Category: Public Lands

One of Montana's foremost climate scientists, Dr. Cathy Whitlock, provides a data-driven perspective on what recent EPA action, backed by key decision makers, means for the Northern Rockies and arid West
Utah joins Wyoming and other states in making up reasons to eliminate big cats which, ironically, can aid in the fight against CWD. So says Ted Williams in this piece for Writers on the Range
Letter written by four descendants of Theodore Roosevelt sends strong message to members of Congress and Trump Administration who are promoting actions deemed hostile to protection of wild places
Grand Staircase-Escalante, a beacon of Utah's Canyon Country, could have its protected status weakened, thanks to a Congresswoman employing a tactical maneuver to subvert its management plan. Stephen Trimble explains how in this essay penned for Writers on the Range
In this op-ed, Dr. James Hansen, one of the first and foremost scientific experts on climate change, and respected environmental attorney Dan Galpern say the "Fix Our Forests Act" will achieve the opposite effect of leaving wild forests better off
Would the legendary "Old Lion" be flattered by Zinke's claims to be his doppelgänger, or be roaring from the grave with gruff disapproval?
As the Great Salt Lake continues to die and rivers in many states are coming under unprecedented pressure, photographer David Showalter celebrates the West's glittering gem, the Colorado, in a new book. Is hope enough to save it?
American Prairie has seven leases yanked where it was allowed to graze bison on public land. A free-market economist, who sides with prairie restoration, says BLM made a bad move. Read our interview with Holly Fretwell
"Ted Turner & Friends: Stories from the Wild Edge of Co-Existence" attracted a huge live audience and people tuned in from around the world. In case you missed it, we have the recording
Liz Fairbank with the Center for Large Landscape Conservation is a renowned expert in thinking about how we humans fragment the natural world and the consequences for free-roaming wildlife