Category: Public Lands

Michael Garrity says the Forest Service is illegally shrinking "secure habitat" for grizzlies in the Northern Rockies by authorizing huge deforestation projects. That's why his group and others are challenging the agency in court
Are social media influencers helping to educate the masses or bringing more pressure on wildlife and wild places? A new column, "Conversations from the Green Thicket," enlists Chris Servheen to talk about impacts on The Great Bear
The Custer-Gallatin, already attracting public outrage over its new attempt to "get the cut out," is targeting two areas close to Bozeman. Dorothy Bradley says that for this "bad idea," past is prelude
George Wuerthner says proposed legislation by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Wilderness Society and Wild Montana isn't visionary. It sacrifices safe wildlife habitat to appease outdoor recreation. Part 2 in an ongoing series titled, "Are Funhogs Loving America's Wild Country to Death?"
M-44s, which use deadly sodium cyanide to kill wildlife carnivores on behalf of the livestock industry, are notorious for also felling lots of "non-target" animals, imperiled species and pet dogs. After being banned from BLM lands, the Trump Administration appears poised to bring them back
Dorothy Bradley and Doug James pen a lyrical poem, inspired partly by rap, that's intended to get citizens of their state to refocus on coming together instead of being defined by petty division. Paintings by Robert Spannring
Painter Barbara Rusmore opens a show of new and selected old works. For the Bozeman conservationist and member of the Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame, beauty has fueled her fire for preservation
Need inspiration?  As a special feature of NRCC’s daylong Conservation Symposium, 20 different short “QuickTalks” highlight good work being done around Greater Yellowstone in meeting challenges. And from afar you can tune in via live-stream
Ecologist Andrew Boyce-Pero is giving a talk on ongoing efforts to restore prairie biodiversity as part of the Gallatin Valley Earth Day speaker series. You can enjoy his presentation April 8 from the comfort of your own living room
It didn't happen by accident or fluke. Giving safeguards to national forest roadless lands followed decades of battles between industry that was felling trees at an unsustainable rate and conservationists seeing the best secure habitat for fish and wildlife being lost to "multiple use" management