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Jim Wood and Terry Mauer from University of Idaho News Bureau doing documentary on Taylor Wilderness Research Station and wildlife, at the first bench looking south
Creator:
Jim Akenson
Date:
c1980
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Jim Akenson Collection
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Jim Akenson collection- Jim Wood & Terry Mauer filming.tif
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Title:
Teresa Cohn, Ruby Fulton, and Yolonda Youngs on the first bench looking south
Creator:
Micaela Petrini
Date:
2019-07-07
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Researchers on the "benches", on the northern side of Big Creek across from Taylor Wilderness Research Station - c.1980 and 2019

In the historical photograph, Jim Wood and Terry Mauer from University of Idaho News Bureau film bighorn sheep for a documentary on Taylor Wilderness Research Station and the wildlife in the area. The wildlife populations and dynamics have shifted over time, since the mid- to late-1980s, but at that time, Taylor Wilderness Research Station was in a prime location for wildlife research and study. Groups of bighorn sheep dotted the steep drainage walls; herds of elk moved across the open benches and meadows; moose whispered through the many willows and cottonwoods; wolves ran along the banks of Big Creek, and cougars marked their territories. The Big Creek drainage was alive with predators and prey, offering an amazing chance to research the dynamics of different wildlife populations.

Today, one can still observe the charismatic megafauna that call the area home: elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer, wolves, and cougars. In the contemporary photograph, University of Idaho professors Teresa Cohn, Ph.D., and Ruby Fulton, Ph.D., along with Yolonda Youngs, Ph.D. from Idaho State University, stand looking at the north-facing mountainside across Big Creek, which rushes below.

Location: Big Creek Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, ID

Latitude & Longitude: 45.1061, -114.8479

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