Uncategorized
Seeing Yellowstone through expert eyes
![Avatar photo](https://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/outlaw-partners-46x46.jpg)
![Avatar photo](https://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/outlaw-partners-46x46.jpg)
Published
5 years agoon
Posted By
Outlaw Partners![](https://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/7509074414_8e49a2f574_z.jpg)
By Christine Gianas Weinheimer EBS CONTRIBUTOR
Have you ever visited a place you’d been to many times before, but seeing it through someone else’s eyes created a different experience? This summer, the Yellowstone Forever Institute is offering an opportunity to explore Yellowstone National Park in a whole new way: by seeing it through the eyes of an expert.
A special addition to the Institute’s summer Field Seminars, the Yellowstone Masters Series features world-renowned experts in their fields whose work has made important contributions to their professions. Masters Series participants will experience the park alongside people who have changed our way of seeing and understanding the world, from journalists and natural historians, to research scientists.
“These Masters Series courses offer a rare opportunity to learn directly from truly remarkable leaders in their respective fields, renowned for their expertise and their contributions,” said Robert Petty, senior director of education for Yellowstone Forever.
Each course will take a deep dive into a fascinating subject such as animal behavior, supporting wildlife-compatible landscapes, and multi-media storytelling for conservation in the digital age. Yellowstone will be the classroom, but the knowledge acquired will have relevance to global wildlife conservation and sustainability issues.
The following Masters Series courses are open for registration and are limited to 12 participants each. All Masters Series programs include catered meals and private lodging.
Corvids and Canines
June 12-15
Social and intelligent, ravens and wolves are individually interesting, and even more fascinating when their worlds overlap. Through lectures, discussion and field trips, participants will become immersed in the world of ravens, observing their territorial behaviors as mated pairs defend their domains, and their social behavior as they gather at rich food sources.
Course instructors John and Colleen Marzluff, researchers, authors and experts in animal behavior, will guide the group in watching ravens in the wild interacting with wolves and other animals, as well as among people.
Beyond Yellowstone
July 22-26
Wild animals find safe haven within the borders of protected areas like Yellowstone, and in the ecosystems surrounding them. However, barriers to broader movement between these landscapes can isolate distant animal populations from one another, jeopardizing diversity and overall health. The National Geographic Society’s Beyond Yellowstone program is using a science-based approach to support wildlife-compatible landscapes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and beyond.
Led by Chris Johns, former editor-in-chief of National Geographic, participants will learn first-hand through field trips and meetings with local landowners how individuals, communities and agencies can work together to address the challenges of species recovery and migration across public and private lands.
Storytelling Goes Wild!
August 6-9
This course introduces an innovative approach to wildlife conservation and sustainable development by studying the principles of design thinking, artistic problem solving, branding, marketing and campaigning. The guide on this unique journey will be conservation creative and National Geographic Explorer Asher Jay, an international adventurer whose compelling artwork, installations, films and ad campaigns aim to incite global action on behalf of wildlife conservation.
Through morning and evening field trips to collect images and information, participants will learn novel ways to document Yellowstone’s ecosystem. Back in the classroom, the group will use an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates both science and art to produce students’ own multimedia or mixed-media outreach, and perhaps even their own campaign centered around Yellowstone.
Learn more or register at yellowstone.org/masters.
Christine Gianas Weinheimer lives in Bozeman and has been writing about Yellowstone for 17 years.
The Outlaw Partners is a creative marketing, media and events company based in Big Sky, Montana.
![](https://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ebs_logo_white_220px.png)
![](https://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ebs_logo_white_220px.png)
Upcoming Events
july, 2024
Event Type :
All
All
Arts
Education
Music
Other
Sports
Event Details
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Paint anytime from June 1-28EXHIBITION & SALE: June 29 - July 31Calling all artists and nature enthusiasts! Get
more
Event Details
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Paint anytime from June 1-28
EXHIBITION & SALE: June 29 – July 31
Calling all artists and nature
enthusiasts! Get your paintbrushes ready for an unforgettable experience at
Paint Under the Big Sky, a thrilling plein air event set against the stunning
backdrop of Big Sky, MT, Chet Huntley’s “The Last Best Place”. Don’t
miss this chance to unleash your creativity and be part of a vibrant artistic community.
What is Paint Under the Big Sky? PUBS is a plein air event for all painters of any ability (over the age of 16). Sponsored by the Big Sky Artist’s Studio & Gallery and the Big Sky Artists Collective, a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster a strong community of artists in the Big Sky area, the paint-out hopes to introduce painters to our extraordinary landscape for an opportunity to create, meet and have fun. Plein air painters record our landscape for generations to come.
Artists are invited to travel to Big
Sky, MT to paint anytime between Jun 1 – 28, and participate in the exhibition
and sale of paintings from June 29 – July 31.
Come join us! We have a great
place to paint and are welcoming and fun!
Don’t miss out!
Time
June 1 (Saturday) 1:00 am - July 31 (Wednesday) 11:55 pm
Event Details
Embrace the freedom and serenity of movement in nature with our rejuvenating morning yoga class on the Mountain Lawn. Allow the fresh mountain air and gentle guided yoga practice
Event Details
Embrace the freedom and
serenity of movement in nature with our rejuvenating morning yoga class on the
Mountain Lawn. Allow the fresh mountain air and gentle guided yoga practice to
invigorate your day of adventure ahead. Complimentary. Weather
permitting.
Time
June 1 (Saturday) 7:00 am - August 31 (Saturday) 7:00 am
Location
Montage Big Sky
995 Settlement Trail
Event Details
Bike Big Sky is a FREE community mountain biking group with BSCO and Gallatin Alpine Sports. Meet at posted locations at 6 p.m. Monday evenings. Visit BSCO.org or swing by
Event Details
Bike Big Sky is a FREE community mountain biking group with BSCO and Gallatin Alpine Sports. Meet at posted locations at 6 p.m. Monday evenings. Visit BSCO.org or swing by GAS for ride information.
Time
June 10 (Monday) 6:00 pm - August 19 (Monday) 6:00 pm
Event Details
Bike Big Sky is a FREE community mountain biking group with BSCO and Gallatin Alpine Sports. Meet at posted locations at 6 p.m. Monday evenings. Visit BSCO.org or swing by
Event Details
Bike Big Sky is a FREE community mountain biking group with BSCO and Gallatin Alpine Sports. Meet at posted locations at 6 p.m. Monday evenings. Visit BSCO.org or swing by GAS for ride information.
Time
June 17 (Monday) 6:00 pm - August 26 (Monday) 6:00 pm