Conservation
organizations celebrated an amendment to the state budget authorizing land managers to sell the Kelly Parcel to the National Park Service for $100
million. Some bills are more worrisome.
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Wyoming Legislative Session Brings Conservation ‘Wins and Losses’
March 21, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The 640-acre Kelly Parcel was slated for public auction before the action was postponed in December amid public outcry](/content/articles/ic_1711044039_400x300_true.jpg)
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Who Really Is Footing The Tab For Wildlife Conservation In The West?
July 25, 2023
![Who should have biggest sway in determining fate of species](/content/articles/ic_1690236917_400x300_true.jpg)
For decades, hunters and anglers have claimed they're the economic bulwarks for protecting species. But is it true? Also: Is it time that outdoor recreation users be asked to pay taxes on gear?
Read MoreThis ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have
July 14, 2023
![Totems of Greater Yellowstone's "bearish" economy](/content/articles/ic_1689362980_400x300_true.jpg)
Often cast as liabilities and villains by politicians, grizzlies and wolves in Yellowstone region are bullish assets that keep delivering dividends—as long as they remain alive
Read MoreFamous Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 Wows Again, But Now What?
May 18, 2023
![Model of Motherhood: 399 and her new cub out of hibernation](/content/articles/ic_1684459521_400x300_true.jpg)
Emerging with her 18th cub as part of a historic legendary life, 399 is 27, long in the tooth and still transforming our perceptions of grizzlies. Now it's our turn to be on best behavior
Read MoreHas Wildlife Watching Been Getting A Free Ride?
December 14, 2022
![In Wyoming, wildlife watching alone accounts for almost half a billion dollars in state revenue.](/content/articles/ic_1671040001_400x300_true.jpg)
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Why 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
![The "balance" between private land development and conservation is landing hard on some of America's most famous wildlife populations](/content/articles/ic_1666893445_400x300_true.jpg)
The only way Greater Yellowstone, America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, stands a chance of being saved is if there's a game plan. Glaringly, none now exists
Read MoreWin Or Lose, Liz Cheney's Legacy In American History Will Be Non Sibi Sed Patriae
August 16, 2022
![Not so long ago, prior to Jan. 6, 2021, Liz Cheney defended Trump](/content/articles/ic_1665417173_400x300_true.jpg)
In this op-ed, Tom Sadler reflects on Wyoming's Republican primary and what Lincoln, Roosevelt, Ike and Reagan would make of Harriet Hageman
Read MoreProminent Scientists Push Back Against Delisting Grizzly Bears: Op-Ed
January 13, 2022
![Grizzly 399 and one of her recent cubs](/content/articles/ic_1642096375_400x300_true.jpg)
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 MoreProtecting Tranquility One Square Inch At A Time
August 2, 2021
![Steadily, we're losing last best refuges of 'natural sounds'](/content/articles/ic_1627937888_400x300_true.jpg)
Escaping the noisy human cacophony: Gordon Hempton is called 'the sound tracker' but he's really a maestro who reminds that natural harmonic bliss exists in the quietest spots of the Lower 48
Soulé's Last Warning: We'll Never 'Develop Our Way' To Better Conservation Outcomes
August 30, 2020
![Is this the kind of wildness we want?](/content/articles/ic_1598841267_400x300_true.jpg)
The late Michael Soulé, godfather of conservation biology, offered this critique of 'New Conservation" and its consequences for regions like Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreOf God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals
March 24, 2020
![A cowboy petroglyph?](/content/articles/ic_1585089358_400x300_true.jpg)
In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism
Read MoreMaking Contact With Richard Louv: How Animals Save And Heal Us
November 10, 2019
![Grizzly clan fording a stream](/content/articles/ic_1573406999_400x300_true.jpg)
"Our Wild Calling," the new "game-changing" book by Richard Louv, explores why our connection with other species is good for society, our mental health and the wild places that matter to us
Read MoreWyoming Keeps Falling Behind While Jackson Hole Thrives—Why?
October 17, 2019
![Jackson Hole's success is about more than the Tetons](/content/articles/ic_1571350195_400x300_true.jpg)
Compared to her Rocky Mountain neighbors, the state is the only one losing people. Wyoming's leaders have some soul-searching to do
Read MoreCarrying The Banner For Wilderness
May 10, 2019
![The Palisades Wilderness Study Area](/content/articles/ic_1557498374_400x300_true.jpg)
Wyoming Wilderness Association turns 40 and four dynamic young women are reinvigorating the wilderness spirit when so much is on the line in Greater Yellowstone
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