THE STANDARD
ENVIRONMENT
Wildebeest at Maasai Mara National game reserve in Narok County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
A lone wildebeest gazes at an approaching storm near Ereyiet Oltome village, on the eastern edge of Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Maasai Mara.
It seems startled by our vehicle as Simon Nkoitoi, senior warden and manager at the conservancy, responds to a distress call from villagers held hostage by a herd of elephants.
In the rush to get away from our intrusion, the animal squeezes itself through a barbed wire fence reinforced with wooden planks. Though empty, the fenced piece of land measuring close to 100 acres is privately-owned. The animals are unknowingly trespassing.
Matt Kauffman was at an Italian conference and talking over coffee with fellow ecologists when he got to thinking that the challenges facing Wyomingâs migratory deer, elk and pronghorn are shared by wildlife around the world.
The University of Wyoming researcher knew from his experience leading the Wyoming Migration Initiative that the migratory paths of ungulates from Scandinavia to Eastern Africa could benefit by being documented with precision scientifically. And if migration maps were produced, that could be the catalyst for conservation.
âWe just spontaneously got together, nine or 10 of us who work on migrations around the world,â Kauffman told the News&Guide. âWe realized that a lot of the same things we were trying to address by mapping migrations in Wyoming were applicable globally.â
Lentorre Lodge deep inside an escarpment teeming with wildlife
Saturday May 08 2021
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This is lion king country.
The plains below are infinite and the sky an endless blue at Lentorre, a sultry hideout in the Nguruman Escarpment, forming the western wall of the Rift Valley.
The five-hour drive from Nairobi at sunrise has us at the foot of the famed trona-treasured Lake Magadi gate to gape at the massive flocks of Lesser flamingos feeding in ankle-deep water. It’s hot, but the pretty pink birds aren’t bothered by the heat as is the Maasai boy in red shuka watching over his goats.
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