Wildlife Caught on Camera—Volume 15

Biodiversity on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch

The Club’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch (TRMR) in northwest Montana is a working cattle ranch, complete with cow dogs, cowboys, a ranch manager, and more than a few horses. It's also home to species like wolves, grizzlies, elk, badgers, skunks, mule deer—you get the idea. The video below is a small sample of some of the animals you will find roaming the ranch. How many can you identify? Better yet, how many have you ever seen in the wild? 

The TRMR also hosts educational youth camps at the Rasumuson Wildlife Center all summer long. In addition, the ranch is the perfect base camp for Scout expeditions and hunter education classes. Of course, it's an ideal place to slow down and watch nature go about its business. And what better way to watch than with strategically placed trail cameras? The ranch has trail cameras set in key locations, and those cameras take thousands of shots every year. Chris Hansen, Boone and Crockett Fellow at the University of Montana, sorts those photos.

While data tables, graphs, and dissertations scratch the scientific itch, ground-breaking research by Boone and Crockett Fellow Chris Hansen brings the wildlife of the TRMR into homes across the country. His Ph.D. dissertation examined how different land uses affect plants and animals. He placed trail cameras in various locations on the TRMR as part of his research. After sifting through tens of thousands of photos, he sends the absolute best of wolves, badgers, bears, deer, elk, and more to the Club. The resulting images and videos are on the Club’s website: Caught on Camera.

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