Hi, I'm Jamila! Originally from Kazakhstan, I am currently a forestry grad student at the Yale School of the Environment. This summer, I'm trading textbooks for cowboy boots to work as a cowgirl in the stunning Wyoming wilderness. Over the next ten weeks, I'll be moving 1,000 cows across one of Bridger-Teton National Forest's largest grazing allotments while studying silvopastoral management—the symbiosis of cattle and forestry. Follow my journey as I navigate life on horseback, without warm water, and no network, in one of America's most rugged and coldest landscapes.
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