Category: Human Footprint

As Greater Yellowstone contemplates the future and ponders how it can protect its special sense of place, Big Sky represents sprawl's unwanted poster child. A story about why better ecologically-minded planning matters in Greater Yellowstone
You're invited! Three nationally-renowned land stewards will share their inspirational stories. Special free event kicks off 2026 lecture series in Bozeman, led by Yellowstonian and Gallatin Valley Earth Day and will be live-streamed.
New award-winning book, "Saving the Big Sky," makes an inspiring case for why land trusts need our support now more than ever
As artist, designer of human spaces, and conservationist concerned about protecting the homes of other living beings, Lori Ryker sees 'co-existence' through several different lenses.
Mike Clark, who has spent five decades advocating for wildlife and who led the best known regional conservation organization in Greater Yellowstone, reflects after bears frequent his backyard—on the south side of Bozeman
Jackie Batrus who hosts the "Voices of Wllderness" podcast, and Jack Humphrey, host of "Rewilding Earth," both invited the founder of Yellowstonian to talk about the future of Greater Yellowstone, journalism and the fate of the wild West. We have the links!
Dr. Reed Noss, a globally respected scientist in the field of conservation biology, says there's no greater menace to wild country than constructing roads. In this important piece, he lays out why rescinding the Forest Service Roadless Rule is a terrible idea
In his long tenure as a range ecologist who worked for both federal and state agencies, Dan Stroud witnessed a cultural shift happen in where priorities were placed, he writes in this op-ed. In his eyes, the shift did not benefit wildlife
The American public, especially those who live in the West, need to realize what's at stake for natural landscapes that now are in danger of being permanently (negatively) transformed
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