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
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Who Really Is Footing The Tab For Wildlife Conservation In The West?
July 25, 2023
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
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
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
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Why 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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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