Lee Nellis first wrote in Mountain Journal about the failures of conservation. Now he wants to provoke a real discussion about how not to become Colorado. Are we ready to take aversive action?
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Four Bold Ideas To Save Greater Yellowstone (And Certain To Make Some Squirm)
March 15, 2021
In Wyoming, Will Liz Hold The Upper Hand?
February 1, 2021
The Week That Is: Sadler and Wilkinson talk the fate of Cheney, fractures in GOP and Trump's attempt to turn Wyoming against her
Read MoreShould Park Landmarks Honor People of Infamy?
December 30, 2020
Gustavus Doane, who participated in Marias Massacre of more than 200 Blackfeet, has summits named after him in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks
Read MoreYellowstone Primer: America's Inviolate Nature Preserve Forever Under Siege
December 8, 2020
As the country's first national park approaches its 150th birthday in 2022, Earle Layser reminds how its magic never gets a rest
Read MoreHow Much Is Enough: As Bozeman, Gallatin Valley And Big Sky Boom, What Is The Future Of Water?
October 15, 2020
Water shapes all our lives and it is the topic of free Bozeman Public Library SymBozium event. You're invited to listen to virtual discussion and ask questions
Read MoreHas 'Collaborative Conservation' Reached Its Limits?
October 5, 2020
A veteran rural land use planner says we need a new narrative to save the wild American West and the essence of local communities
Read MoreWhen White People Stopped Indigenous Elk Hunts In Jackson Hole
October 1, 2020
Frontier racism and injustice prompted legal action that still ripples across America involving native hunting and fishing rights. Red Lodge writer John Clayton takes a deep dive
Read MoreWhy Wilderness Matters More Than Your Desire To Take It
August 25, 2020
Patagonia publishes essay from BIKE Magazine contributing editor Michael Ferrentino on our perceived right to ride where we want. Hint: He dismisses it.
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 MorePaying Forward A Wild Mountain: Perspective Of A Seasoned Montana Leader
June 7, 2020
Dorothy Bradley says wilderness campaign for Gallatin Range deserves better than Gallatin Forest Partnership offers. She says Forest Service needs to have bigger vision too.
Read MoreGuest Essay: Why The Gallatin Mountains Need Permanent Protection, Especially Now
June 5, 2020
As a seasonal backcountry ranger-naturalist in adjacent Yellowstone, Orville "Butch" Bach has witnessed change coming to the region for decades—and fewer spots left untouched by people
Read More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Big Sky And The Human Appetite For Consuming Wildness
May 15, 2020
Big Sky is considered one of the biggest environmental challenges in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and its impacts are spilling into the wild Gallatins
Read More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Some Call The Porcupine And Buffalo Horn 'Holy Land'
May 14, 2020
As animal highways important to Yellowstone Park, Bart Koehler says they are also the Gallatins' beating wild heart—and deserve protection
Read More‘Unbroken Wilderness:’ The Quest To Save The Wild Gallatins
May 12, 2020
For this American mountain range vital to Yellowstone's world-class wildlife, Bart Koehler reflects on why protecting it is one of the most important conservation issues in the West
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