About MacNeil

MacNeil was raised with an understanding to be grateful for the biological world that surrounded him.  With a nickname like “bird”, given to him by his parents when he was just a toddler, he has always had a bird’s eye for detail.  Growing up in Virginia, Colorado, and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, MacNeil found a home on the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park.  MacNeil is a published writer, photographer and naturalist. His images have captured remarkable moments that were published in Rolling Stone Magazine, USA Today, Budget Travel, and numerous regional magazines to name but a few. He has been featured as an on-camera Park Ranger for a Discovery Channel documentary, and an on-camera Naturalist for Yellowstone DVD’s by Finley-Holiday Films.

MacNeil has delightfully educated university & college groups, families, Elderhostel/Road Scholar groups’, and numerous private tours through single-day and multi-day excursions in Yellowstone.

MacNeil can be found driving the roads and walking the trails and thermal basin boardwalks, educating visitors about Yellowstone’s dynamic natural and cultural resources. When not guiding, MacNeil is enjoying some “Daddy Time” with his kind-hearted daughter and lovely wife, or roaming the hills (outside the Park) at random with his faithful dog!

If you are interested in an exceptional, personal, privately guided tour of our world’s first national park, please do not hesitate to contact us! View our Guided Tour Page for more information regarding the types of tours Yellowstone Insight offers.

Doug MacCartney

Doug MacCartney has been fascinated with nature since he was a young boy. He spent as much time as he could wandering the woods of rural New England. After graduation he moved west to experience the wilds of the Colorado Rockies. Years later Doug still wanted to immerse himself more fully in the great outdoors so he applied to work in Yellowstone. Doug felt like he had won the lottery when he got a job working for Yellowstone Park Service in 1990. Doug has worked for the Park for the last 32 years. During those decades he has been able to experience the Park as few get to do. Living just outside the Park has allowed him to spend a vast amount of time observing wildlife, hiking, backpacking, skiing and touring the park. Doug has over twenty years of service with Search and Rescue for both Yellowstone National Park and Park County Montana.

For years people have been telling him he should be a guide. With his knack for finding wildlife, extensive knowledge of the area and backcountry and love of the outdoors, guiding is a perfect fit for his skills. Doug finds as much beauty in finding the most recent blooming flowers or the newest arriving birds as he does in finding wolves or his personal favorite bears. With his keen, experienced eyesight he doesn’t miss much. Now he is ready and eager to share these experiences with you.

Shauna Baron

Shauna Baron holds a B.S. in Biology, and a M.S. in Science Education. Shauna has been teaching outdoor education for over 20 years, sharing her love and knowledge of the outdoor world with students of all ages. Her biology research has led her to numerous parts of the United States to study the predator-prey relationships of large and small carnivores, such as wolves, bears, fishers, and bobcats. She was a volunteer biologist with the Yellowstone Wolf Project during the earliest days of wolf recovery. She also worked as a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Red Wolf Recovery Program in North Carolina, and spent her free time working on research projects for brown pelicans, tundra swans and sea turtles. Next, she was studying scat for the University of Vermont; that’s right, she is not afraid of a little dirty work. Although her passion for the outdoors has taken her back and forth across the U.S. a few times, she always returns to Yellowstone Country. Since 2003, Shauna has been living on Yellowstone’s northern park boundary, working as a naturalist-guide in Yellowstone National Park. Her multi-faceted programs provide an in-depth knowledge of the natural history, ecology, and geology, as well as the thermal biology of the “wonderland” we call Yellowstone. She is looking forward to sharing this amazing place with you.