Moose on the Run!

     Unbeknownst to the eager students, a rogue moose straying form its mother, made a cameo this morning.

      Preparing for a service learning project along a tributary to the Snake River, students found the context for this learning more readily accessible then even the staff of TSS could have prepared. Although I would like to believe, based not the quality and depth of the instructional planning of the Teton Science School staffing, no one could have prepared an anticipatory set like this. The context of this project came literally running into our laps, when a yearling from the above cliffs cascaded down the hillside passing exceptionally close to the enthusiastic students. Thanks to the guidance and knowledge of the TSS staff, this was not to replicate a poorly made shark attack move with numerous innocent victims. Merely, an energetic yearling trying to return to his mother down by the stream banks.

     The remainder of the day the students cut willow shoots for later propagation along the stream banks, making a more enticing habitat for these same moose further up stream. We hope this work will come to fruition soon.