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Meet The Witless New West, Same As The Old West

March 2, 2021

It's not easy being a native species in Montana
This week cartoonist John Potter lampoons the Montana legislature's backward bills taking aim at grizzlies, wolves and bison
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Leaving Waniyetu

March 2, 2021

Survival is the last part of a brutal season
Lois Red Elk offers a pair of poems about the promise and struggle end of winter brings
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What's Our Role In Saving Greater Yellowstone?

March 1, 2021

Migrating elk, one of Greater Yellowstone's wildlife wonders
Every one of us, who feels connected to America's 'wildlife Serengeti,' needs to rally or the wildness we treasure here will be lost
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When Wild Nature Enters Our Dreams

February 28, 2021

What are your dreams telling you?
From visions to daydreams to the imagery that visits us in slumber, dreamscapes can reveal much about ourselves and how we're navigating the world
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Pitched Agony

February 28, 2021

Eddy Prugh battles for the ball and a place on a team
For a young athlete, is it better to chase a spot at the top and fall short, or make the grade then get cut? In his ongoing series, Eddy Prugh's journey of hard knocks continues
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Jackson Hole Resident Who Fed Bears—Including Grizzly 399—Now In Spotlight

February 26, 2021

Grizzly 399 and four cubs in 2020
Controversial practice of humans nourishing wildlife raises concerns about country's most famous bruin and negative consequences for animals
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Wildlife Don't Need This Kind Of Human Charity

February 24, 2021

Creating a lethal addiction
Whether out of perceived goodwill or ignorance, feeding wildlife can have deadly consequences
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Waiting For Elk To Disappear From 'The Last Hundred Acres'

February 23, 2021

The imperiled southwest corner of Montana's Gallatin Valley
Greater Yellowstone resident Rob Sisson pens an essay about his sorrow in watching a wapiti migration route vanish on the outskirts of Bozeman, Montana
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Will Deb Haaland Make History Or Be Stonewalled?

February 22, 2021

Deb Haaland of New Mexico and Laguna Pueblo
In The Week That Is, Wilkinson and Sadler talk Interior Secretaries going back to the controversial tenure of Sagebrush Rebel James Watt of Wyoming
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Deb Haaland Would Bring Fresh Ideas, Unlike Any Other, To Interior

February 22, 2021

US Rep. Deb Haaland: deep connections to the West
In this commentary, Shane Doyle (Apsáalooke) says first Native American nominated for cabinet post will consider present, future needs of all Westerners
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As Backcountry Fills, Will Wildness Be Left Empty?

February 21, 2021

A pair of snowmobiles that carried snowboarders into the backcountry
In this op-ed, writer Phil Knight, a wilderness advocate for four decades, warns how Greater Yellowstone's remotest spots are being flooded by people
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No, Human Development Does Not "Create" Wildlife Corridors

February 18, 2021

Canmore, Alberta could be Bozeman, Big Sky or Jackson, Wyo
In op-ed, former superintendent of Canada's oldest national park calls out development scheme that has many parallels in Greater Yellowstone
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"New" Comers vs. "Old" Timers: A Modern West Soap Opera

February 17, 2021

Just like the TV melodrama?
Have you lived here long enough to call yourself local?
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What Does River Conservation Really Mean?

February 16, 2021

"In the Stillness of Dawn," a painting by Brent Cotton
The Week That Is: If you ask river protectors you're likely to get different answers. Is growing recreation pressure a problem?
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