by Chrissy Very | Aug 25, 2026 | adventurer spotlight, Audio, biodiversity, hiking, pacific northwest
Matt Leitzinger spent a June Saturday placing acoustic recorders in trailless country in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. By late summer, fires were surrounding them. There’s a word for it, and Matt Leitzinger didn’t learn it until afterward. He had described the worst...
by Chrissy Very | Aug 19, 2026 | Audio, biodiversity, conservation, hiking, pacific northwest
With wildfire season approaching, more than 100 wildlife recorders still need to be retrieved from remote forests across the Pacific Northwest. Every device recovered helps turn months of sound recordings into valuable conservation data. Somewhere in the backcountry...
by Chrissy Very | Jul 23, 2026 | Audio, biodiversity, citizen science, pacific northwest
What happens when the data needed to protect forests, wildlife, and public lands lives in places most people will never see? When longtime Adventure Scientists volunteer Ryan read the project description, she laughed. “Bushwhacking into the woods after a 20-mile...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 30, 2018 | Audio
Palmer Morse (left) and Matt Mikkelsen take to the woods and leave no sound unheard. Photos courtesy Spruce Tone Films Matt Mikkelsen and Palmer Morse are outdoor data collectors. They’re not carrying vials or baggies though. They’re toting microphones and...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 15, 2016 | Audio, Wildlife
Mitchell Flowers ASC Landmark crew member This composition tells a story. One that occurs frequently across the American Prairie Reserve. The characters are familiar and the events are common. Read the narrative below first, press play, then scroll down to follow...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 9, 2015 | Audio, Photography
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...
