Category: Human Footprint

Guy Alsentzer of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper has a candid podcast conversation about growing water worries in western Montana related to unchecked sprawl, and what it means for wildlife and the character of the state
WildJourneys with WU: As we explore the wildlife imagery in Helen Seay’s mural in Jackson Hole, we begin by celebrating a mountain underdog and indicator of change affecting our bigger world
On 'Subdivide and Conquer's' Silver Jubilee: How a riveting film from 25 years ago reminds us how much we lost because of leaders who refused to take growth issues in the rural West seriously. Are they doing so now?
On public land in Greater Yellowstone, resource extraction is subjected to rigorous environmental analysis but not so on private land where sprawl is exacting a deepening, permanent and more proliferating toll
Why are the biggest conservation groups working in America's most iconic ecosystem avoiding the biggest threat to the survival of its famous wildlife?
An uplifting success story: How Wyoming became a global hub for thinking about terrestrial animal movement. And why efforts to preserve long-distance treks of pronghorn, mule deer, elk and other species make it a model for pondering large landscape conservation
Enjoy nature photographer Holly Pippel's video of an elk herd navigating Greater Yellowstone's Gallatin Valley. This holiday season, set aside an extra chair in remembrance of wildlife who add so much spirit to the land
Island Park, Idaho is no island when it comes to fire, nor its vulnerability in the forest. Do residents there—and elsewhere—accept that living in Greater Yellowstone demands more ecological awareness and responsibility? Enjoy this excerpt of Paul Rogers' essay appearing in a new book, "A Watershed Moment"
Land Trusts are on the front lines of resisting unwanted landscape changes sweeping across our favorite valleys but they’re underdogs. Help them succeed 
Dr. Christopher Servheen, who guided federal grizzly conservation efforts for 35 years and who wrote recovery plan, says old document is outdated. Bear management, he insists, needs to acknowledge new threats and use best available science