Sacajawea Audubon Society to host Yellowstone Park bison biologist
The Sacajawea Audubon Society will host guest speaker Rick Wallen at its monthly meeting on April 12. Wallen is a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist involved with the Bison Ecology and Management Program.
Bison restoration to the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone rivers has been an ongoing effort within the park for more than 100 years. Wallen will discuss the current Yellowstone National Park bison population and its ecological and behavior adaptation over time that have allowed it to remain the last remnant pocket of these once widespread mammals.
Wallen graduated from Montana State University in 1987 with a degree in fish and wildlife management. His master’s thesis focused on the habitat use patterns of harlequin ducks in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Wallen has worked at numerous locations in the National Park Service including Grand Teton, Redwood, Bryce Canyon and Yellowstone. He has also worked for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Jackson, Wyo., and the Idaho Fish and Game Department in Boise. Wallen has been the team leader for Yellowstone’s Bison Ecology and Management Program since 2002.
Wallen will speak at the April 12 meeting of the Sacajawea Audubon Society at 7 p.m. in the Downstairs Community Room of First Security Bank West at 670 South 19th Avenue in Bozeman.
Doors for the program will open at 6:30 p.m. for a social period before the talk. Members and non-members of the Audubon Society are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Map to Sacajawea Audubon Society’s April 12 meeting
Sacajawea Audubon Society to host Yellowstone biologist at April meeting
The Sacajawea Audubon Society will host guest speaker Rick Wallen at its monthly meeting on April 11. Wallen is a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist involved with the Bison Ecology and Management Program.
Bison restoration to the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone rivers has been an ongoing effort within the park for more than 100 years. Wallen will discuss the current Yellowstone National Park bison population and its ecological and behavior adaptation over time that have allowed it to remain the last remnant pocket of these once widespread mammals.
Wallen graduated from Montana State University in 1987 with a degree in fish and wildlife management. His master’s thesis focused on the habitat use patterns of harlequin ducks in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Wallen has worked at numerous locations in the National Park Service including Grand Teton, Redwood, Bryce Canyon and Yellowstone. He has also worked for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Jackson, Wyo., and the Idaho Fish and Game Department in Boise. Wallen has been the team leader for Yellowstone’s Bison Ecology and Management Program since 2002.
Wallen will speak at the April 11 meeting of the Sacajawea Audubon Society at 7 p.m. in Downstairs Community Room of First Interstate Bank at 670 South 19th Street in Bozeman.
Doors for the program will open at 6:30 p.m. for a social period before the talk. Members and non-members of the Audubon Society are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
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