AmeriCorps Week

March 10-18 is National AmeriCorps Week!

AmeriCorps Week is a time to celebrate the both the benefits of national service and the volunteers who dedicate their time to making an impact in communities. …

Who Needs The Lamar Valley When You Have Jackson Hole

Remember when watching wolves and bears required a trip to the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone. While the Lamar Valley is still the best place to reliably see wolves and bears, Jackson Hole has come into its own for wildlife observation. …

Graduate Studies – Work Hard, Play Hard

During this winter semester, Graduate Students have worked for weeks in their academic course Ecological Inquiry; investigating conservation and management issues from key stakeholders around the state of Wyoming. Through interviews, discussions, and research, final papers and presentations were completed . …

The View From Above

Clandestine surveillance…prospecting for gold…monitoring natural disasters. These are only a few of the ways the rapidly evolving field of remote sensing is used. Simply put, remote sensing is the observation of an object or phenomenon from a distance. …

AmeriCorps Field Instructor – Bridging the Gap

I often find myself wondering what my main goal and purpose is as an environmental educator. The first response that comes out is usually something like, “To educate students on the natural world.” This is a true enough statement. …

Happenings on the Kelly Campus

Faculty and Staff were delighted to host three Catholic Middle Schools from Casper, Sheridan and Cheyenne. The school groups were treated to sunny skies and plenty of wildlife viewings. Meanwhile the graduate students wrapped up their second week of academics in Advanced Elements of Field Ecology. …

Service Project with Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

Each season it is the duty of the AmeriCorps interns to work on a service project either individually or as a group with an organization outside of the Teton Science Schools. During the fall l worked with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation and Jackson Hole Nature Mapping. …