Category: Public Lands

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
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
Heart of a Lion and Guardians of Yellowstone deliver intimate portraits of the vital role Puma concolor plays in Greater Yellowstone and other wild ecosystems
In his long tenure as a range ecologist who worked for both federal and state agencies, Dan Stroud witnessed a cultural shift happen in where priorities were placed, he writes in this op-ed. In his eyes, the shift did not benefit wildlife
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
Some of Greater Yellowstone's protected roadless areas, which provide vital habitat for the region's globally iconic wildlife, could soon be penetrated by bulldozers for the first time ever. You don't even want to know what's in store for BLM lands