Throughout her time in school and after graduating, Helen led 9 to day canoeing, sea kayaking, and backpacking expeditions focused on leadership development amongst groups of young women. These trips led her from the Great Lakes Region to the tundras of the Canadian subarctic in Nunavut and Northwest Territories, where she developed a love of hardy plants and animals thriving in cold, dry places. In , Helen moved to Jackson and began working for Teton Science Schools as a Field Instructor, marrying her passions for science and the natural world with her experiences leading in outdoor education.
With this unique landscape and its wild inhabitants in the foreground, she has since had the opportunity to connect with hundreds of visitors in this spectacular ecosystem.
When not out inspecting nooks and crannies of high alpine environments for hidden wildflowers, Helen enjoys trail running, cooking colorful meals, backcountry skiing, and learning about the ever-evolving intersections between people and the environment in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
After working many seasons as a guide and field instructor, Logan began working with private and public colleges in the State of Georgia coordinating outdoor programming with an emphasis on introducing inner-city and underprivileged students to outdoor initiatives and sustainable practices while recreating outdoors.
Samantha Fogel. Callie Lajza. Currently, Callie spends a lot of time on the water as well as pursuing hiking and climbing in the Tetons!
Frederick Federico Grant. Helen Lewis. In , there were approximately 40 million of the animals in North America; by the s, hunting had reduced the population to under animals.
Finally, here is a delightful but also very serious flier you receive when you enter Yellowstone National Park. Keep a safe distance from the animals, everybody! BY Erin McCarthy. Bison were killed with such success that they came close to extinction by the early part of the 20th century. There are now some 4, free-roaming bison in the Greater Yellowstone region.
In fact, all we want to do is show off their majestic beauty! You can learn all about the species and see the artwork it inspired at the five museums of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in downtown Cody. Bison can also often be spotted year-round throughout Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding region.
Well, this is the one time we would encourage it! Start planning your Cody Yellowstone getaway today. Share this Story:. Another simple way to tell a buffalo from a bison is to look at its horns. Cape buffalo horns resemble a handlebar mustache; they have a thick, helmet-like base and curl down, then back up.
These year-round grazers primarily eat grasses but also consume flowering plants, lichen and woody plant leaves. In winter, bison sweep their large heads from side to side like a plow to clear away snow to find food. But by the s, fewer than 1, remained. Many were slaughtered by the U. Though the American bison population has since recovered, the species is still considered near threatened, and these animals depend heavily on conservation efforts for survival.
Today, about 30, American bison survive in conservation herds. Another approximately , individuals are managed commercially as livestock.
Bison are tough, confident animals that will often react aggressively when they sense danger.
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