Category: Difference Makers

New award-winning book, "Saving the Big Sky," makes an inspiring case for why land trusts need our support now more than ever
Sean Gerrity, co-founder of American Prairie, has a new book that challenges us to ponder bigger, bolder possibilities for a spectacular part of the West that's been treated as a flyover. Yes, in addition to championing wildlife, he has a special soft spot for ranchers
Randy Carpenter is retiring after spending 30 years in the trenches of land use planning. Greater Yellowstone is at a point, he says, where beloved healthy rural landscapes will be lost unless advocates insist on slowing the spread of sprawl
In his masterful book about Bernard and Avis DeVoto, Nate Schweber answers the question of what do citizens who love the wild West do when the things holding it together are getting rapidly dismantled?
The most recognized citizen conservationist in the world, Goodall was wildlife's best friend had special reverence for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Dorothy Bradley has interacted with legislators from both sides of the political aisle in Montana who did what was right for people, land and heritage
"The Other Ten Wolves," a book by Carter Niemeyer, is a perfect complement to Tom Winston's film "Lost Wolves of Yellowstone." Now 30 years later, they remind that the public never knew how harrowing wolf recovery actually was
Goodall was a tireless defender of the natural world but she felt a special affinity for the Greater Yellowstone region because it was a symbol of what wildness could be and is in danger of being lost