In the
prologue to his new book, Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange discusses how he came to love North
America’s mighty bears.
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Banishing the Tukudika
March 10, 2024 // FEATURE: History
In 1879, Yellowstone
superintendent Philetus Norris made a fateful call that epitomized the park’s
relationship with Indigenous people—and thus with the world.
Read MoreIn Montana, Four Different Polls Say Citizens Seriously Unhappy About Sprawl
July 5, 2023
North of Yellowstone, no-zoning signs fly like protest flags but residents of beautiful Park County are deeply concerned lack of planning is causing the loss of places they love
Read MoreShould Enviro Groups Be Promoting More Human Recreation Use Of Still-Unspoiled Places?
January 10, 2023
A longtime Montana conservationist calls out a group for promoting its 'Trail of the Week' at a time when natural areas are being overwhelmed at the expense of wildlife
Read MoreAnother Colorado Mountain Town Copes With Impacts Of Growing Recreation Pressure On Wildlife
April 9, 2022
Outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, expanding trails and intensity of use are impacting how elk use the landscape and may be causing their numbers to fall.
Read MoreWhy A District Ranger Became Disgruntled With The US Forest Service
June 9, 2020
Hank Rate remembers when the Custer-Gallatin National Forest stalled wilderness protection and abandoned conservation in favor of getting the cut out
Read MoreWith 'Cold Country' A New Writing Star Is Born
March 24, 2020
Behind the pages: Charlie Denison interviews Montana writer Russell Rowland about a novel set in Paradise Valley
Read MoreA Grand New Book Honors One Of The Mightiest Places In The American West
November 28, 2019
'Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness' is a must-have trove of words pictures and maps
Read MoreIf The Challenges Facing Jackson Hole Can't Be Fixed, Then What's The Fate Of Greater Yellowstone?
October 14, 2019
Will "collaboration as usual" save America's most iconic ecosystem or it is time for new leaders touting a braver new vision?
Read MoreDoes The E-Bike Invasion Represent A Menace To Wildlife And Character Of Public Lands?
September 25, 2019
Larry Desjardin examines impact of Interior Department executive order opening gate for e-bikes in national parks, wildlife refuges and BLM lands. Are national forests next?
Read MoreThe Golf Course Grizzly: First Hope Of Biological Connectivity For Bruins?
November 27, 2018
Scientists have long supposed grizzly populations between ecosystems might link up. David Stalling wonders when it will happen.
Read MoreBrandborg Worried Conservation Movement Has Lost Its Edge
April 17, 2018
Dead at 93, former head of The Wilderness Society said environmental groups have forgotten how to fight the good fight
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