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You can expect a whole new perspective on wildlife while exploring these rugged, mountainous landscapes. You will hike along routes used by deer, moose, elk, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, wolverines, and wolves. Along the way, you'll. . .
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Salt Lake City, United States
Idaho Falls, United States
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24 Jan 2010
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31 Jan 2010:
$1,950
Flexible dates available. Duration:
8
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Education
Environment
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UniversalGiving Partner
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Full Description
| Description
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| You can expect a whole new perspective on wildlife while exploring these rugged, mountainous landscapes. You will hike along routes used by deer, moose, elk, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, wolverines, and wolves. Along the way, you'll census wildlife, identify and count tracks, map game trails and kill sites using Global Positioning System (GPS) units, and survey vegetation. To document predators, you'll prepare carnivore scent and track stations and monitor and download data collected by remote cameras. Volunteers need to be fit for hilly country, unpredictable weather, and steep, slippery paths. You will be hiking five or six hours a day along some of the trails that Lewis and Clark followed 200 years ago.
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Cost Details
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| Through a unique method of funding, 100% of your contribution is used to support research and exploration sponsored by Earthwatch Institute. By balancing costs across our program, we are able to assist some research that would not be self-supporting. Depending on the size and needs of your team, roughly 50% goes to field costs; 34% to advance planning, reconnaissance, team recruitment, and logistical support; and 16% is used for administrative support, communications, and post expedition follow-up.
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Seniors
Retirees
Groups
Professionals
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| Language Needed |
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| Skills Needed/ Experience |
| The researcher(s) and field staff will teach you everything you need to know once you arrive. Most tasks are not difficult, and you will quickly master them. Exceptions may be projects requiring scuba qualifications or high levels of fitness. The primary language spoken on all our projects is English, so no special language skills are required.
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Location Information
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Little Sheep Creek is located in the remote and rugged Beaverhead Mountains, which are part of the Bitterroot Range in the Salmon-Challis National Forest along the eastern border of central Idaho. The research area, which straddles the western edge of the US Continental Divide, is located 32 miles north of Salmon, Idaho and 5 miles to the east and south of Gibbonsville, Idaho. The elevation of the area ranges from 4,000 to 7,200 feet. During the spring and fall, Little Sheep Creek is an important seasonal migration route for deer and elk. Moose, mountain lions, coyotes, black bears, bobcats, lynx, wolverines, and gray wolves also inhabit the region.
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About Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
We believe that teaching and promoting scientific literacy is the best way to systematically approach and solve the many complex environmental and social issues facing society today.
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