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 […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2016 The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Where Do We Draw the Lines? By Charles R. Preston, PhD For generations, many species of animals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including elk (Cervus canadensis), have followed migratory paths. These trails vary little from season to season—that is, until jurisdictions and private property […]
The Camp Monaco Prize Partnership has announced the winners of the $100,000 Camp Monaco Prize, which supports integrated scientific research and public education initiatives in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to inform, inspire, and enhance biodiversity conservation in the United States and around the world. The winning team for 2019 is led by Dr. Monica G. […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2009 On the Trail of the Golden Eagle: Summer Fieldwork with the Golden Eagle Posse By Charles R. Preston, PhD Field of dreams…for researchers Watch out — Rattlesnake! I could clearly hear the staccato rattling of the annoyed reptile as I crested the sandstone outcrop and looked out over […]
In 2011, former curator of the Draper Natural History Museum Dr. Charles Preston received a surprise phone call. “It was a woman just south of Denver. She said she would be very interested in meeting me and showing me some of the specimens that her husband had prepared,” recalled Preston. It turned out her husband […]
Seeing and Hearing: The Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2010 By Charles R. Preston, PhD Imagine a well-documented photograph, film clip, or even an audio recording of a dinosaur, saber-toothed cat, or ancient human. What if we could see the successive alternating subtropical, volcanic, and glacial landscapes that […]