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Yellowstone: Blacktail Plateau Drive

Welcome to Disneyland people! This site was another first for me and I certainly hope it's not my last. Honestly, as soon as we parked our car and started hiking, we had elk bounding across our path and birds were perched on our shoulders singing Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah. I felt like I was in a cartoon. We… Continue reading Yellowstone: Blacktail Plateau Drive

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What in the heck am I doing here?

I realize that many of you may not know what exactly I'm doing in Yellowstone besides just generically "working" here. That could mean anything. I should be more specific. Back in 2006 (probably before that), the National Park Service's Greater Yellowstone Network Inventory and Monitoring (GRYN) Program selected amphibian occurrence to be a vital sign… Continue reading What in the heck am I doing here?

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Beware, weather is everywhere!

Living an hour and a half north of New York City certainly was a nerve-wracking prospect when Sandy was on her way towards the east coast, especially with Hurricane Irene being such a fresh wound. When Irene ripped through the state last year many towns literally got washed away in the flood. People haven't even… Continue reading Beware, weather is everywhere!