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On top of national forests and BLM tracts being flooded with more cattle, Greater Yellowstone wildlands may see an unprecedented surge in logging. In their column, Servheen and Wilkinson discuss impacts on grizzlies and conservation
James Huffman, a former law professor, scrutinizes the controversial decision by BLM to cancel the organization's grazing allotments because it wanted to run bison, not cattle, in service to conservation
What's happening now in the heart of the wide-open West is something of national importance. Its outcome has huge implications for hundreds of millions of acres from the Pacific to the Mississippi
As Kate Groetzinger writes, Doug Burgum is a member of the ultra-exclusive private ski resort in Greater Yellowstone that has a history of controversial land deals and development

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Lois Red Elk was told by her father that when red-tails cry, someone is looking for help. The Lakota/Dakota poet writes how in our sentient world we need to be open to nature's messages
Scientist says actions would reverse generations of progress made in protecting the West's wildlife, watersheds and sanctity of wild places. Servheen and Wilkinson discuss it in their weekly column
Sen. John Cornyn caused a commotion when he introduced bill to win President's endorsement. When that didn't happen and he lost in Texas GOP primary, Cornyn now says he won't push for upgrading the thoroughfare that runs through rural Montana and Wyoming
Scientists say most conservation groups continue to give this industry a pass or look the other way on its impacts. Why is that? Another installment in our series, "Are Funhogs Loving America's Wild Country to Death?"
Michael Garrity says the Forest Service is illegally shrinking "secure habitat" for grizzlies in the Northern Rockies by authorizing huge deforestation projects. That's why his group and others are challenging the agency in court
Franz Camenzind, a lifelong Jackson Hole conservationist and canid biologist, says wildlife management is failing to uphold the public trust
Are social media influencers helping to educate the masses or bringing more pressure on wildlife and wild places? A new column, "Conversations from the Green Thicket," enlists Chris Servheen to talk about impacts on The Great Bear
The Custer-Gallatin, already attracting public outrage over its new attempt to "get the cut out," is targeting two areas close to Bozeman. Dorothy Bradley says that for this "bad idea," past is prelude
Todd Goddard's biography about Jim Harrison brings insight to a literary force of nature. It shines a light on sides of Harrison many didn't know, including those who shared Paradise Valley with him
George Wuerthner says proposed legislation by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Wilderness Society and Wild Montana isn't visionary. It sacrifices safe wildlife habitat to appease outdoor recreation. Part 2 in an ongoing series titled, "Are Funhogs Loving America's Wild Country to Death?"
Part one in an ongoing series titled, "Are Funhogs Loving America's Wild Country to Death?" Instead of defending the last best finite habitat for wildlife that remains, why are some conservationists instead pushing to have it become playgrounds?
US Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, with support from Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, has submitted bill to turn Highway 287 into industrial thorofare—right through one of Greater Yellowstone's world-class wildlife migration corridors
M-44s, which use deadly sodium cyanide to kill wildlife carnivores on behalf of the livestock industry, are notorious for also felling lots of "non-target" animals, imperiled species and pet dogs. After being banned from BLM lands, the Trump Administration appears poised to bring them back
Cousteau, once the most famous conservationist in the world, was a father figure to Ted Turner. In old age, Cousteau became cynical. Here's what Turner told him

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