September Snapshots from the Prairie

September Snapshots from the Prairie

Ancient discoveries on the prairie: The crew found an arrowhead on one of their transects. They were told by a visiting archeologist that you can see that the arrowhead was broken on the top by way of a hit. The stone it was made from had been etched—its white patina...
The Call of Autumn: Listen to Elk Bugling

The Call of Autumn: Listen to Elk Bugling

Writing and Media by Dove HenryASC Landmark Crew Member Click above to hear the elk During the third week of September—the peak of the elk rut in Montana—the Landmark crew made a trip to the Slippery Ann elk viewing area in the Charles M. Russell Wildlife...
Mirrors in the Grass

Mirrors in the Grass

Writing and Photography by Wesley GushASC Landmark Crew MemberYou can sense the history of the earth in this place. It’s everywhere you walk. The landscape is old; coursed and molded by massive fluvial processes millennia ago. To my South African eyes, however,...
Giant Fish, Tiny Plastics

Giant Fish, Tiny Plastics

Conservation biologist Lesley de Souza (right) studies Arapaima, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. (Photo by S. Piper Kimmel) By Lesley de Souza  ASC Microplastics Adventurer I plunge my arm below the surface of the water, feeling the weight...