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- Hometown:
- Gardiner, MT
- About Me:
- My first seasonal job changed my life. I pumped gas in Yellowstone during the summer of 1991, and I've been working here ever since (summers only until I finished school). Yellowstone inspired me to go to graduate school, and I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation on rare plants that grow in thermal areas near Old Faithful. Now I work in the park year-round as a biologist.
- Website:
- http://www.yellowstoneecology.com
- Last Seasonal Job:
- National ParkService Resource Management
- Favorite Seasonal Job:
- Pumping gas for Yellowstone Park Service Stations (YPSS)
- Dream Job:
- There are no bad jobs in Yellowstone.
Mike Tercek's Blog
Bighorn Sheep
Ashea (my girlfriend) and I went for a hike over Mt. Everts, which is the ridge just above Gardiner. While we were eating lunch, a group of bighorn sheep walked right past us. I got this picture with my little point and shoot camera when they were only about 10ft. away.
Posted on June 7, 2007 at 10:03am —
A great summer on the way.
This summer I will be mapping willows (streamside shrubs) on Yellowstone's northern range (the area occupied by Yellowstone's northern elk herd in the winter). Basically, my assistant and I get paid to hike all over Yellowstone and use gps units to mark the willow thickets that we find. Then we measure how tall they are and record a few other pieces of data.
The hard part will be identifying the species of each thicket. Willows all look very similar to each other and they hybridize. So… Continue
The hard part will be identifying the species of each thicket. Willows all look very similar to each other and they hybridize. So… Continue
Posted on May 29, 2007 at 5:59pm — 1 Comment
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