Category: Public Lands

The biologist who served as principal architect for recovering grizzlies in the Northern Rockies says those who are shredding the blueprint are destroying an American wildlife success story—and “should be ashamed of themselves”
As a rare member of both the Songwriters and Rock and Roll hall of fames, Carole King through NREPA is championing the sonorous calls of bugling elk, howling wolves and rhythms of the unmechanized wild West
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and Jackson Hole Land Trust receive Yellowstonian's first Conservation Leadership Award. Find out why they stand out in grassroots land protection
Jon Fossel climbed a towering ladder of success in New York City but his greatest feat was embracing restraint to save a magical corner of the wild West from ruin
We have the recordings of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative's provocative presentations given at its 10th biennial symposium in Jackson Hole. Featuring experts and good work by local conservation groups, they've created a buzz and have people talking. You can view them free here.
Welcome to Big Sky: In his latest cartoon, John Potter sheds light on the real cause of rising wildlife roadkills along US 191, pollution threats to the Gallatin River and the loom of catastrophic wildfire. Developers, he says, would rather pretend these elephants in the room don't exist
In our provocative interview with former Harvard professor Jim Engell, who is leading Montanans for Wildlife and Wilderness, we explore this vexing question that has huge implications for conservation
Scientist says actions would reverse generations of progress made in protecting the West's wildlife, watersheds and sanctity of wild places. Servheen and Wilkinson discuss it in their weekly column
On top of national forests and BLM tracts being flooded with more cattle, Greater Yellowstone wildlands may see an unprecedented surge in logging. In their column, Servheen and Wilkinson discuss impacts on grizzlies and conservation
James Huffman, a former law professor, scrutinizes the controversial decision by BLM to cancel the organization's grazing allotments because it wanted to run bison, not cattle, in service to conservation