Todd Wilkinson – Yellowstonian

Wildlife

Where Grizzlies Roam, Cattle And Timber To Be Kings Again?

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

Todd Wilkinson June 18, 2026

Wildlife

Conservationists Go To Bat For Bison, American Prairie And The Law

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

Todd Wilkinson June 8, 2026

Wildlife

Motorized Recreation Launches A Trifecta Assault To Claim America’s Backcountry

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

Todd Wilkinson June 7, 2026

Wildlife

Senator Likely Dropping Effort To Transform US Hwy 287 Into “Interstate Trump”

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

Todd Wilkinson June 5, 2026

Wildlife

Does Outdoor Recreation Really Result In More And Better Wildlife Conservation?

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?”

Todd Wilkinson June 5, 2026

Wildlife

Videos Highlighting Grizzly Bears On Moth Sites Incite Backlash

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

Todd Wilkinson May 30, 2026

Art

Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer’s Life

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

Todd Wilkinson May 26, 2026

Wildlife

For Once, The West Needs To Have A Serious Adult Conversation About Outdoor Wreckreation

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?

Todd Wilkinson May 19, 2026

Wildlife

Could Madison Valley Of Montana Have A New Interstate Running Through It In Honor Of Trump?

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

Todd Wilkinson May 13, 2026

Wildlife

Will “Cyanide Bombs” Soon Be Making An Encore To Protect Cattle, Sheep And Goats On Public Land?

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

Todd Wilkinson May 11, 2026