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The Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery has partnered with the Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association (YBRA) to offer artists a chance to have uninterrupted time to work on their art in a natural setting. This is opportunity is the Beartooth Artist-in-Residence Program (BAiR). Applications are being accepted now through April 30, 2025. Photo by
The YBRA is pleased to recognize Joan Brownell and Denece Lord as the 2025 YBRA Uplift Award for Outstanding Support recipients.
Brownell and Lord have both individually, and in partnership, contributed to aspects of the preservation and recognition of the YBRA in the historic archives of Montana history.
INTRODUCING the 2024 YBRA Dutcher Award recipient, Prof. John Weber! The Dutcher Award, established in 2002 for exceptional service to the organization, is the highest award bestowed on a YBRA member. Weber, a Professor of Geology at Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Michigan) has served on the YBRA Board for over two decades, working as
The Fanshawe Lodge was one of several projects selected for 2025 funding under the Carbon County Historic Rehabilitation Grant Program (CCHR)! This initiative, supported by a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant from the National Park Service, Department of Interior, provides funds to help revitalize and restore historic buildings in Carbon County. Work on the Fanshawe
The YBRA’s own Jinny Sisson is the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) 2024 recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Service! This award recognizes faculty members who have made significant contributions to the university, college, or department. This includes service in areas such as editorial roles, grant review panels,
Located near Fishtail, Montana on a 10,260-acre working sheep and cattle ranch, Tippet Rise is known for its summer concert series as well as its large-scale outdoor sculpture installations. The unique geological features of the region have given rise to a limited series of annual summer Geo-Paleo tours. Guided by a YBRA geologist in partnership
The YBRA is a non-profit organization that was established in 1936 to "further fundamental geological science and the training of students under exceptionally favorable conditions."
YBRA conducts geology and other applied field science in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming.