Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Opinion

A Special Remote Place In The World I Know

Between Wyoming's Winds and Red Desert: Retired rangeland ecologist Dan Stroud returns by singing praise from the heart of a nationally-important wildlife migration corridor whose persistence could go either way

Why The Lorax Never Identified As A Funhog Outdoor Recreationist

Do American public lands really suffer from a lack of human access? If we ever posed the question to wildlife, likely 100 percent of species would disagree with the premise

Dorothy Bradley: Fulfilling Lee Metcalf’s Promise Of Protection For The Amazing Gallatin Mountains

A new groundswell of citizens called M4WW wants to safeguard better protection for Greater Yellowstone's most vulnerable mountain range that still holds world-class wildlife. You need not be a Montanan to support the effort

Who Knows More About Wolverines And Grizzlies: Paul Fielder Or 37 Biologists With 1,209 Years Of Experience?

Mr. Fielder says he supports science when it comes to professional management of Montana's wildlife. But now a large group of scientists is taking him to task

Will Prosecution In Wyoming’s Infamous Wolf-Killing Case Change Rural Attitudes?

The refusal by state officials in Wyoming to outright ban the sport of running over wildlife with snowmobiles is said to reflect irrational enmity toward animals like wolves, bears, mountain lions and coyotes throughout the Northern Rockies. One wildlife advocate weighs in

The West’s Most Precious Commodity Deserves To Have Its Day In Court—As In The “Water Court”

Dorothy Bradley has devoted much of her professional life to pondering the beneficial uses of water and its allocation. As development pressures swell, she says, it's time to resolve inconsistencies if we are to avoid wicked conflicts plaguing other regions

Sublette County, Wyoming Has Truly World-Class Wildlife, But Do Locals Really Want To Protect It?

Dan Stroud, a wildlife biologist who lives in Sublette, spent 32 years with Wyoming Game and Fish. He believes time has come to survey local residents to see if they're willing to safeguard landscapes that sets their community and wildlife heritage apart. More than ever, he says, wise foresighted planning is necessary

Conflating Recreation With Conservation Is Not Wilderness Preservation

Is funhogism a Trojan Horse being used by major outdoor gear manufacturers to exploit what remains of our last wild places? Mason Parker and Katie Bilodeau raise important questions that many self-described protection groups don't want to discuss

Public Lands Vital To Future Of Both Young Humans And Wildlife

In his column, Tom Mangelsen says we need to re-affirm our conviction that public lands must remain in public hands. And the time to let senators know is now

Eyes Blind, And Do Not Yet See

Do we need to install red crosses to make the ongoing toll of fallen wildlife more visible? Kris Ellingsen of Gallatin Gateway, Montana writes that we must wake up to traumatic changes we are exacting on the natural world
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