Happy 2012!

Happy New Year!  I hope it has started off splendidly.  I am in my office doing a little prep work for classes this spring, including perusing potential texts for our Biology Field Trip course.  Dr. Scholes and I will be taking a road trip with about a dozen students from here to Yellowstone National Park, stopping at points of interest in between.  Thus far, we are leaning toward Yellowstone: A Visitor's Companion, which is a must-have for anyone who will be traveling to Yellowstone.  In class this spring we will ask students to lead discussions about topics in the book, including everything from the anthropology of the region to controversial issues surrounding the reintroduction of wolves to the park; and then we will embark on the trip in mid-May to see these things for ourselves.