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Predator Management: What Africa can Teach Greater Yellowstone
February 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
MSU ecologist’s new research papers examine large carnivore populations in Zambia’s national parks and explore the best ways to manage wildlife.
Read MoreMyth-Busting and the Great Gray Wolf
January 26, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
As we look back on the 30 years since the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone, we examine what wolves are and what they aren’t.
Read MoreWolves: Taking Aim from the Air
March 28, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Conservation orgs are battling the aerial shooting of
wolves, coyotes and foxes on Idaho public lands. Now they’ve submitted a
petition to the U.S. Forest Service to ban the practice. Will the feds listen?
Read MoreHow Did They Do It? Zooming in on the First Geological Map of Yellowstone
February 21, 2023
In 1871, a federal expedition led by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden conducted a detailed geological survey of the Yellowstone area leading to the first geological map and convincing Congress to establish Yellowstone as America's first national park.
Read MoreDoug Peacock Calls Out Loss Of Mother Griz And Cubs In Idaho
December 8, 2022
The longtime grizzly conservation activist argues in this opinion piece that fed, state actions are undermining their push to delist bears
Read MoreHow A Mega-Mine And A 'Law Without A Brain' Were Defeated On Yellowstone's Back Door
August 26, 2021 // Mining, Yellowstone
A quarter century after a controversial gold mine was stopped thanks to presidential intervention, one of the green Davids who battled a powerful Canadian giant reflects on the longshot victory
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 MoreComposting Carcasses In Cattle Country Keeps Livestock And Predators Alive
June 11, 2020
Writer Kate Hill explores why it's important for conservation groups to protect rancher identity in times of livestock loss
Read MoreFinding Space To Thrive In One Of America's Wildest Neighborhoods
June 10, 2020
Writer Jessianne Castle profiles a ranching family near Yellowstone where grizzlies and wolves come with the terrain
Read MoreHow Do We Rejoin The Interconnected Community Of Nature?
April 6, 2020
Naturalist turned new mom Katie Shepherd Christiansen says we ought to reflect on how we can treat wild country with more respect
Read MoreBe Active, Reject Despair: Conflict Is Always A Catalyst For Positive Change
January 13, 2020
Receiving honorary doctorate, Mike Clark tells college graduates American democracy at turning point; meanwhile, Diana Blank bestowed with MSU President's Medallion
Read MoreA Symphony Of Bodies And Water
August 14, 2018
Mountain Time Arts celebrates the West's most precious lifeblood and highlights the threats to its persistence
Read MoreIt's Now The 2050s. A Woman Reads A Postcard From Yellowstone In 2018
May 16, 2018
Yale student Anna Reside ponders the future Millennials and GenZers will call their own
Read More"Made In America": Ryan Zinke's New Committee With Myriad Hidden Agendas
April 15, 2018
In this op-ed, natural resource advocate Katie Christiansen points out how, time and again, the Interior Secretary gives conservation short-shrift
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