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Susan Jennys (she/her)
@yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social
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Pastor; PhD anthro; author; hiker; historian; Yellowstone NP thermal geek; musician; beadworker; gardener. 🤎Windham Hill, Beegie Adair, John Denver, Brule’; NPR, Non-fiction, conservation, Indigenous sovereignty. Happily married to David since 1984. NO DMs
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 6h
Hubs and I recently welcomed a new sculpture into our home. Meet “BS” by renowned wildlife sculptor George Bumann of Gardiner, MT
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 6h
#parkchat I remember seeing Postpile as a kid. Fascinating place!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat Thank you!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat I’ve heard that seismometers in that area record the vibrations of bison stampeding across bridges.
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat I am so glad that you got to have that experience. Encounters like this stay with you. 🦬
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat you’re welcome!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat every herd is different. Personally I think the herds in Yellowstone are far more assertive in road spaces than in most other places, probably due to their sheer herd sizes.
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat what a wonderful thing to be involved in!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat Yes, in many places actually. Just not in cutthroat spawning areas, etc.
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat on a related note, I am about to launch into reading Muir’s collected works. Assuming you’ve read him. Is there a favorite essay you would suggest I begin with?
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat good plan! 🙂
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat my brain saw the bison on the left in your photo as having a horse tail! 🤭
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat you’re welcome!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat you’re welcome! Thanks for participating!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat absolutely!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 10h
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat. You definitely need to return! So much to experience!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat what a great project. I’d love to hear more!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat wow!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat you’re very welcome. Go ahead and make the mudpots noises… you know you want to!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat i don’t like visiting in Mammoth Hot Springs in the autumn because of the crazed bull elks ramming vehicles, etc. Scary!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
#parkchat personally I would love to see the Kentucky bluegrass removed from the Mammoth Hot Springs area. It would solve other problems (like people encountering a lot of elk…during rut…with whirling tines of death and an attitude…)
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 7h
Q12 #parkchat Do you have any announcements to share? If not, please share something that is on your bucket list for your next parkland visit - a trail to hike, a lodge to dine in, a lake to paddle. Where will your next adventure take you? Thank you for participating in tonight’s chat!
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 8h
#parkchat we had a similar experience with skunks at Capitol Reef. They would brush by our legs as we were sitting at the picnic table.
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Susan Jennys (she/her) @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social · 8h
#parkchat glad to hear the arsonist was caught.
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