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who guided federal grizzly conservation efforts for 35 years and who wrote recovery plan, says old document is outdated.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
Doris Fischer was the chief planner in Madison County when development in Big Sky erupted. She has advice for high-growth rural counties in Greater Yellowstone. And she believes one day the Jack Creek Road will become public, putting the Madison Valley in peril
Robert Kiesling has been an innovative forerunner in private land protection in Montana by bringing together farmers and ranchers with conservation buyers. More now than ever, he says, the Northern Rockies needs a plan for dealing with sprawl
In this essay, planner Randy Carpenter with group Friends of Park County says
citizens need to heed lesson of what happens when counties have no enforceable
planning and zoning regs in place
After a massive RV park was proposed for the middle of the pastoral Madison Valley, a trio of women stepped forward to fight it. Can their group, Preserve Raynolds Pass, serve as inspiration for frustrated citizens dealing with growth issues in other valleys?
Sprawl is happening everywhere but in the bioregion surrounding Yellowstone it is having huge impacts on a wildlife concentration unparalleled in the Lower 48 and renowned in the world. We guarantee this study will open your eyes
Two evenings you won't forget: You are invited to attend free public events in Bozeman and Missoula featuring Drs. Chris Servheen and Doug Smith. Hope to see you there!
As famous park “winterkeeper” Steven Fuller’s half century tenure in Yellowstone comes to an end, his approach to co-existence may be a model for all of us. Make sure you follow his regular column at Yellowstonian coming soon
One motivation for states to remove grizzlies from federal protection is clear, but why isn't the same reasoning applied to our national avian symbol, which is far more numerous, more widely distributed and also feasts on livestock?
