A story of the geologic evolution of the Bighorn Basin in 6 easy chapters: Rocks for Everyone! We invite you to join us for this lecture via Zoom Webinar! When: Jul 30, 2020, Noon Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: A story of the geologic evolution of the Bighorn Basin in 6 easy chapters: Rocks […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2011 Report from the Field: Golden Eagles, Sagebrush Country, and the Spirit of the American West By Dr. Charles R. Preston “Wait till you hear what we saw today,” shouted an excited Patrick Rodgers from across the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s employee parking lot as I was […]
Did you ever think that Cody had a connection with the Boston Red Sox? Well, it turns out there is a connection. Eric Rossborough, the associate librarian at the McCracken Research Library and is from Boston himself, was pleasantly surprised to find out that Cody and the Bighorn Basin has some connection with the Boston […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall/Winter 2017 Dispatches from the Field: The Eagles of Rattlesnake Gulch By Charles R. Preston, PhD In 2008, Dr. Charles R. Preston, Willis McDonald IV Senior Curator of the Draper Natural History Museum, began a study of golden eagles in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. Since 2012, he’s shared […]
Golden eagles are a key species and a powerful predator in the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin. At the June Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition, speaker Brian Woodbridge reminds us that golden eagles are found far and wide in the West in diverse habitats—some very different from the Basin. “Golden eagles occupy a […]
“Golden eagle nests are typically clustered along prominent cliff faces adjacent to large, open foraging areas,” says Geologist Gretchen Hurley, the speaker at the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition. The free lecture, titled From Ancient Rivers to Silent Cliffs: The Geomorphology of Golden Eagle Nesting and Hunting Habitats in the Bighorn Basin, takes […]