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Is David Vela The Next Chief Of The National Park Service?
July 3, 2018 // Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, National Park Service
![Grand Teton Park Superintendent David Vela](/content/articles/ic_1530648611_400x300_true.jpg)
Grand Teton park superintendent rumored to be top pick. Would be first Hispanic-American to oversee agency
Read MoreWhy Do Some Politicians Seem To Loathe And Fear The Wild?
July 2, 2018 // Wilderness, Wildlife
![Jedediah Smith Wilderness](/content/articles/ic_1530573045_400x300_true.jpg)
Conservationist Dr. Franz Camenzind says "there's a push to end American wilderness as we know it"
Read MoreIn A Heating-Up West, Must Business-As-Usual Conservation Be Interrupted?
July 1, 2018 // Climate Change, Forest Service
![Photo courtesy US Dept of Defense](/content/articles/ic_1530485574_400x300_true.jpg)
Lance Olsen says the movement of protecting ecosystems needs to change its thinking if it wants to save them
Read MoreA Hunger For Solitude During Visitor Season
June 27, 2018 // Grizzly Bears, Jackson Hole, Wilderness, Wyoming
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After the guests depart, Susan Marsh savors a wild Snake and charismatic megafauna
Read MoreHouse Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk
June 22, 2018 // Leadership, National Park Service, Politics, Yellowstone
![President Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke](/content/articles/ic_1529716643_400x300_true.jpg)
Ranking minority member of House Natural Resources Committee wants Interior Secretary to reveal why he is forcing Yellowstone superintendent out
Read MoreBighorn Canyon Makes For A Splendid Summer Getaway
June 21, 2018
![A window into Bighorn Canyon](/content/articles/ic_1529608639_400x300_true.jpg)
Ranger Todd Johnson offers an introduction to this national recreation area east of Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Recreation Intersecting Wild Nature
June 20, 2018
![A wetland near Island Park, Idaho (photo by Chris Boyer)](/content/articles/ic_1529514961_400x300_true.jpg)
One glimpse at ecosystem death by 10,000 scratches
Read MoreSage Grouse: Why Is The Trump Administration Killing A Bipartisan Plan To Save The Bird?
June 19, 2018
![Greater sage-grouse](/content/articles/ic_1529504284_400x300_true.jpg)
John Freemuth offers an overview of the politics affecting one of the most charismatic avians in the American West
Read MoreWhy Wildlife Moves
June 15, 2018
![Clovis-era hunters in Montana](/content/articles/ic_1529076938_400x300_true.jpg)
Ecologist Lance Craighead digs into 13,000 years of natural history and ponders what climate change means for Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreRyan Zinke Scores A Pyrrhic Victory In Yellowstone
June 14, 2018
![Ryan Zinke at Yellowstone's doorstep](/content/articles/ic_1529016625_400x300_true.jpg)
After ousting Dan Wenk over bison, Interior Secretary now must decide: will he stand behind his controversial National Park Service Director?
Read MoreCameron Sholly Named New Superintendent Of Yellowstone
June 13, 2018
![Cam Sholly and Ryan Zinke](/content/articles/ic_1528913897_400x300_true.jpg)
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announces replacement for Dan Wenk
Read MoreTraps Of Our Own Making: Climate Change, Blame And Denial
June 10, 2018
![Will coal soon rise from its deathbed?](/content/articles/ic_1528669166_400x300_true.jpg)
Lance Olsen lays out the undeniable scientific evidence that elected officials cannot ignore
Read MoreYellowstone Notches Busiest May Ever
June 8, 2018
![Yellowstone's main northern entrance](/content/articles/ic_1528471571_400x300_true.jpg)
As visitation numbers continue to rise in America's oldest national park, what is impact on visitor experience and resources? And why is talking about it considered taboo?
Read MoreForced Out Of Yellowstone
June 7, 2018 // Yellowstone
![Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenke](/content/articles/ic_1528399224_400x300_true.jpg)
Despite Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk’s desire to end his 42-year-career in America’s first national park, Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department demands he leave
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