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GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM

About the animals of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, hosted by Gary Robson of the Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary.

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We are honored to sit with such an incredible panel today to discuss our night skies. Listen as Jo Ann Eder, Theresa Whistler and Jeremy Battles describe the creation of a group called Red Lodge Dark Skies (RLDS), the goals and achievements of the group, what it takes to become a certified dark sky area, the importance of reducing light pollution for animals and humans, and what you can do to get involved and help out. Remember to look up!

Resources:

International Dark Skies website: DarkSky.org

Red Lodge Dark Skies Facebook page: facebook.com/RedLodgeDarkSkies

Calendar of Events for Whistler Observatory: HerosSteam.org

Citizen Science opportunities: darksky.org/news/globe-at-night-2023/

Dark Skies lighting available at Lowes: lowes.com/pl/Dark-sky–Outdoor

International Dark Sky Week (April 2-8, 2024): darksky.org/what-we-do/events

Email to get on the mailing list for RLDS: HerosSteamCenter@gmail.com

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Episode 47: Red Lodge Dark Skies and Light Pollution

We are honored to sit with such an incredible panel today to discuss our night skies. Listen as Jo Ann Eder, Theresa Whistler and Jeremy [...]

March 11, 2024

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Episode 46: Northern Rockies Research and Educational Services

In this episode, we bring on Mat Seidensticker, director and founder of the Northern Rockies Research and Education Services, the non-profit that we learned about [...]

December 28, 2022

Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary

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Episode 45: Montana Moth Project

In this month’s episode, we have a fun conversation with Marian Kirst. If you have never taken a second to think about moths, please stop [...]

December 5, 2022

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Ferruginous Hawks and the Climate Crisis

For this episode, we brought in Ellis Juhlin from Yellowstone Public Radio to talk about her experiences researching the lesser-known ferruginous hawk, and what she [...]

October 2, 2022

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Episode 43: Animal Jobs

This week is National ZooKeeper Week, so we have brought on Animal Educator, Jess Smallwood, and Keepers, Izzy Sommerdorf and Mason Williams from the Yellowstone [...]

July 25, 2022

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Episode 42: Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

Our guest this episode is Ben Daley, Program Director from the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation. Gary and Eden discuss stewardship of our wild lands and how [...]

February 7, 2022

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Episode 41: Bison

Bison are one of the most iconic animals of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and for good reason. They are the national mammal of the United [...]

October 29, 2021

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Episode 40: Wildlife Law and Accreditation

Can you keep a kangaroo as a pet? Why do Montana and Arizona have different laws? What does accreditation mean for a wildlife sanctuary or [...]

September 23, 2021

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Episode 39: Red Foxes

We haven’t talked about red foxes since episode 17, way back in the “Two Minutes” days for this podcast. Today, we interview fox researcher Patrick [...]

July 7, 2021

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Episode 38: The Bears Are Up

It’s springtime, which means the bears are awake. It is also time to introduce Gary’s new co-host, Eden Wondra, the Education Manager from the Yellowstone [...]

June 3, 2021

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