Draper Natural History Museum
Draper Natural History Museum staff and volunteers conduct long-term ecological research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and keep up with all the wildlife and science news and issues related to this world-renowned, natural treasure. Keep up with Draper Museum fieldwork and Greater Yellowstone news and information here.

Woo Hoo!!! The permits have arrived
Our permits from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have arrived! We were floored! The region we are in is probably the…
Still Waiting on the permits for the Raptor Experience
We are at the one-month point since I sent in our permit applications for housing birds for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience….

Golden Eagle Journal, July 22, 2011
22 July: At least one of our nests has a young eagle yet to fledge! This bird is at least 62 days…

The Big Day for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience
Once we had the painting done I called the Game Warden to schedule our mews inspection for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience….

Baby Steps on finishing the mews
Things were getting pretty exciting around here. The mews for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience actually looked like a building, the electrical…

Melissa is in heaven! A turkey vulture for our program
The bird I have wanted the most for this program is one that few people appreciate—the Turkey Vulture. I never even gave…