Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Opinion

Lessons In Humility About Wolves

As John Vucetich writes from the oldest ongoing wolf study on Earth, science isn't about delivering answers frozen in time. It's about having the courage to learn from asking the right questions

Ancient Touchstone

Lois Red Elk, elder poet and Yellowstonian's bard in residence, returns with her column, Inyan Zi Voices, and a rumination on the power of a buffalo skull. Enjoy

This Carpenter Speaks Truth About How To Hold America’s Best Wildlife Ecosystem Together

Randy Carpenter is retiring after spending 30 years in the trenches of land use planning. Greater Yellowstone is at a point, he says, where beloved healthy rural landscapes will be lost unless advocates insist on slowing the spread of sprawl

Bradley: American Prairie Is A Gift Our Descendants Will Be Grateful For

Invocations: When A Wild Ghost Leaves Its Tracks

Columnist Brad Orsted returns! He's back with a rumination about passing through mountain lion country in Yellowstone—and trying to get himself unrattled

When America Tilts At Windmills, Who Is Responsible For The Hurt It Causes? A View From The Tetons

For Jackson, Wyoming town councilman Jonathan Schechter, federal elected officials are creating the very kind of government incompetence they claim to despise. And it's causing a lot of hurt

Louisa Willcox: Legendary Greater Yellowstone Conservationist Says Mountains Need Protection

In this op-ed Louisa Willcox says wild country and natural lands in America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem are under siege. She says the time is now to safeguard the Gallatin Mountains, one of the last best unprotected stretches of public lands that belong to all citizens in the West

Prominent Businessperson: Don’t Sacrifice Gallatin Range For Short-Term Monetary Gain

Bill Simkins, a fourth-generation Montanan, grew up as a classic fiscal conservative who loved the outdoors and adhered to the ideals of Theodore Roosevelt. As an attorney and international businessman, he had a hand in building Big Sky. Today he says it's vital that a stretch of mountains between Bozeman and Yellowstone receive highest protection

Remembering Harry Mitchell And The Spirit Of Real Montana: Where Is It Going?

Dorothy Bradley has interacted with legislators from both sides of the political aisle in Montana who did what was right for people, land and heritage

Whose Interests Should A State Wildlife Agency Serve?

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
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