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Pondering Loneliness When You Live In A Place Some Call Shangri-la
June 16, 2023
People flee to the wilds seeking solitude and yet there's a crisis of human disconnection now gripping America. Therapist Timothy Tate explores what's behind it
Read More'Cracked' Makes Strong Case For Tearing Down Dams That Took Wild Rivers
June 8, 2023
Across West, author Steven Hawley writes, logic that justified damming rivers is wrong. Like Yosemite battle over Hetch Hetchy, Greater Yellowstone had its own fights
Read MoreThe Doggoned Truth—Domestic Canines Are Not Wildlife’s Best Friends
May 4, 2023
The science is clear that our canine friends are seriously disrupting wild ecosystems, but why do we keep turning a blind eye? Do we want wildlife to persist?
Read MoreWhen Humans Assert Their Oversized Egos On The Land
February 6, 2023
As trophy homes invade beloved public viewsheds, Richard Knight says the West has become an exploiter's paradise
Read MoreFrom Humble Roots to Global Green Giants
December 12, 2022
Yvon Chouinard and Jane Goodall exude a spirit of selfless wildlife conservation that put Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone on the map
Read MoreWhen Mountains Tower As Metaphor For Hubris
October 2, 2022 // Forest Service, Jackson Hole
In Elise Atchison's novel, Crazy Mountain, developers descend, newcomers live behind gates, and locals surrender their heritage. But at what cost?
Read MorePeacock The Firebrand Asks: Is Fighting For Wild Earth Worth It?
May 17, 2022
Doug Peacock battles for grizzly conservation, inspired an Ed Abbey character and served as a Green Beret medic in Vietnam. His new memoir is perfect read for summer
Read MoreJuggernaut: Industrial Recreation Deepens Its Tear Across America's Wildlands
April 27, 2022
Is outdoor recreation Manifest Destiny 2.0? Get ready, the West is about to experience a rush to expand the outdoor recreation infrastructure like never before. Is that a good thing for nature?
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
When Entering Griz Country: New Holster Makes Bear Spray Quicker On The Draw
April 12, 2022
If bear spray isn't readily accessible, what good is it? Richard Siberell's 'Bearosol Holster' designed to give mountain bikers and others easier reach to spray when bears appear and seconds matter
Read MoreOutdoor Recreation Equals Conservation: Debunking The Myth
April 5, 2022
A developer's proposal to build a 'glampground' on the banks of the famous Gallatin River stokes controversy and calls messaging used by American conservation groups about recreation into question
Read MoreIn Lakota, Cante t’insya Manipelo Means 'They Walk Courageously'
March 4, 2022
From the prairie, Lois Red Elk (Hunkpapa/Isante/Yankton) shares a poem—and opens her heart—to the people of Ukraine
Read MoreInterior 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?
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