The National Geographic Society's former senior writer and editor Douglas Main recently published an article discussing the grizzly bear-army cutworm moth relationship along Continental Divide areas of the Rocky Mountains where their summer ranges overlap. The piece features remarkable photographs by Steven Gnam, who served as a field technician on our project for multiple field … Continue reading National Geographic Society Article
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TWS Conference Poster – Rocks & Sky
On November 9th, we'll present our research findings during a poster session at The Wildlife Society's national conference in Spokane. The conference caters to folks in wildlife careers from students on up the professional ranks. The week long conference typically attracts around 2000 participants and is filled with research presentations, meetings, and events. Our poster, … Continue reading TWS Conference Poster – Rocks & Sky
Thesis Defense
On May 25th, 2022 I presented the findings of my graduate research. The presentation is one of two parts of a thesis defense. I was fortunate to pass my defense and earn my Masters degree that day. If you would like to view my presentation, you can do so on YouTube, viewable below: https://youtu.be/f7qqJq9QC9Y The … Continue reading Thesis Defense
Honoring Burt Bjorling
Our friend and field technician, Burt Bjorling, passed away in September, shortly after completing his tremendous voluntary contributions to project field operations. Photo: Steven Gnam In the summers of 2019 and 2021 Burt worked in a full-time capacity, step-in-step with project field technicians half his age. https://videopress.com/v/I4yNix1h?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true All who worked with Burt appreciated his goodwill, … Continue reading Honoring Burt Bjorling
Help us crowdfund for a summer 2021 field technician
Are you interested in helping to fund our field research? We've launched an online campaign at https://experiment.com/bearbutter to crowdfund $5040 to hire one full-time field technician this summer, our last season of data collection. Our operating budget for the summer will be using carryover funds from 2020 and is insufficient to support a paid field … Continue reading Help us crowdfund for a summer 2021 field technician
Calling all wildlife-loving mountain men & women
6/3/2020 Update: Due to COVID-19 hardships, we've reopened our application window until June 17th for hiring one or more individuals. We will be conducting field research activities this summer under a strict COVID-19 mitigation plan, which technicians must be willing to follow while working in the field and residing in project housing on lieu time. … Continue reading Calling all wildlife-loving mountain men & women
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