Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Human Footprint

The Colorado: Is The West’s Once Mighty River Headed For Life Support?

As the Great Salt Lake continues to die and rivers in many states are coming under unprecedented pressure, photographer David Showalter celebrates the West's glittering gem, the Colorado, in a new book. Is hope enough to save it?

Our Night Of Inspiration And Hope People Are Still Talking About

"Ted Turner & Friends: Stories from the Wild Edge of Co-Existence" attracted a huge live audience and people tuned in from around the world. In case you missed it, we have the recording

A ‘Road Ecologist’ Discusses Wildlife Bridges And The Lifelines Of Bio-Connectivity

Liz Fairbank with the Center for Large Landscape Conservation is a renowned expert in thinking about how we humans fragment the natural world and the consequences for free-roaming wildlife

They Wanted More Realness In A World Full Of Artifice, So They Started Raising Bison

The story of first-generation ranchers Matt and Sarah Skoglund, as advocates for nature— and their kids' future—ranks among the most inspirational of any you’ve heard about life-changing reinvention in the modern American West

Heroism Begins With Striving To Be Part Of The Solution

The Madison Valley in Montana is a miracle of open space and a crossroads for wildlife. With his renowned restoration of O'Dell Creek, a tributary to the Madison River, rancher Jeff Laszlo and his neighbors are showing what conservation can mean at scale

He Helps To Make Biodiversity Protection A Priority On Ted Turner’s Map

After leading the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone, Mike Phillips joined the disrupting media mogul in transforming bison ranches into being welcoming places for re-wilding. Phillips will discuss Turner's legacy at public event in Bozeman featuring other stars of ranch stewardship in West

Is Bozeman, Montana, A Heralded “It” City In America, Losing Its Historic Memory?

Observers say the same free-market forces in Montana threatening Bozeman's heralded historic downtown and neighborhoods are causing sprawl to destroy the rural character of western mountain valleys

Citizen Sweeney: Channeling Anger Into Civic Duty

For Alison Sweeney, a sixth-generation Montanan, rescuing Bozeman's "Sense of Place" means safeguarding its historic neighborhoods, protecting its world-class natural setting and guaranteeing that working stiffs like her can still live in the community

Tim Crawford Was Right About A Demolished Trailer Park Reflecting New Bozeman Values

Sometimes past predictions about the course of communities are valuable in assessing where they are still headed. This piece by the late Tim Crawford causes us to reflect on—and remember—the losers of Bozeman's boastful prosperity

Of Rugged Poseurs And The Big Rigs They Drive

John Potter debuts a new cartoon for Yellowstonian. In his first outing, the master of satire takes aim at transplants who mistakenly believe image is everything
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