Category: Public Lands

This tiny national park in Lake Superior stands as a rebuttal. scientists say, to the way states in the American West are dealing with Canis lupus
In a special collaboration with noted artist Eric Junker, Yellowstonian is saying thanks this holiday season by rewarding your generosity with cool stuff to show you care every day
In his masterful book about Bernard and Avis DeVoto, Nate Schweber answers the question of what do citizens who love the wild West do when the things holding it together are getting rapidly dismantled?
If public land protections and science get gutted, former national bear recovery expert says attempts to remove famous grizzly population from federal protection will be invalidated
Dr. Reed Noss, a globally respected scientist in the field of conservation biology, says there's no greater menace to wild country than constructing roads. In this important piece, he lays out why rescinding the Forest Service Roadless Rule is a terrible idea
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
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
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
Mike Clark, who has spent five decades advocating for wildlife and who led the best known regional conservation organization in Greater Yellowstone, reflects after bears frequent his backyard—on the south side of Bozeman
"The Other Ten Wolves," a book by Carter Niemeyer, is a perfect complement to Tom Winston's film "Lost Wolves of Yellowstone." Now 30 years later, they remind that the public never knew how harrowing wolf recovery actually was