Category: Opinion

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
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 our interview with Montana Quarterly’s Scott McMillion, we talk about dramatic change, people left behind, Jon Tester’s loss and the essence of great storytelling. McMillion even throws in a big game recipe!
In his final season, Yellowstone "winterkeeper" Steven Fuller reflects on a half century of dwelling inside the geographic heart of our first national park. Enjoy his first column for Yellowstonian
In this op-ed, Bozeman conservationist Clint Nagel, who took part in earlier failed attempt at consensus and collaboration to decide fate of Gallatin Mountains, says latest effort also gives short shrift to wildlife
The huge outpouring of sadness for loss of world's most famous bear was no anomaly. Her legacy will be set by what happens next
Wildlife have finite habitat. Humans are constantly pushing for more terrain to play in. In this op-ed, Dennis Glick wonders when is enough enough?
How would we think about what we're doing to the land if we saw human activity through the eyes of wildlife being affected? Yellowstonian columnist and nature photographer Holly Pippel wants us to consider the question
Dan Ashe is a lifelong hunter and angler. He backs Colorado ballot initiative to halt sport killing of mountain lions in that state. In this essay for Writers on the Range, he says the big wild cats play important role in slowing spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
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