Meet the March Landmark Crew
MARCH CREW: Ryan Rock is a 2012 graduate of Virginia Tech and a Maryland native. He has extensive field experience with avian studies and small mammals. His resume includes work as a field technician studying birds and insects in the Southeast, heavy...
Hari Mix on Top of the World
Dr. Hari Mix has his PhD from Stanford University in Environmental Earth Systems Science and is an avid alpinist, making regular climbing trips around the world. Hari climbed in the Himalaya in 2012 and 2013 and worked on a number of ASC projects. In 2014 Hari will...
Expedition Highlight: Shifting Ice & Changing Tides
Women-Powered Science and Exploration McKenna Peterson grew up in Sun Valley, Idaho and dedicated most of her free time to skiing. After high school she moved to Boulder, CO where she was introduced to big mountain skiing. A former Freeskiing World Tour...
Landmark Journal: Tomas Ward
Letters from the Prairie Tomas Ward has collected field data for conservation biology projects throughout the U.S. since 2004. Oregon, Southeast Alaska, and the Great Lakes bioregion are among the places where he has collected data in the field but working in the...
Project Update: ONF Marten Study
Stories from the Olympics (Washington, not Sochi) Jordan Holsinger is ASC's Scientific Manager and joined the Marten Survey as a guide this year. You can read his bio here. A team of ASC adventurers joined forces with USFS to search for martens on the Olympic...
Adventurer Spotlight – Paul Gamache
Beetles & Whitewater Paul Gamache is a professional raft guide and whitewater kayaker from Arcata, CA. In January of 2013, Paul traveled to Cameroon, West Africa to explore an area of the world nearly untouched by whitewater exploration. Teaming up with ASC, Paul...
Project Spotlight – Meet the Inaugural Landmark Team
February 2014 Survey Crew: The Pioneers Landmark is the groundbreaking project that ASC has undertaken in conjunction with American Prairie Reserve (APR) to provide "boots on the ground" support for the conservation management team at APR. Landmark crews...
Project Highlight – ONF Marten Study
Searching for Elusive Martens on the Olympic Peninsula Jordan Holsinger is ASC's Scientific Manager and joined the Marten Survey as a guide this year. You can read his bio here. Finding the perfect camera location in Marten habitat. Photo by Julia Johannesen. From...
Adventurer Spotlight: Danica Cowan & Schooner Koukla
Danica & Family Sail the World for Science and Adventure Danica Cowan worked in a cancer research lab at UCLA for two years, obtained an MS in nutrition science from Tufts, and is now on academic leave from pursuing her Registered Dietician certification. She is...
Outing Recap – Arrowhead Middle School
Snow, Camping and Kids - Weekend in the Woods with Arrowhead Middle School ASC guide and intern Julia Johannesen grew up in the "Natural State” of Arkansas and holds a B.S. in Human & Environmental Sciences and a Masters degree in Sustainable Communities. However,...