In our third season of Bison Jam, we are focusing on the wildlife of Yellowstone. For this episode of season three, we are visiting with Dr. John Wendt. Dr. Wendt is an Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecosystem Management in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University. He investigates how herbivores, fire, and climate shape landscapes over time. His research integrates rangeland ecology, paleoecology, and biomolecular methods to understand long-term disturbance dynamics and ecosystem adaptation. In this episode, we talk about his work reconstructing historical bison populations, why bison are a climate-resilient species, and how he uses bison poop to reconstruct where they were on the Yellowstone landscape thousands of years ago. We hope you enjoy the podcast and we thank you for listening!