Wapiti Wilderness

For my last evening program of my fall AmeriCorps internship I took eight rowdy, excited girls from Jessup Middle School for a night hike along east bank of the Snake River. I have found that night hikes bring out a particular flavor of squirliness in middles school students, …

Young Women Convene at the Kelly Campus

In the final stretch of autumn, as elk bugling trailed off, the longstanding program Young Women and Science lit up the Kelly Campus.“This is so cool!” “Wow, that job sounds amazing.” Eighteen ninth grade girls gathered in Kelly for a week of science, …

Teacher Training at the Murie Center

For the second year Teton Science Schools have partnered with the Murie Center to offer teacher trainings. The program from October 28 – 31, 2010 was the first of the two part series and included 24 teachers from Wyoming and Idaho. …

Stalking the Pika: Researching the Cutest Animal on Earth

As the snow begins to fall, one gets a sense that the animals are beginning to settle underground. Not so for the American pika (Ochotona princeps), smallest member of the rabbit family. They continue their search for plants, …

Wildlife Expedition Tradition

Approximately 3.1 million people visited this area last year, and 2.9 million of those came between May and September. We just completed our 11th summer season of Wildlife Expeditions connecting Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem visitors to nature and place through education. …