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Experience the
Wildlife of Yellowstone
and Grand Teton National Parks with Phil Doerr
10-Day Natural History Trip:
September 26 – October 5, 2008
Join us (Phil Doerr & Dave Davenport-MS ‘94) for a fantastic wildlife adventure in what many call the “American Serengeti”. These 2 historic national reserves are the closest approximation of wild North America outside of Alaska. The number and diversity of large wild vertebrates that occur here is really exciting, and Dave and I hope to share this experience with as many NCSU wildlifers as we can!
Imagine 10 days afield with old friends, classmates and the OLD professor, just yearning for another chance to ask questions.
I do promise I won't give any of those hideous population problems I tormented ya’ll with in class, and no duck wing quizzes, either! We can still recall old times, though, and really enjoy the wildlife we all care about, together, one more time!
This trip is a chance to see great places with a familiar face. This ol’ Retired (but not tired) Professor will share, once again, a lifetime learning experience with a small group of fellow alumni and friends through two of America's premier national parks.
Dave Davenport (a most superb naturalist) and his Ecoquest travel company have trips all around the globe, but this is one trip Dave especially enjoys leading. My own experience in Yellowstone dates to “the olden days”, though I have recently pursued large wild ungulates with bow and arrow in nearby mountains.
A portion of your cost will be donated to the Phillip D. Doerr Fish and Wildlife Scholarship Endowment, by Ecoquest Travel.
Dave has dedicated a number of his company’s NCSU alumni trips to the fund raising effort to endow the Fisheries & Wildlife scholarship folks honored me with at my retirement last year.
See these 2 parks in a way most don’t get to!
With Dave’s experience and insider contacts in the greater Yellowstone this will be a memorable experience. Rutting elk, grizzly bears, coyotes, lynx, mountain goats, white-tailed and mule deer, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, moose, and aspen in its resplendent fall gold are among the potential visual and spiritual treats waiting for us. For me the recently recovered gray wolves of the greater Yellowstone will be special, because wolves weren’t there in the 1950s, 60’s and 70’s when I first visited the area. The wolf has reoccupied its rightful place in the Yellowstone and we’ll have a chance to see it all!
CHECK OUT THE INTINERARY! (doc) (pdf)
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Natural Wolf - Elk interactions have been reestablished !
