When trees first evolved, they existed only in the tropics and for good reason—50 percent of the tree is water. Cold temperatures turn water into ice, causing it to expand. […]

Amy Phillips brings seven years of experience in the cultural heritage field to her position as Curatorial Assistant at the Center of the West's Draper Natural History Museum. She is the co-Principal Investigator on the “Bison of the Bighorn Basin” Project, which employs faunal analysis to learn about past bison ecology in the geographic Bighorn Basin using more than 100 bison crania sourced by community engagement. Amy also serves on the Society of American Archaeology Public Outreach Committee and as an appointed member of the Park County Historic Preservation Commission. She has research interests in the relationship between humans and their environments in the past and present, taphonomy, and bison ecology. Amy is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Cultural Resource Management, Archaeology from St. Cloud State University.
by Amy Phillips
When trees first evolved, they existed only in the tropics and for good reason—50 percent of the tree is water. Cold temperatures turn water into ice, causing it to expand. […]
by Amy Phillips
The Draper Natural History Museum (Draper) is debuting a new monitoring project on the Paul Stock Nature Trail this summer. Staff and volunteers will be walking the trail weekly to […]
by Amy Phillips
By Amy Phillips, Curatorial AssistantDraper Natural History Museum The Draper Natural History Museum maintains two herbarium collections. One is a sister collection to the Rocky Mountain Herbarium at the University […]