Category: Wild-Re-Wild-De-Wild

In a poor natural food year like this one in the West, grizzlies and black bears are wandering into our ever-expanding human footprint filled with enticing things to eat. Who is the cause of “problem bears?” What does it mean for griz recovery and black-bear “co-existence” with people?
Joe Ricketts hosted a summit of conservation leaders. He says world-class wildlife that sets Yellowstone Ecosystem apart can be saved, but it hinges on help of private landowners. He believes many will join noble effort to get it done
Dr. Andy Hansen has been at the forefront of researching the health of Greater Yellowstone, the premier ecosystem in the Lower 48. He warns we're now in the danger zone
US Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, with support from Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, has submitted bill to turn Highway 287 into industrial thorofare—right through one of Greater Yellowstone's world-class wildlife migration corridors
Ecologist Andrew Boyce-Pero is giving a talk on ongoing efforts to restore prairie biodiversity as part of the Gallatin Valley Earth Day speaker series. You can enjoy his presentation April 8 from the comfort of your own living room
Even amid the battle cry of keeping American "public lands in public hands," free market influencers are at work pushing to privatize the assets of those lands only to let future generations deal with the unwanted consequences
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 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