Category: Opinion

Dorothy Bradley, whose father was a defender of wilderness and knew many of the conservation giants, wonders aloud about Ryan Zinke's true intent. Is it to protect wildlands or carve more up?
In 1960, Wallace Stegner wrote about the enduring importance of wilderness in the modern world. He called wilderness “the geography of hope” and today it's more vital than ever for wildlife
Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 was an extraordinary mother who produced lots of cubs and more in her bloodline. Not all females are like her in Greater Yellowstone, but all matter in sustaining a healthy population
Retired Yellowstone winterkeeper Steve Fuller picks up where he last left off in his column. It was one month into their second year at Canyon: Guy Fawkes Night, Nov 5, 1974. And then "Miss Piggy" with claws arrived
Yellowstonian launches a new never-ending series that celebrates wilderness as a homeland for the wildest of creatures, a fountainhead for clean water and a place to find solace away from the noisy, fast-paced human-dominated world
In a poor natural food year like this one in the West, grizzlies and black bears are wandering into our ever-expanding human footprint filled with enticing things to eat. Who is the cause of “problem bears?” What does it mean for griz recovery and black-bear “co-existence” with people?
In this op-ed, Matt Barnes, a scientist on the front lines of human-lobo co-existence, shares his insights. Barnes is featured in the new film "In The Company of Wolves" now coming to Greater Yellowstone
Brad Orsted says that forests uninvaded by tire tracks, logging trucks and throttling wheels opened up new avenues of thinking. And it's foolhardy, he writes, to squander them now
What is the compelling science that allegedly supports the Trump Administration's decision to revoke the Forest Service Roadless Rule? Here, in this response, 45 real scientists in Montana say the evidence doesn't exist
With big game hunting seasons about to commence in the Northern Rockies, and certain to bring more bear deaths, longtime national grizzly expert Chris Servheen offers tips for how humans can avoid conflicts and injury