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Chronic Wasting Disease: America's Homegrown Contagion That Lumbers On Four Hooves
April 12, 2020
Forget, for a moment, Covid-19 and bats. Epidemiologists say we need to take seriously this wildlife version of Mad Cow rapidly spreading across the country. First in a new investigative series
Read MoreHow Do We Rejoin The Interconnected Community Of Nature?
April 6, 2020
Naturalist turned new mom Katie Shepherd Christiansen says we ought to reflect on how we can treat wild country with more respect
Read MoreAmmon Bundy Claims Covid-19 Safety Guidelines Exploited By Government To Attain More Power
April 5, 2020
Betsy Gaines Quammen wrote a book about the Bundys. In Part 2 of an interview with Rebecca Watters, she discusses militants, the search for truth and conservation-minded Mormons
Read MoreWill Montana’s Senate Race Become A National Bellwether?
February 24, 2020
Cora Neumann, a first-time candidate who worked with First Ladies on both sides of the political aisle, aims to unseat one of the richest lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Read MoreImagine If Every County And Town Planning Department Had A Staff Ecologist
February 18, 2020
To protect the best of Greater Yellowstone, Lori Ryker says humans need to practice real intelligent design and make sure nature registers
Read MoreWhen Green-up Arrives, Do You Suffer From 'Plant Blindness'?
February 12, 2020
For naturalist Susan Marsh, winter is a great season for reflecting on what's out of sight and mind—and how each of us can appreciate new worlds
Read MoreLiving In A Community Means Politicians Having The Courage To Take Media And Citizen Questions
October 26, 2019
Every elected leader faces a choice: tell the truth and do what's right for country and civility or deepen the divide
Read MoreGreta Thunberg And America's Dark Shadows Of Denial With Climate Change
October 13, 2019
When adults see the young Swede, Timothy Tate says, they catch a glimpse of their own childrens' anger staring back from the future
Read MoreStanding Rock Reflections: What Is Progress?
October 6, 2019
Lois Red Elk writes about protest and the tormented ghost of a soldier who helped take her homeland
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 MoreNature Helps Kids Have Compassion For The World
August 13, 2019
In a time of rising social anxiety and mass violence, empathy seems in short supply. Exposure to wild places can revive it
Read MorePublic Health Official: Chronic Wasting Disease Seems Bound To Infect People
March 6, 2019 // Hunting, Jackson Hole, Wildlife
"CWD is gonna be a helluva wildlife problem even if disease doesn't reach livestock and humans," Osterholm says. He criticizes Wyoming for continuing to operate controversial elk feedgrounds
Read MoreCan Greater Yellowstone’s Wildlife Survive Industrial Strength Recreation?
March 6, 2019 // Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife
A contrast between two different organizations—one devoted to tackling real issues shaping our region, the other running away from hard discussions about growing impacts of industrial-strength recreation
Read MoreBoom-time Frenzy: What Kind Of Prosperity Destroys The Foundation It Is Built Upon?
February 26, 2019 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Jackson Hole, Wildlife
Never mind Greater Yellowstone's super volcano, there's already an epic explosion occurring in some corners of the ecosystem. And it's called growth
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