ORIGINALLY FROM MISSISSIPPI, TRINA MADE HER WAY OUT WEST IN 1998 WHILE COMPLETING HER INTERNSHIP FOR HER BS IN HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT. AFTER 13 YEARS WORKING IN THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AT YELLOWSTONE, BRYCE CANYON AND ZION SHE FOUND HER WAY TO THE B BAR IN JANUARY 2012. DURING HER SPARE TIME, TRINA ENJOYS EXPLORING AND TAKING IN THIS PLACE SHE FEELS FORTUNATE TO CALL HOME EITHER ON FOOT WITH HER DOG ORI OR ON HORSEBACK WITH HER TRUSTY STEED LARRY. TRINA HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED THE FALL MONTHS FOR THEIR COOLER TEMPS AND BEAUTIFUL COLORS BUT SINCE MOVING TO THE RANCH AND DISCOVERING HER PASSION FOR HUNTING IT IS NOW AN EVEN MORE FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR SO SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER TRINA CAN OFTEN BE FOUND HIDDEN BEHIND A PAIR OF BINOCULARS OR SPOTTING SCOPE WHILE PATTERNING THE LOCAL ELK HERD.

EL IS IN HER 27TH YEAR AT B BAR. EL IS ORIGINALLY FROM THE EAST COAST AND GOT HER DEGREE IN HEALTH EDUCATION. BEFORE COMING TO B BAR SHE WORKED IN YELLOWSTONE PARK FOR 10 YEARS AS A MANAGER AND AS A HEALTH EDUCATOR IN A HOSPITAL SETTING. AT B BAR SHE HAS WORKED AS GUEST RANCH COORDINATOR, HOUSEKEEPER, OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, AND RANCH ADMINISTRATOR. SHE AND HUSBAND TOM RAISED THEIR CHILDREN IN GARDINER, WHO NOW LIVE IN THE BOSTON AREA AND NORTHERN MT. EL SERVES ON A LOCAL CHURCH BOARD, MANAGES THEIR VACATION RENTAL, VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY, ENJOYS NORDIC SKIING, AND LOVES TO COOK AND READ.

AMY GREW UP IN KANSAS WHERE SHE MET HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART WHO EVENTUALLY SWEPT HER AWAY TO MONTANA IN 2014. SHE MANAGED AN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE COMPANY IN GARDINER FOR SIX YEARS, FUELING HER LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AREA AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPLORE IT. THE B BAR RANCH AND TOM MINER BASIN WAS ALWAYS A FAVORITE RECOMMENDATION FOR GUESTS TRAVELING THE AREA AND IN 2019 AMY GOT HER CHANCE TO JOIN THE CREW!

IN AMY’S FREE TIME SHE ENJOYS FLY-FISHING, HIKING, RAFTING AND GOING ONADVENTURES WITH HER HUSBAND, KENNEY (B BAR’S MAINTENCE FORMAN), AND THREE DOGS, BELLA, BEANS AND BLUEY.

GROWING UP IN KANSAS KENNEY ENJOYED VACATIONING IN HIS FAMILY’S CABIN EVERY YEAR, ONE DRAINAGE OVER FROM B BAR RANCH. THEY BUILT IT IN THE ‘80S. IN 2013 HE BROUGHT HIS NOW WIFE AMY TO MONTANA AND SHE LOVED IT. WITHIN A YEAR THEY FOUND JOBS AND MOVED HERE. KENNEY BECAME A RIVER RAFT GUIDE AND MANAGER AND WORKED IN CARPENTRY AND BUILDING BEFORE COMING TO B BAR. HIS INTERESTS ARE WOODWORKING, FISHING, ROAD TRIPS WITH FRIENDS, AND CARPENTRY. HE AND AMY LIVE IN TOM MINER BASIN WITH THEIR THREE DOGS BELLA, BEANS, AND BLUEY.

MARK IS A THIRD GENERATION MONTANAN. HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE WORKING IN AGRICULTURE. HE IS MARRIED TO MARIA AND THEY HAVE TWO BOYS, CAYDEN AND TAYLOR.YOU MAY SEE CAYDEN AND TAYLOR WORKING WITH MARK ON THE RANCH THIS SUMMER FROM TIME TO TIME.

KATIE & TROY WERE BORN AND RAISED IN THE SAME SMALL UTAH TOWN. THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS WERE SHAPED BY EXTENDED FAMILY, HORSES, AGRICULTURE, AND ESPECIALLY TIME SPENT IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN HIS PAST LIFE TROY WAS A BUSINESS OWNER, HISTORIC BUILDING RESTORER, AND A PRCA RODEO CLOWN. IN HER PAST LIFE KATIE WAS A TEACHER, A FIBER ARTIST, A MOTHER, AND MEMBER OF A PROFESSIONAL BAGPIPE BAND. THEY MOVED TO THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE IN 2021 AND LOVE LIVING IN MONTANA. THEY ENJOY EXCELLENT FOOD, THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND TRAVELING BY BICYCLE.

JACKSON WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TOPSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A SMALL TOWN NORTH OF BOSTON. WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, JACKSON HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO GROW UP VISITING HIS GRANDMOTHER, MARYANNE AT THE B BAR RANCH. ALONGSIDE HIS BROTHER, JACKSON IS FULFILLING A LIFELONG DREAM OF WORKING AT THE B BAR. ALTHOUGH HE ISN'T COWBOYING LIKE HE EXPECTED, HE IS WORKING AS THE MARKETING AND SALES MANAGER UTILIZING HIS BUSINESS DEGREE FROM CU BOULDER. A COUPLE OF HIS FAVORITE WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE B BAR ARE BY SPLITBOARDING (BACKCOUNTRY SNOWBOARDING) AND HIKING. THE PETRIFIED FOREST AND THE TOP OF RAMSHORN MOUNTAIN ARE FAVORITE PLACES FOR HIM TO VISIT. JACKSON IS PURSUING A 200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATION AND IS EXCITED TO TEACH GUESTS AT THE RANCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WILLIE IS FROM TOPSFIELD, MA AND GRADUATED FROM UNC-WILMINGTON IN 2019. AFTER A COUPLE YEARS WORKING IN AND AROUND BOSTON, HE MOVED TO BOZEMAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2022. HE’S AN EXPERIENCED ULTIMATE FRISBEE PLAYER, WITH COMPETITIONS BRINGING HIM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY. IN HIS FREE TIME HE ENJOYS HIKING, BIKING, SKIING AND SLEDDING - JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WILL GET HIM MOVING IN THIS SPRAWLING COUNTRY!

JEFF WAS RAISED IN BOZEMAN MT AND GRADUATED FROM OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN BIOLOGY. HE IS IN HIS SIXTH SEASON AT B BAR, INCLUDING ONE WINTER. HE WORKS AT A SKI RESORT IN NEW MEXICO IN THE WINTERS. HE IS AN AVID HIKER, WALKING OVER 5000 MILES INCLUDING THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, AND THE ARIZONA TRAIL. JEFF ALSO LOVES TO READ AND FISH.

COLE IS FROM CALIFORNIA AND LEARNED TO RIDE HORSES FROM HIS RANCHER-GRANDFATHER. HE GRADUATED FROM MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN BOZEMAN IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS. COLE HAS WORKED ON RANCHES IN EASTERN OREGON, AUGUSTA MT, AND ON THE CROW RESERVATION IN MONTANA WHERE HE GOT HIS WORKING DOG, MAE. THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME WORKING ON AN ORGANIC RANCH WITH A HERITAGE BREED OF CATTLE AND HE HAD USED LOW STRESS STOCKMANSHIP IN A PREVIOUS RANCH EXPERIENCE. COLE ALSO ENJOYS HUNTING.

COQUINA, BISOU & HADLEY CAN OFTEN BE SEEN EXPLORING AROUND B BAR AND IF YOU’RE LUCKY, THEY MAY EVEN LET YOU LOVE ON THEM.

BECCA CAME TO WORK IN YELLOWSTONE IN 2018 FROM OHIO AFTER EARNING A DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION. SHE JOINED THE B BAR CREW THIS YEAR. SHE IS A LOCAL RESIDENT OF GARDINER AND A YOUTH AND WORSHIP PASTOR AT A LOCAL CHURCH AS WELL AS A LOCAL PRESCHOOL TEACHER. HER INTERESTS INCLUDE HIKING AS MUCH AS SHE CAN, ALL THINGS MUSIC, AND TRAVELING. HER MOST RECENT TRIPS INCLUDE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

From a young age Mihail was interested in where food came from and spent a great deal of time with a local ranch family that sold beef to his parents’ restaurant in Billings, Montana. In college he worked at ZooMontana while completing his degree in environmental studies and this is where he fell in love with ecology. After graduation he went on to work as the environmental restoration manager for Montana Audubon, charged with restoring an old gravel mine to various native ecosystems. At some point it became clear to him that the best use of his restaurant and ecology backgrounds was in raising food and when the opportunity to work at B Bar arose, he jumped at the chance. Mihail approaches agriculture with his ecology background and believes that without a healthy functioning ecosystem, you can’t raise high quality food. Throughout the last ten years he’s been able to learn a great deal about regenerative agriculture and see the results of these processes as he manages the day to day and beef production of the ranch. Ecosystems are in a constant state of flux and therefore one needs to be able to adapt their management to the present and future conditions.