Gary Wolfe is a hunter, biologist and formerly an outfitter, head of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Montana fish and wildlife commissioner
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Yellowstone's Geysers And Hot Springs Are Miracles Of Survival
March 11, 2018
What if there were no rules governing human behavior in America's oldest national park? What if visitors could do whatever they liked?
Read MoreThat Which We Cannot Escape In Life
March 2, 2018
For psychotherapist Timothy Tate, the minister's son, dealing with death requires making peace with oneself
Read MorePerilous Crossings
March 1, 2018
Wildlife movement in Greater Yellowstone is extraordinary but every day with busy highways it's becoming extraordinarily more tenuous. A prominent member of the scientific Craighead family weighs in.
Read MoreThe Big Empty Is Anything But
February 27, 2018
Jackson Frishman is connected to the giants of American mountaineering. He also knows the pain and euphoria of the West
Read MoreFor Hunkpapa Women, Winter Is The Season Of Dreaming
February 26, 2018
Everyone dreams. Lois Red Elk writes about how a special dream society carries forth visions to which an entire community belongs
Read MoreDefine The Meaning Of 'Extreme' In Talking About Forest Health
February 25, 2018
Lance Olsen says politicians are peddling fairy tales to the gullible while greenhouse gases pose real peril
Read MoreA Life In Wonderland
February 23, 2018 // Yellowstone
Yellowstone's legendary "winter keeper" Steven Fuller takes readers on an intimate exploration of the world's first national park. Every few days he serves up a new dispatch here
Read MorePurple Haze: The Crystal Ball Of Politics For The Northern Rockies
February 20, 2018
University professor David Parker assesses the prospects of Tester, Gianforte and where flyover states are headed
Read MoreWhy Some Western Towns Live Or Die
February 15, 2018
A prominent economist explains the value of public land for 21st-century America
Read MoreBench Marks: The People And Places Lifting Us Up When We Are Down
February 13, 2018
Psychotherapist Timothy Tate: It's tough work fighting to save the communities we love and finding ways to avert the trail of despair
Read MoreWild Animal Tales Told In Tracks, Spoor, Life And Death
February 4, 2018 // Yellowstone
For winterkeeper Steven Fuller, Yellowstone's drama is written in the snow
Read MoreAre Trump, GOP Fueling A Blue, Green Tidal Wave?
February 1, 2018 // Public Lands, The New West
Congressional redistricting and deepening support for conservation could soon be re-shaping the map of America
Read MoreMy Golden Weeping Willow—Finding Grounding In The Spectacular Ordinary
February 1, 2018
Naturalist Susan Marsh opens her old journal and muses on boredom, beauty, impermanence and the lament of a favorite tree cut down
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