Traditional %22collaborative conservation%22 has succeed in myriad small ways and sometimes at a minor watershed level%2C but never at the scale required to save a still-functioning ecosystem like Greater Yellowstone. So long as the holders of power continue to prescribe that the way to save nature is to consume it in service to human needs and profit%2C collaborative efforts that keep perpetuating this dominant mythological narrative will fail.  Nature and bioregions like Greater Yellowstone will only persist with healthy wildlife if humans acknowledge the things non-human creatures need to survive and even reframe the way we think about citizenship%2C success and community.
Traditional %22collaborative conservation%22 has succeed in myriad small ways and sometimes at a minor watershed level%2C but never at the scale required to save a still-functioning ecosystem like Greater Yellowstone. So long as the holders of power continue to prescribe that the way to save nature is to consume it in service to human needs and profit%2C collaborative efforts that keep perpetuating this dominant mythological narrative will fail. Nature and bioregions like Greater Yellowstone will only persist with healthy wildlife if humans acknowledge the things non-human creatures need to survive and even reframe the way we think about citizenship%2C success and community.