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Biosphere Expeditions
CONTACT: Stephanie Moreland
TEL: 832-755-7661
E-MAIL: stephanie@atmstravelnews.com
WEB: www.biosphere-expeditions.org

Biosphere Expeditions, an award-winning volunteer travel organization, was recently recognized by National Geographic Magazine for a new expedition that takes “travelers with a purpose” deep into the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia to monitor wolf & lynx populations and their interrelationship with prey species.

Volunteers are part of a small international team, working side by side with the local scientists and contributing to an important piece of research during this hands-on wildlife conservation effort.

On this expedition, travelers will learn things such as how to track large carnivores through snow in the forest and meadow habitats of the mountains via snowshoes and how to recognize and record other signs of their presence, such as scats and scent markings.

Volunteers will collect samples to study wolf & lynx diet and for genetic analysis and survey prey species, all in an effort to create a sustainable future for these icons of the Carpathian wilderness and to promote greater understanding of their role in European ecosystems.

This new Slovakia expedition appeared in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic Adventure Magazine, which featured the “25 Best New Trips in the World”:

Best New Adventure Trips for 2010
National Geographic Adventure presents the best new trips in the world for 2010.

Now more than ever, travelers want their dollars to do more—for others, for the planet, for themselves. At least that’s what we found while searching for the best trips of 2010.

From wolf-tracking in Slovakia to rafting a forbidden river in Bhutan, here are 25 brand-new adventures, all of them just right for right now.

Slovakia by Biosphere Expeditions

For more details about this expedition, visit the website.

Dates: January 30-February 5th; February 6-12th, 2010. Cost: $1390 land cost.