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Mauling The Law That Rescued American Grizzlies

The Endangered Species Act has been a beacon for wildlife conservation in the world, reviving bald eagles, grizzlies, and wolves. Now Wyoming’s Brian Nesvik, head of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is helping to destroy it. For whom is he an advocate?

A Legacy Of Wilderness Protection Runs Through Montana—But Not Always 

Dorothy Bradley, whose father was a defender of wilderness and knew many of the conservation giants, wonders aloud about Ryan Zinke's true intent. Is it to protect wildlands or carve more up?

Welcome To Mitakuye Oyasin Mountain

John Potter returns with another cartoon exclusively for Yellowstonian and it drives home the universal truth of sentience on the planet. If you're not familiar with "mitakuye oyasin," look it up and become enlightened

Mama Grizzlies: Twin Engines Of Recovery Are Keeping Them Alive And Protecting Secure Habitat

Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 was an extraordinary mother who produced lots of cubs and more in her bloodline. Not all females are like her in Greater Yellowstone, but all matter in sustaining a healthy population

“I Have Studied Greater Yellowstone for 33 Years. Never Has It Been So Threatened.”

Dr. Andy Hansen has been at the forefront of researching the health of Greater Yellowstone, the premier ecosystem in the Lower 48. He warns we're now in the danger zone

For Wilderness, It’s Time To Stop Flying The Flag Of Surrender

Yellowstonian launches a new never-ending series that celebrates wilderness as a homeland for the wildest of creatures, a fountainhead for clean water and a place to find solace away from the noisy, fast-paced human-dominated world

Can Human Towns Co-Exist With Hungry Bears? Or Are Bruins Destined To Always Lose?

In a poor natural food year like this one in the West, grizzlies and black bears are wandering into our ever-expanding human footprint filled with enticing things to eat. Who is the cause of “problem bears?” What does it mean for griz recovery and black-bear “co-existence” with people?

In Roadless Lands, There Are No Dead Ends

Brad Orsted says that forests uninvaded by tire tracks, logging trucks and throttling wheels opened up new avenues of thinking. And it's foolhardy, he writes, to squander them now

Gutting Roadless Protections: What Real Wildlife Scientists Say

What is the compelling science that allegedly supports the Trump Administration's decision to revoke the Forest Service Roadless Rule? Here, in this response, 45 real scientists in Montana say the evidence doesn't exist

Ranching Taxpayers And Creating More Grizzly-Livestock Conflict?

Over the years hard work was put in to retire livestock grazing allotments on Forest Service lands in Wyoming around the Upper Green River Basin. The purpose: to reduce conflicts with grizzlies. In this op-ed, Kelsey Yarzab Yates writes about how one agreement is being undermined
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