by Adventure Scientists | Aug 17, 2016 | American Prairie Reserve, biodiversity, camera trap, conservation, Landmark, montana, Wildlife
By Adventure Scientists Staff From the heat of August to the deep freeze of January, our Landmark crews collect wildlife data on the American Prairie Reserve. The data is used to help American Prairie Reserve make wildlife management decisions that support...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 24, 2016 | adventure, climbing, conservation, microplastics, science, Thailand
By Dylan JonesASC Microplastics Adventurer The largest bay on Koh Lao Liang Phi (Photo by Dylan Jones) The morning sun dances off the glassy ripples lapping against my kayak. I dip a sampling bottle under the crystalline surface one, two, three times, the displaced...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 20, 2013 | apr, biodiversity, camera trap, citizen science, conservation, hiking, Landmark, science, Wildlife
Bringing Adventure-Science to the American Prairie From Marco Polo to Lewis and Clark wide open grasslands have long inspired adventurous spirits, and voyages of discovery. However, very few of these vast landscapes still exist unaltered. Only the steppes of...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 8, 2013 | camera trap, conservation, montana
Catching Wildlife in a Lens: Camera Trapping Top 10 By Kim Hightower Your fingers begin to freeze instantly as you remove your gloves and mount the camera onto the lower trunk of the tree. The wind blows and you’re enveloped in a cold, sparkling-white powder as...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 27, 2012 | adventure, citizen science, conservation, Great Lakes, kayaking, students
ASC teams up with the Wilderness Classroom to study water quality and bird migration in the name of science and adventure Dave and Amy Freeman, the Founders of Wilderness Classroom. Photo credit: Wildernessclassroom.com For the past three years, Dave and Amy Freeman...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 21, 2012 | adventure, climbing, conservation, montana
The Boulder Pass Trail in Glacier National Park. Photo Courtesy of Dylan Jones As a traveling rock climber road tripping to America’s greatest climbing destinations, our ropes don’t often take us to areas where relevant data for ASC studies can be...