Yellowstone Wolf Tracker

PART II of our interview with Dr. Nathan Varley. This interview
was recorded in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park
whilst observing wolves with Dr. Varley.


Nathan grew up in Yellowstone National Park in the tiny community
of Mammoth Hot Springs. His parents have been biologists and
park rangers that have lived and worked in the park for 3
decades. Following in the family footsteps, Nathan studied
biology at Montana State University where he earned B. S. and M.
S. degrees. 


The ecology of mountain goats in the Absaroka Mountains on
Yellowstone's eastern edge was his research topic. Further
adventure in wildlife studies took him among moose in Alaska,
guanacos in Patagonia, and pine marten in Idaho.


His trails have led home as often as afar, where Yellowstone's
coyotes, bears, river otters and gray wolves became primary study
subjects. As a contributor to the historic gray wolf
restoration project he has often been in the field tracking
wolves. His research at the University of Alberta focused on
the relationship between wolves and elk after wolf
reintroduction. 


With his wife, Linda Thurston, Nathan owns his own wildlife
touring business group, Yellowstone Wolf Tracker which
specializes in outfitting groups to view wolves, other wildlife,
and all that the Yellowstone wilderness has to offer. 


This is part II of II episodes we recorded with Dr. Varley.
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This episode was recorded on location in collaboration with
Xplorer Maps. We want to extend boatloads of gratitude to Xplorer
Maps for their generous support of this podcast and international
outreach programs paired with conservation projects. Learn more
at XplorerMaps.com and be sure to follow the adventures of their
story maps on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.


Xplorer Maps is a small family business based in Missoula,
Montana with deep roots in Africa. Xplorer Maps has over 60+ hand
drawn story maps of destinations from all over the world,
including our national parks.


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