Category: Wildlife

Author of “Encountering Dragonfly” to make special live appearance at Elk River Books in Livingston, Montana August 7. Conversation will also include thoughts about how we can better protect the Wild West we love
Dorothy Bradley has devoted much of her professional life to pondering the beneficial uses of water and its allocation. As development pressures swell, she says, it's time to resolve inconsistencies if we are to avoid wicked conflicts plaguing other regions
Today, as a nonagenarian, Norm Bishop reflects on how the foundation for wolf reintroduction in America's best known national park happened. What are the crucial lessons, which some clearly want to forget, that still need to be heeded?
Dan Stroud, a wildlife biologist who lives in Sublette, spent 32 years with Wyoming Game and Fish. He believes time has come to survey local residents to see if they're willing to safeguard landscapes that sets their community and wildlife heritage apart. More than ever, he says, wise foresighted planning is necessary
In the face of explosive growth trends, noted Montanan Dorothy Bradley wonders aloud: "What's the wisest path for preserving a line of still-wild mountains that represent an appendage of Yellowstone National Park?" Her answer: don't give it away.
Robert Keiter, one of the foremost experts on policies shaping Yellowstone region, says time is running out to adequately protect its world-class wildlife and intactness. Desperately needed is a strategy and unifying vision
Will lynx be the first official mammal lost from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in our lifetime? As meso-carnivores, these two wildcats are harbingers not only of challenges laying ahead, but of potential new ways of thinking about the value of species
Is funhogism a Trojan Horse being used by major outdoor gear manufacturers to exploit what remains of our last wild places? Mason Parker and Katie Bilodeau raise important questions that many self-described protection groups don't want to discuss
Many roadless lands have higher wildlife and habitat values than national parks and they hold the headwaters of drinking water for tens of millions of Americans. Will nearly 59 million acres of these precious public lands lose their protection?
In his column, Tom Mangelsen says we need to re-affirm our conviction that public lands must remain in public hands. And the time to let senators know is now