Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Wildlife

“More Precious Than” Illuminates The Lifeblood Of Human and Natural Landscapes

Art installation and book by Mountain Time Arts and Janet Zweig calls attention to Bozeman’s namesake creek and the need to heal it. The project is one that should resonate in any community with water flowing through it. Special unveiling set for Aug 12 in Bozeman. Public is invited

Brooke Williams To Discuss How We Can “Re-enchant” Ourselves With Nature

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

The West’s Most Precious Commodity Deserves To Have Its Day In Court—As In The “Water Court”

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

A Wolf Champion And Elder Looks Back At 30 Years Of Recovery In Yellowstone

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?

Sublette County, Wyoming Has Truly World-Class Wildlife, But Do Locals Really Want To Protect It?

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

Saving Greater Yellowstone Requires Urgent Action Because “The Clock Is Ticking” Fast, New Book Says

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

Of Bobcats And Future Missing Lynx?

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

Conflating Recreation With Conservation Is Not Wilderness Preservation

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

Stoking “The Fierce Green Fire” Of Wildness Is A Legacy We Need To Embrace

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.

Why Reversing The Forest Service’s Roadless Rule Matters For All Nature-Loving Americans

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?
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