Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Opinion

Let There Be No Doubt, Roosevelt Family Says: Teddy Would Be Appalled by GOP Move In Boundary Waters

Letter written by four descendants of Theodore Roosevelt sends strong message to members of Congress and Trump Administration who are promoting actions deemed hostile to protection of wild places

A Beloved National Monument In Utah Under Attack Again, And It’s Not Alone

Grand Staircase-Escalante, a beacon of Utah's Canyon Country, could have its protected status weakened, thanks to a Congresswoman employing a tactical maneuver to subvert its management plan. Stephen Trimble explains how in this essay penned for Writers on the Range

A Logging Bill Masquerading As Wildfire Protection?

In this op-ed, Dr. James Hansen, one of the first and foremost scientific experts on climate change, and respected environmental attorney Dan Galpern say the "Fix Our Forests Act" will achieve the opposite effect of leaving wild forests better off

Strong Endangered Species Act Is Cornerstone Of Our World-Class Wildlife Watching Economy

Nathan Varley, a wildlife scientist and co-owner of a wildlife safari company in Yellowstone, says federal law that led to bringing species back has priceless value

Retired Forest Service Biologist Criticizes Proposed Logging Near Yellowstone

Dr. Sara Johnson, former wildlife biologist on Custer-Gallatin National Forest, says in this op-ed that agency didn't fully consider impacts. For her, it's a flashback to conflicts of old

Citizen Sweeney: Channeling Anger Into Civic Duty

For Alison Sweeney, a sixth-generation Montanan, rescuing Bozeman's "Sense of Place" means safeguarding its historic neighborhoods, protecting its world-class natural setting and guaranteeing that working stiffs like her can still live in the community

Tim Crawford Was Right About A Demolished Trailer Park Reflecting New Bozeman Values

Sometimes past predictions about the course of communities are valuable in assessing where they are still headed. This piece by the late Tim Crawford causes us to reflect on—and remember—the losers of Bozeman's boastful prosperity

Of Rugged Poseurs And The Big Rigs They Drive

John Potter debuts a new cartoon for Yellowstonian. In his first outing, the master of satire takes aim at transplants who mistakenly believe image is everything

Wonderland In Repose: A Yellowstone Winterkeeper Looks Back

This is the first December in 51 years that Steven Fuller has not been a winterkeeper at Canyon Village in America's first national park. In his debut Yellowstonian column, part of an ongoing retrospective series, he reflects on living in a natural dreamscape

In Montana’s Big Open, Grizzlies Gaining Some Ground

Dr. Christopher Servheen: Not only is this good news, as bears expand without major incidents into their historic prairie haunts, but state officials are doing great work monitoring the movement of bears. This is crucial, he says, for winning trust and social tolerance.
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