by Nick Wittkamp | Feb 18, 2025 | Project
Assessing the health and demographics of migratory birds in the Hoback River Valley Project Overview Many of the birds that breed in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and their offspring migrate south every fall from Wyoming to the Southwest United States or... 
by siteadmin | Dec 12, 2023 | Project, The Swan Project
Monday, October 24th, 2022 History of The Trumpeter Swan Society Author: Margaret Smith Date: Monday, 24 October Time: 08:10 – 08:30 History and role of the IUCN-SSC Swan Specialist Group Author: Eileen Rees Date: Monday, 24 October Time: 08:30 – 08:50... 
by Ricketts Conservation Team | Mar 25, 2023 | Project
By Brett French, The Billings Gazette BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park may be well-known for its role in rebuilding populations of large mammals like grizzly bears, wolves and bison, yet trumpeter swans have a similar story of dogged recovery that is... 
by Ricketts Conservation Team | Mar 15, 2021 | Project
By: Arcata Leavitt and Lily Bailey The Wind River Range (WRR) is a scenic, 100-mile-long mountain range that includes the highest point in Wyoming, Gannett Peak (13,804’), and 19 of the next 20 highest peaks in Wyoming. This expansive range includes part of the Wind... 
by Ricketts Conservation Team | Aug 3, 2020 | Project
Earlier this summer, the RCF crew teamed up with biologists Jay & Heidi Carlisle from Boise State University’s Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO) to attach satellite transmitters to Long-Billed Curlews on and around Jackson Fork Ranch in Bondurant, WY.... 
by Lily Bailey | May 26, 2020 | Project
When most people imagine scientific research they think microscopes and lab coats. When thinking of conservation they picture park rangers and polar bears. If people even consider loon conservation, they might imagine artificial nest rafts or aluminum fishing boats....