Sixteen Students will spend two weeks based in Cooke City, Montana, on the border of Yellowstone National Park. From Cooke City there is easy access to the Lamar Valley, the Minarets, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone-all sites of interest for learning about the local flora, fauna, and geology.  Daytime activities will include visiting with local scientist and assisting at their research sites, (possibilities include work on wolves, coyotes, bison, and bighorn sheep), extensive wildlife viewing in the Lamar Valley, and learning to the identify and interpret major landforms and vegetation types.  Students will also deliver field presentations on a natural history topic of their choice.  Evening activities will include slide presentations from local scientists Aden resource managers, individual research, and family-style cooking and cleaning.

Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies -Y.E.S.-, a nonprofit research and education organization. Y.E.S. is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana (USA) and its Conservation Science Center is in Silver Gate, Montana, near the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

Y.E.S. is dedicated to research and education in conservation science that will lead to more informed decisions affecting policies and management of wildlife and wild lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.