is a professional landscape photographer working from a base in Puget Sound, Washington. With her husband, Terry Donnelly, she has traveled to national parks and other public lands to photograph their grandeur. Her photographs have been published extensively in books, calendars, and by the Sierra Club and Audubon Society.

moved to Gardiner, Montana, after more than 20 years visiting Yellowstone to hike, backpack, kayak, and ski. She retired from teaching in Michigan, where she taught environmental science, and now is a Resident Instructor for the Yellowstone Association Institute. She is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), a Wilderness First Responder, and a certified master educator.

has been a hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service for three decades. Also an accomplished self-taught nature photographer, Pete has been published in National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Sierra Club Calendars, and many regional publications. He has combined his photography with writing to produce two books, Mountains and Mesas, and Incredible Vision—The Wildlands of Greater Yellowstone.

can draw, paint, describe, and teach about all aspects of Yellowstone National Park’s ecology. He has a degree in wildlife ecology and experience teaching field biology, ornithology, dendrology, mammalogy, drawing, and field journaling. His art and writing have appeared in popular and scientific publications. His bronze sculptures can be found in collections across the United States, Europe, and in the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming.

launched his photography and publishing career in 1981 to share his passion for wild landscapes and wildlife. His images have appeared on the covers of more than 600 publications, inside many magazines, and even on the tail of a commercial airliner. He travels North America from Alaska’s tundra to the tip of Texas, and always back to his native landscape of Montana.

has worked as a professional landscape photographer for more than 20 years. With his wife, Mary Liz Austin, he has traveled extensively in national parks and around the world seeking those elusive conditions that reveal the mystery and grandeur of nature. His work has been featured in six books and published by Sierra Club and Audubon.

has written for dozens of national magazines, from Outside to Vanity Fair, and is the author of fifteen books on nature and science. Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone, was the first nonfiction book in history to win both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers and Mountains and Plains Booksellers awards. Gary co-authored Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone with wolf project director Douglas Smith. His latest book is The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind.

works to protect and restore imperiled carnivores—particularly lynx, wolverine, and fisher—and their habitats, and to increase understanding and appreciation of these predators. He earned his Masters of Environmental Studies degree from the Yale School of Forestry, and has worked with Keystone Conservation (formerly Predator Conservation Alliance), the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Defenders of Wildlife.

is a naturalist and folklorist who works in the area where natural history, human history, folklore, and myth overlap—the rich soil that grows stories. He’s spent a good bit of the last four decades in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, collecting stories from people and critters. His books include This Ol’ Drought Ain’t Broke Us Yet and The First Liar Never Has a Chance.

is an ecologist, educator, and writer who has taught field courses since 1961 and was coordinator of Long-Term Ecological and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. Jim, president of A Naturalist’s World, produces educational books, computer programs, and videos, and travels the world teaching about bears, wolves, and animal tracks. Jim’s most recent books are Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild and Yellowstone Bears in the Wild.

has been painting watercolors for over 25 years. Her paintings of the North Cascades and Pacific Northwest have been widely exhibited; she has also illustrated several children’s books. In addition to teaching at the Yellowstone Association Institute, she teaches at the North Cascades Institute and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.