#recreationecology

Responsible recreation in wildlife habitats - Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Explore conservation solutions in the Yellowstone to Yukon region that balance wildlife protection, responsible recreation, and human-wildlife coexistence.

Learn more about this multi-year and collaborative recreation ecology research and the partners that helped make it happen: y2y.net/RecEcology.

By sharing and applying these solutions, we can strengthen our ability to safeguard our shared natural spaces.

#Y2YSci #RecreationEcology

This was my life decades ago.

Heed these words: "If we keep treating these wild spaces as bucket-list destinations and provide no resources to care for them, we may lose the very thing that makes them special. We must all demand better for our Wilderness and our public lands."

#RecreationEcology

How influencer culture ruined a once-pristine national park lake AllTrails, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have forever changed this remote lake.

"Thanks to social media and GPS hiking apps, the lake is now one of the park’s most photographed destinations, and a maze of paths stomped into the vegetation have supplanted a rugged, bushwhacking adventure."

#RecreationEcology

We all need a little more levity. So, let's start a Furriendly Friday. I'll be using photos and videos from wildlife studies I have done throughout the years. Here's a #grizzly from one of our #RecreationEcology surveys. #FurriendlyFriday

This is what my field gear looks like. Working in sunny Southern California this week. #acaedmia #recreationecology #fieldwork