Category: Human Footprint

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
We have the tape! View Yellowstonian forum that caused leaders to acknowledge sprawl is biggest threat to iconic Greater Yellowstone wildlife. And it has implications for every mountain town and valley in the Rockies
If public land protections and science get gutted, former national bear recovery expert says attempts to remove famous grizzly population from federal protection will be invalidated
Some of Greater Yellowstone's protected roadless areas, which provide vital habitat for the region's globally iconic wildlife, could soon be penetrated by bulldozers for the first time ever. You don't even want to know what's in store for BLM lands
Do American public lands really suffer from a lack of human access? If we ever posed the question to wildlife, likely 100 percent of species would disagree with the premise