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Should Carrying Bear Spray Be Required For Big Game Hunters In Grizzly Country?
October 3, 2019
Just as life vests are required for boaters and wearing orange for rifle hunters, Mike Bader says bear spray ought to be compulsory too
Read MoreNational Flashpoint: The Gallatin Range Is Ground Zero For Americans Talking About Wilderness
September 30, 2019
History shows those pushing for mountain bikes in wilderness have no factual traction. Read this excerpt of Todd Burritt's book on Greater Yellowstone
Read More'Outside Ourselves' Should Be Read By Every Outdoor Recreationist
September 30, 2019
Todd Burrit, former wilderness ranger, goes on a long wander in Greater Yellowstone and emerges as a protector
Read MoreSoliloquy For The Fall: Nature Is A Place Where Non-conformists Can Find Themselves
September 29, 2019
Susan Marsh riffs eloquently on connecting to place, loss of place and what's worth saving. Are we in Greater Yellowstone listening?
Read MoreAmericans Love Public Lands And Species Conservation But How Do We Pay For Them?
September 26, 2019
Opinion: John Goodell says a new bill, "The Recovering America's Wildlife Act," offers a game-changing path forward. What you need to know
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 MoreWhere Grizzlies Still Barely Hang On—In Their Own Yaak Time
September 23, 2019
For writer Rick Bass, dignity can be measured where nature is allowed to persist without impetuous interference. Another installment in our Sounds Of Silence series.
Read MoreArmed And Ready—For Safer Travel In Griz Country
September 23, 2019
Danielle Oyler teaches people how to live and recreate smarter around places where bears live. How knowledgeable are you?
Read MorePaying Forward Wildness In A World Consumed By Self-Interest
September 11, 2019
Timothy Tate treks into the Yellowstone backcountry and ruminates on an ethic present in three generations
Read MoreIt's Time To Get The Lead Out Of Hunting Ammo
September 5, 2019
Eliminating lead bullets isn't anti-hunting, experts say; it's being pro-human and wildlife health. Franz Camenzind asks: what sportsman would be opposed to that?
Read MoreThe Mighty Return Of Tatanka
September 4, 2019
Poet Lois Red Elk writes of buffalo dreams becoming fulfilled and rumbling spirits finding a way home
Read MoreMy Yellowstone Mauling And Mountaintop Rescue: An Exclusive Excerpt
September 2, 2019
In his new memoir, 'One of Us,' bear biologist Barrie Gilbert recounts his own brutal grizzly attack and the reasons behind his passion for large landscape conservation
Read MoreUltra-lethal 'Cyanide Bombs' Used To Kill Public Wildlife Banned For Now In Wyoming
August 20, 2019
Despite coming under increasing pressure, EPA remains noncommittal to abolishing deadly M-44s used to kill predators that eat livestock on public land
Read MoreOnce Proud Forest Service Poised To Help Gut NEPA
August 19, 2019
Instead of a improving a landmark environmental law, changes appear designed to flout environmental standards, says award-winning former Forest Service veteran
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