Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

The Women in Audubon’s Life – Points West Online

July 26, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2000 “Thou Art My Friend” – The Women in Audubon’s Life: Friends, Lovers, and Helpmates By Barbara Foote ColvertFormer Publications Coordinator Two similar women eminently shaped the […]

Whitney Western Art Museum offers free audio tour

July 25, 2014 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum has launched a new audio guide for use within the gallery. The free audio tour highlights 25 works of […]

Greater sage-grouse habitat exhibit in the Draper Natural History Museum

Treasures from Our West: Greater sage-grouse

July 23, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2011 Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is an iconic species of the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem of the American West. The largest grouse […]

Treasures from Our West: Short-eared owl

July 20, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2008 Short-eared owl (Asio flammeuss) One of the world’s most widely distributed owls, the short-eared owl is a ground-nesting species that inhabits open […]

John James Audubon – Points West Online

July 19, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2000 John James Audubon: Feathers to Fur By Sarah E. Boehme, PhDFormer Whitney Western Art Museum Curator The name of John James Audubon (1785–1851) […]

Treasures from Our West: Golden eagle taxidermy mount

July 18, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Fall 2010 Golden Eagle taxidermy mount, Draper Natural History Museum The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) inhabits open and semi-open wild spaces throughout the Northern […]