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Opinion: The Lie—And Shame—Of 'Wildlife Management' In Alaska
July 21, 2020
![A black bear with a salmon dinner in Alaska](/content/articles/ic_1595346380_400x300_true.jpg)
Renowned nature writer Bill Sherwonit calls out Alaska's push to allegedly bolster big game herds by allowing the killing of bears and wolves, including cubs and pups, in their dens
Read MoreGiving Grizzlies Their Legal Voice
July 19, 2020
![A mother grizzly and cub](/content/articles/ic_1595213049_400x300_true.jpg)
Robert Aland, a tax attorney from Chicago, credits bears with turning him into a citizen advocate for nature—as he believes all residents, even part-timers, should be
Read MoreChasing The Dream: When Opportunity Arrives, Trying Not To Choke
July 16, 2020
![Prugh aims and fires](/content/articles/ic_1594950677_400x300_true.jpg)
Eddy Prugh was a soccer phenom in Bozeman, Montana. Then, on the way home from playing in Bolivia, two emails gave him butterflies in the gut
Read MoreListed Again: Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Federally Protected And Won't Be Trophy Hunted
July 14, 2020
![Griz 399: matriarch poster child for her species](/content/articles/ic_1594693976_400x300_true.jpg)
What the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its high-profile ruling and what it means for the most iconic population of bears in the world
Read MoreHow One Version Of Paradise Found Became Lost
July 8, 2020
![Is Hawaii a Greater Yellowstone harbinger?](/content/articles/ic_1594227720_400x300_true.jpg)
A veteran journalist reflects on Hawaii and what it portends for other Shangri-las like Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreWhen "Collaboration" Surrenders Things That Shouldn't Be Bargained Away
July 2, 2020
![Are wildlife conservationists doing enough to scrutinize bad development?](/content/articles/ic_1593732422_400x300_true.jpg)
Opinion: George Monbiot, one of the foremost nature writers in the world, tells a story set in England that has parallels to Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreWhy the Great American Outdoors Act Is A Big Deal
July 1, 2020
![The bill helps to address park infrastructure challenges](/content/articles/ic_1593624077_400x300_true.jpg)
In this op-ed, Stephanie Adams of the National Parks Conservation Association explains what passage of the bill does for public lands
Read MoreWhen Covid-19 Refugees Invade Our Space And Act Recklessly
June 28, 2020
![Don't worry about the future: be here now](/content/articles/ic_1593387309_400x300_true.jpg)
How Susan Marsh, a Greater Yellowstonean, is finding summer solace in her renewed gratitude for public lands
Read MoreGriz Causes Minor Injury To Hiker In Yellowstone
June 24, 2020
![A grizzly in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1593026553_400x300_true.jpg)
The park's first human-bear incident of 2020 happened near Old Faithful
Read MoreA Black Woman Who Tried To Survive In The Dark, White Forest
June 18, 2020 // Forest Service
![Melody Mobley](/content/articles/ic_1533160649_400x300_true.jpg)
The Forest Service's first African-American woman forester reflects on sexual assault, justice denied, and racism in one of the country’s premier land management agencies
Read MoreDevils Tower Vs. Bear Lodge: How A Name Shapes The Way Westerners Approach Holy Ground
June 16, 2020
![Bear Lodge a.k.a. Devils Tower](/content/articles/ic_1592350899_400x300_true.jpg)
Just because one culture dismisses the sacredness of a site does that mean it isn't? A young climber reflects on native reverence for a monolith that mountaineers regard as a fine place to play
Read MoreWhat If The Lakota Had Wiped Lewis And Clark Off The Map?
June 15, 2020
![Lewis and Clark heading into indigenous homelands](/content/articles/ic_1592265019_400x300_true.jpg)
It could have happened. A descendent in the same blood line as Crazy Horse reflects on the Corps of Discovery staying alive and William Clark's racist attitudes
Read MoreA Wolverine Named Olive
June 12, 2020
![One of the wolverines in Dr. Kim Heinemeyer,'s research project](/content/articles/ic_1522296812_400x300_true.jpg)
What her story and that of others tells us about the impacts of recreation on sensitive species
Read MoreComposting Carcasses In Cattle Country Keeps Livestock And Predators Alive
June 11, 2020
![A wolf joins magpies in a wild feast](/content/articles/ic_1591907370_400x300_true.jpg)
Writer Kate Hill explores why it's important for conservation groups to protect rancher identity in times of livestock loss
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