winning filmmaker and wilderness guide Steve Weileman recently made this short film highlighting his experience taking water samples for Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Initiative. Weileman hiked into...