by Adventure Scientists | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Josiane SegarASC Landmark Crew MemberThe term “grass” is largely misunderstood. More often than not, it conjures an image of a neatly mowed patch of lawn. But the mixed-grass prairie in northeast Montana is so much more diverse than this: One...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Brady RossASC Landmark Crew MemberThere’s a lot of walking on the prairie. But that’s not the thing I remember most. I remember the childlike joy of jumping into water puddles, sitting on hills and watching pronghorn walk into view. I remember the...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Landmark attracts volunteers from all over the world who come together to share the unique experience of living and working on the American Prairie. Crew members spend two months on the reserve collecting data, exploring and making their own fun. After Landmark, many...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Thomas Offer-WestortASC Landmark Crew MemberWhen I got the email inviting me to join the Landmark crew, I was ecstatic. I danced in my kitchen and then ran through my apartment to see if anyone was home. We were a pretty solitary bunch who had only met each other...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Turtles dancing offshore in Mexico. Writing and Photography by Ryan SmithASC Microplastics AdventurerI gaze up at a dizzying school of swarming silver jacks, holding my breath, for a brief moment, time stands still. Free diving the remote Isla Isabella 80 miles off...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
After graduating with a degree in Theatre, Tom Offer-Westort is now studying Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He plans to go to graduate school for Wildlife Ecology, with a focus on wolves in grasslands. Tom enjoys spending his summers traveling and...
