First Bison Tour of the Season...

At last! On Monday March 10th I gave my first bison tour of the season to an after school program group of 16 students. I was also training 2 of the 7 new guides who have signed up to help out with tours this summer. I feel all the effort that went into guide recruiting at the recent coffee hour on February 23rd and subsequent training on March 8th was well worth it!

I predict that I will do around 30 tours for the Bison Range in 2008. I also look forward to going on my own wildflower tours of the range this spring and summer. There are several species of wildflowers that I hope to photograph, including the sensitive cat's claw and the pink barrel cactus. I have decided that a plant collection is too cumbersome and photos will retain all those vibrant colors of the wildflowers, and are much easier to turn into a PowerPoint presentation! I just found out yesterday that there are 37 recorded species of grass on the Sandsage Bison Range. Talk about a hotspot of plant diversity!