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Bison need better treatment from Montana

By Tyson Running Wolf Tom France

In 1886, the last wild buffalo on the Great Plains was killed among the steep bluffs and badlands of central…

Bison, photo by Taylor Wright, courtesy of Unsplashjpg

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Guilty plea changes Wyoming’s wolf torment case

By Wendy Keefover

A case of appalling animal cruelty in Wyoming is close to being closed with a plea of guilty, setting a…

Gray Wolf, courtesy Ted Williams

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When mountain lion management turns to quackery

By Ted Williams

This year, in what it calls a “study,” Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources is killing off mountain lions in an effort…

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Can we learn to co-exist with grizzlies?

By Molly Absolon

This summer, a grizzly cub in Grand Teton National Park gained international fame after an adult male bear killed the…

A grizzly bares its teeth in Yellowstone. Photo Courtesy Taylor Wright via Unsplash

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Rare wolf faces hard road to recovery

By Ted Williams

Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since…

Gray Wolf, courtesy Ted Williams

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The wolf-killing case that could change Wyoming

By Wendy Keefover

The Wyoming man who deliberately ran down a wolf with his snowmobile in 2024 didn’t face any consequences, unless you…

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“De-extinction” is a fool’s errand

By Pepper Trail

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the…

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What westerners cared about in 2024

By Betsy Marston

Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns…

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Grizzly 399 was a bear for the ages

By Kristin Combs Wendy Keefover

She was 28 years old and dealt with aplomb the hordes of picture-taking tourists and repeated motherhood. When she was…

Bear 399 with cubs Thomas Mangelsen:Images of Nature Gallery

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We need mountain lions to do their job as predators

By Dan Ashe

I am a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and have hunted practically as long as I…

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40 years of living with wolves

By Ben Long

Biologist Diane K. Boyd has had a front-row seat to 40 years of wolf recovery in the West, but her…

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Mountain bikers push to ride through wilderness

By Kevin Proescholdt

“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” —…

Denali Wilderness, Alaska, courtesy Wilderness Watch

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