A Collaboration Piece by Spring 2021 Sky Island Borderland Students: Olivia Sena (UVM), Perrin Milliken (Bowdoin College), Bethany Holland (Ithaca College), Walt Emann (Oberlin College), Benjamin Felser (Bowdoin College), and Wren Garrison (newly graduated from UVM!) Tomorrow we will all…
by Olivia Sena, of University of Vermont We woke up on the morning of Thursday, March 25 itching to get hiking again after being cooped up in our tents the entire day before due to the snowstorm. As Walt wrote…
by Walt Emann, of Oberlin College March 16. Outside the old schoolhouse museum at Ruby Ghost Town. While standing in the blistering afternoon sun-heat, my hands soaking in a washbin filled with suds and dust, a refreshing breeze picked up…
by Benjamin Felser, of Bowdoin College Returning to Ruby from our last field vegetation survey at the border, we knew we had a big day ahead of us. Bryon–the same SIA staff member who led our orientation to the Border…
Species account by Perrin Milliken, of Bowdoin College. Puma concolor, known as the puma, mountain lion, cougar, or catamount, is the largest cat (family Felidae) found in North America. The only exception is the endangered jaguar (Panthera onca) which exist…