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Yellowstone Safari Company has been providing a first-class wildlife viewing and wildland recreation service since 1990. What sets us apart from other companies in this field is our attention to quality and detail, and the extraordinary group of people working in our team.
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Ken created Northern Rockies Natural History in 1991 to share his love of our wildland heritage with others. He changed the company name to Yellowstone Safari Company (YSC) in 2001. Ken's Bachelor of Science and graduate studies focused on Wildlife Biology and Natural Resource Management. His professional and technical environmental career has included: Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, US National Forest Service, Montana Nature Conservancy, Museum of the Rockies (Montana State University), AMAX Coal Co., US Fish and Wildlife Service, and private wilderness outfitters. Ken's knowledge, enthusiasm and experience are evident in the quality of his tours and presentations. His personal goal is to make sure that guests have the most rewarding experience possible and take home lifetime memories of the amazing wildlife diversity and rich history of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and surrounding areas. |
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| Susi is the Sales & Marketing Manager at Yellowstone Safari Company. Originally from Germany, she had lived, worked and traveled in several countries before exchanging her international corporate life for a life lived close to the wild outdoors. Susi moved to Montana in 1993 and became a travel planner and writer. She has published several articles in local publications, and produced a radio show about the Yellowstone wolves for German public radio. Susi joined Yellowstone Safari Company in 2002. When not in the office designing safaris for clients and working on marketing ideas, she can be found watching wolves in Yellowstone, hiking the backcountry with her llama buddies, or cross country skiing through Montana's winter wonderland with her husband. Susi and Ken got married in September of 2005. |
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| Davina first came to Yellowstone in 2001 to work as a fisheries biological technician for the park service. She has combined six years of fisheries and aquatic ecology experience at several different national parks and national forests, including three seasons surveying streams throughout Yellowstone. Originally from southern California, she graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in biology. She has a real passion for the outdoors and enjoys sharing it with others. Her hobbies include fishing, hiking, backpacking and photography. When not guiding or pursuing the ultimate outdoor experience, she can be found of the snowy slopes working as a snowboard instructor. Davina joined Yellowstone Safari Company in 2005 and has been a favorite with our young safari participants and their families. |
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| George has worked as a seasonal employee for the National Park Service for 22 years. His diverse career started in 1982 in Rocky Mountain National Park where he spent 11 seasons. During this time, he worked for the Maintenance Division and received extensive training and experience fighting forest fires. Since 1994, he has worked in Yellowstone National Park, where he shifted to the Ranger Division working as an Interpretive Ranger for six seasons. With three winters of doing snow coach tours into Yellowstone's interior, George has truly experienced the park's diversity and moods. He holds an Associate Degree in Biology (Recreation/Wildlife) from Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio. George has a keen interest in the management of the bison of Yellowstone and the various other issues that affect the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. He lives in the Gardiner, Montana area with his wife Susan where they enjoy hiking, camping, wildlife watching and photography. |
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| Kim has a BA in physical education with emphasis on outdoor education. He first worked as a guide in 1976 in Colorado on whitewater rafting trips. Most recently, Kim completed 15 years of guiding and managing at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana as naturalist and Nordic (XC skiing) director, guiding winter and summer trips into Yellowstone National Park, as well as canoeing and hiking trips in the greater Yellowstone area. Kim finds a particular interest in geology. After his many years of guiding, Kim's philosophy about a good day out is "enjoyment of the environment, activities and a little education." |
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