Eyes on Yellowstone made possible by Canon

Eyes on Yellowstone made possible by Canon U.S.A.

For over 25 years, the educational and research program Eyes on Yellowstone has assisted with scientific studies in conservation, endangered species protection and cutting-edge technology essential to managing park wildlife and ecosystems.

Eyes on Yellowstone is made possible by generous annual grants from Canon U.S.A., Inc. to Yellowstone Forever. Canon is the single largest funder of wildlife conservation and research in Yellowstone National Park, providing financial and technical support for the following programs:

Interpreting Through The Web: Distance Learning

Catch an eruption of Old Faithful Geyser on a live streaming webcam. Join Yellowstone rangers highlighting popular topics in a series of web videos. Embark upon an electronic field trip to Yellowstone right from your computer on the Yellowstone National Park website.

Raven’s Eye View

Digital photography is a valuable data collection tool for wolf biologists and other scientists monitoring Yellowstone wildlife. Predator-prey relationships, disease evidence, reproduction, and herd size and composition are all documented with state-of-the-art Canon equipment. Learn More

Yellowstone Science Magazine

The quarterly Yellowstone Science magazine reports on Yellowstone-based scientific research and brings the wonder of the Park to readers worldwide. Articles written by researchers range from art history to microbiology in language accessible to the layperson.

Tracking Cougars

Canon’s support of the Yellowstone Cougar Project assists field technicians with a variety of equipment needs for snow-tracking surveys, identifying scent stations, prey kill sites, and monitoring common travel routes for cougars. Project staff will also attempt to capture adult cougars and fit them with GPS satellite collars for more comprehensive study and analysis.

Through a Changing Lens

The park now has a good understanding of both recent and historic climate trends in temperature, rainfall, and snowpack. Yellowstone Park staff has used this knowledge to raise awareness about climate change through presentations, website, and publications.

Bat Ecology and Management

The goal of the Yellowstone Bat Study is to establish a long-term monitoring program for little brown bats (Myotis lucifungus) in Yellowstone, in response to the emerging threat of the disease white-nose syndrome (WNS), which has decimated bat populations in the eastern part of the country and is gradually moving west.

Photos courtesy of NPS