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Meet the 2006 Team
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Mike Dunn, trip leader
Coordinator of Teacher Education
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hobbies: nature photography,
kayaking, native plant gardening, wood
carving
Looking forward to:
visiting my favorite national park
in winter, the only season I have
not yet experienced. Seeing the thermal
features, the scenery, and the wildlife
in the snow will be incredible.
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Melissa Dowland, trip leader
Curator of the Naturalist Center
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hobbies: reading, working
with high school kids, music, learning
Looking forward to: seeing
the changes in Yellowstone as it is blanketed
in snow: the struggle
of the wildlife, the majesty of the scenery,
and the steam of the thermal features. I'm
interested in seeing first hand the management
issues facing the Park in winter. And I
am looking forward to sharing this experience
with a great team!
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Diane Ellington
AG Resource Teacher (Grades K–5)
Brinson Memorial Elementary School and J.T.
Barber Elementary School
Craven County
Hobbies: family fishing
and golf, watching wildlife, college
sports, old classic movies, reading,
and encouraging others to be observant
of science and nature
Looking forward to: observing
the impact of the season on the wildlife,
riding in a snow coach, seeing the
Park's fire and ice and sharing the
adventure with my students and schools.
I was lucky enough to participate in
the Museum's Yellowstone
Institute and am thrilled to have
the opportunity to revisit the Park
and be awed once again.
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Pat Ferrara
Teacher (Grades 9–12)
Sanderson High School
Wake County
Hobbies: hiking, bird
watching, gardening, reading, listening
to music
Looking forward to: seeing
geysers and wildlife in the snow, experiencing
the quiet and starkness of the winter
park
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Kathleen Freeman
Education Specialist (Grades K–12)
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Wake County
Hobbies: playing in
the garden, being outside, being crafty,
and dancin'
Looking forward to: SNOW! I
can't wait to see the land covered
in a white blanket of snow and see
how all the animals (and people) adapt
to it.
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Elisabeth McCourt Hinman
Teacher (Grades
5–12)
Eckerd Youth Alternatives
Vance County
Hobbies: canoeing,
backpacking, climbing, reading
Looking forward to: meeting
teachers outside of my organization,
snowshoeing for the first time, and experiencing
Yellowstone in a way I never would
otherwise
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Stephen L. Houser, Jr.
Teacher (Grades
K–5)
Providence Spring Elem. School
Mecklenburg County
Hobbies: experiencing
the natural world and other cultures
first hand. Nature related activities
(camping, hiking, bird watching, tracking),
and sharing nature with children as
well as my family. I enjoy taking my
dogs for long walks.
Looking forward to: learning,
through first hand experience, more
about the ways animals and plants adapt
to the extremely cold winters of Yellowstone; being a visitor in this home range of gray
wolves, bison, elk, grizzly bears,
and black bears; and observing
a lot of wildlife in this winter setting.
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Susan Lassiter
Teacher (Grades 10–12)
Bartlett Yancey High School
Caswell County
Hobbies: photography,
gardening
Looking forward to: seeing
my first geyser
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Beverly Leonard
Teacher (4th grade)
Rural Hall Elementary
Forsyth County
Hobbies: hiking, creating
wildlife gardens, working on my
school’s Nature Trail, and enjoying
the excitement of the children as they
experience the wonders of nature; simply
enjoying the Great Outdoors, being
awed every time by the magnificence
of sunrises and sunsets.
Looking forward to: observing the awesome geothermal
features and the diverse wildlife in
winter, observing animal behaviors
for winter survival, seeing and hearing
wolves.
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Mike Leonard
Teacher (Grades 6–12)
Franklin Co. Creative Educational Center
Franklin County
Hobbies: kayaking,
making and playing homemade instruments,
surfing the Internet
Looking forward to: seeing
winter from a whole other perspective,
standing on a sleeping mega-colossal
volcanic basin
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Amy Plahuta
Education Specialist
(Grades K–12)
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Wake County
Hobbies: hiking, gardening,
birding, stamping, journaling, reading
Looking forward to: close
encounters with a variety of wildlife
in winter, and comparing this experience
to my summer Yellowstone experience
two and a half years ago.
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Sandi Sutton
Teacher (2nd grade)
Forest Hill Elementary
Burke County
Hobbies: hiking, canoeing,
photography, and travel
Looking forward to: experiencing
Yellowstone for the first time, observing/photographing
the actual wildlife and habitats of animals
we study in our second grade classroom
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