Yellowstonain Todd Wilkinson

Category: Yellowstone

What’s At Stake For Natural America On Earth Day 2025? Answer: The Future Of Everything We Love

The "Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem," as we know it now, would not exist if Yellowstone were not created in 1872 as a cornerstone of America's public lands. Some in Congress and Western states would sell public lands to the highest private or commercial bidders

Grizzly 399 In Retrospect, Fate Of Her Last Cub “Spirit,” And What’s Next For Bear Delisting?

View the conversation now being watched by thousands: Photographer Thomas Mangelsen joins former grizzly recovery coordinator Chris Servheen in a frank discussion about the state of conservation with journalist Todd Wilkinson

With So Much To Love, It Makes The Heartbreak Of Loss Much More Painful

It's not long, but nature photographer Holly Pippel's reel of wildlife images in Montana's Gallatin Valley—and sobering glimpses of the effects of sprawl—will open your eyes. It also begs the question: What are you willing to do to protect the sense of nature that still remains at the edge of your community?

Be Like Jane 

As Jane Goodall embarks upon her 91st trip around the sun, Yellowstonian columnist Tom Mangelsen says it's important to remember what she is still teaching us. Goodall loves visiting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Teddy Roosevelt And The Importance Of Stepping Into The Arena

Rallies are planned nationwide Saturday. One in Livingston, Montana features Marc Racicot, former governor of Montana and onetime head of the Republican National Committee. Public land advocates also will gather in Gardiner on front door of Yellowstone

Preventing The De-Wilding of Greater Yellowstone: An Ecosystem Under Siege From Runaway Sprawl

Wild nature, that supports the persistence of the wildest species, is finite. A test of our time is whether visionaries can come together and save America's last best wildlife ecoregion in the Lower 48 from following the same path as everywhere else. What do you think?

42 Biologists With 1,350 Years Of Experience Say DOGE Closure Of Fed Science Center Is Wrong

How will Montana's Congressional Delegation react to letter from wildlife specialists who condemn closure of famed grizzly bear study team and other research offices supporting Yellowstone and other national parks?

Is The Death Of The Legendary Grizzly Bear Study Team Near—And What Does It Symbolize?

An analysis: It's one of the most famous consequential wildlife research units in the world, and helped to bring Greater Yellowstone's iconic grizzlies back from the brink. Are the you-know-whos now trying to kill it?

Swan Songs And Trumpets Of Biological Recovery

They’re angelic symbols of how a species can be brought back. But as the plight of trumpeter swans in Yellowstone shows, they’re also reminders of how wildlife conservation is not a destination but a duty of care passed along from one generation of advocates to the next

When Unwanted Costs Of Growth Are Exported, Who And What Pay The Price? You Know The Answer

Teton County, Wyoming is one of the richest, per capita, in America. In a riveting excerpt from the new book, A Watershed Moment, Luther Propst (who is also a Teton County Commissioner) writes that unless a regional strategy is adopted to confront growth, Greater Yellowstone's world-class sense of wildness will be lost. No matter where you live, Propst's piece should be considered a must-read

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