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  • Byrd slide 01_720x400Driving the dusty roads of Simanjiro, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 02_720x400Elephant-dug water hole in dry river bed, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 03_720x400Conservancy fellows camp with wildlife scouts under an acacia in Simanjiro, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 04_720x400Caroline Byrd and daughter Cate with Maasai scouts from Terat, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 05_720x400Conservancy fellows discuss wildlife monitoring protocols with wildlife scouts in Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 06_720x400Maasai wildlife scouts roast goats by campfire, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 07_313x400Cate Byrd finds an elephant femur, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 08_720x400the Conservancy's Caroline Byrd and daughter Cate buy sodas in Sikuru, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 09_720x400Grasslands of West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
  • Byrd slide 10_720x400West Kilimanjaro sunset, Tanzania. © Caroline Byrd/TNC
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  • “Vumbi vingi!” Driving the dusty roads of Simanjiro.
  • An elephant used its trunk to dig this water hole in a dry river bed.
  • Camping under an acacia in Simanjiro.
  • Caroline and daughter Cate share a laugh with Maasai scouts from Terat.
  • Discussing wildlife monitoring protocols.
  • Maasai scouts roast goat meat by the campfire.
  • Cate finds an elephant femur.
  • Buying sodas in Sikuru.
  • Grasslands of West Kilimanjaro.
  • West Kilimanjaro sunset. Read Caroline's story.
Dusty Roads
Caroline Byrd's Photos from Tanzania
 


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