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In Marley's Memory, He Chooses Survival
June 12, 2023
After suffering the devastating loss of his young daughter, Brad Orsted fell into bleak darkness—then the grizzly-inhabited wild country of Greater Yellowstone led him back into the light
Read MoreExploring Peregrinations
April 18, 2023
As warmer weather puts wildlife on the move, Catherine Courtenaye's new exhibition, 'What the Nighthawk Knows,' reads like evocative maps for thinking about species migrations
Read MoreOnce Fierce Rivals, Bradley and Racicot Meet In West's Radical Middle
August 3, 2022
Dorothy Bradley, a Montanan who narrowly lost to Marc Racicot in governor's race, has penned book of reflections on what she thinks is missing from American politics
Read MoreSearching For The 'Other Bob' Behind Dylan
April 25, 2022
In 1968, writer Toby Thompson set out for Hibbing, Minnesota on a quest to find out how Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan. He met the legend's high school sweetheart who inspired a Dylan song
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Speaks Up On Wolves, But Is It Enough?
February 8, 2022
Tribes, conservation groups, even former Fish and Wildlife Service director say she should emergency re-list wolves with federal protection. Why does she balk?
Read MoreProminent Scientists Push Back Against Delisting Grizzly Bears: Op-Ed
January 13, 2022
When it comes to assessing biological recovery of grizzlies, who is better informed—people who study wildlife for a living or governors and legislators who dislike grizzlies and wolves?
Read MoreScientists Say Gianforte's Anti-Wolf, Anti-Grizzly Policies In Montana Have No Scientific Basis
October 2, 2021 // Wildlife, Wolves, Yellowstone
Prominent group of wildlife professionals with 1,500 years of experience condemn Montana's new laws targeting wolves. Already pups from popular Yellowstone wolf pack have been killed
Read MoreMontana Wolf Policies Are Destroying State's Reputation As Beacon For Wildlife Management
September 26, 2021 // Montana, Wolves
Seven respected former wildlife commissioners, all hunters, condemn Montana governor and lawmakers for their callous, unscientific promotion of wolf slaughter
Read MoreA Late Bloomer Writes Her Wild Heart
September 20, 2021 // Writing About Nature
With two memoirs and a new book of nature poetry under her belt, Carolyn Keith Hopper has come a long way from growing up in the hometown of Thoreau, Emerson and Hawthorne
Read MoreIs 'Wildland Conservation' That Does Not Emphasize Wildlife Really Conservation?
April 28, 2021
Delightful new 'Artist's Field Guide To Yellowstone' offers inspiring reasons to care about protecting wildlife in Lower 48's famous bioregion
Read MoreElk River Writers Workshop Brings Stellar Guest Faculty To Paradise Valley
March 29, 2021
The 2021 conference, set for Chico Hot Springs, will explore not only the craft of writing but contemporary issues. An interview with the Elk River Writers Workshop Director CMarie Fuhrman
Read MoreWhat's Our Role In Saving Greater Yellowstone?
March 1, 2021
Every one of us, who feels connected to America's 'wildlife Serengeti,' needs to rally or the wildness we treasure here will be lost
Read MoreHe Set Out For A Long Walk Down Roadkill Highway
October 12, 2020
Scott Poindexter is crossing the country to raise awareness for wildlife crossings. During a pit stop in Greater Yellowstone, he assessed the grim toll
Read MoreGriz Expert Says 'Mountain Bikes Are A Grave Threat To Bears'
May 26, 2020
When it comes to safeguarding bears, scientists say wilderness-caliber lands, free of riders, are important to bruin persistence and that of other wildland species
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