At 7am on December 11, 2012, 20 mule deer in Teton County, WY awoke to a peculiar feeling. The collar that many of them had been wearing for the better part of two years miraculously fell off.
It’s not every “New Englander” that is offered the opportunity to band birds in the Tetons for the summer, but so it was for me during the summer of 2012.
After nearly seven years with the Conservation Research Center (CRC), I’ve learned that the most rewarding accomplishments often come from surprising places