Mountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“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
MoreHunting is a valuable tool in managing lions
Asking the public to decide if it’s a good idea to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats is no way…
Mountain lion, courtesy Writers on the Range
MoreBobcats need protection, not killing for their pelts
Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re…
Bobcat caught in a trap, photo courtesy of Animal Wellness Action
MoreIn Wyoming, tormenting a wolf is not a big deal
It’s legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes and run over them with snowmobiles, but recently, a man used his snowmobile…
MoreAn invitation to play the climate-change game
Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting…
Dead Horse State Park, Moab, Utah, Andres Haro, Unsplash
MoreFreed wolves move into their old niche
What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December…
Morea warning from the snowbirds
No, this isn’t about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is…
Cristina Glebova; courtesy Unsplash
MoreOutrage in Wyoming erupts over public land auction
There’s a 640-acre parcel of magnificent, state-owned public land in Wyoming that’s set for auction unless the state changes its…
Pronghorn migrate through the Kelly Parcel, Wyoming, Courtesy Savannah Rose
MoreWhat really affects hunting in the West
A disgruntled hunter wrote a Writers on the Range opinion recently about Westerners getting fed up with the many out-of-staters…
MoreThe West has too many visiting hunters
Hunting may be losing popularity nationally, but in the West the number of hunters is climbing. According to the U.S….
Dan Vigueria, Paonia, Colorado, Grizzly Longbows LLC
MoreAre beavers always the answer? Not really
Beavers, through their assiduous dam building, can recharge groundwater and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. In the Pacific Northwest,…
MoreAlaska needs to value its live bears
Grizzly bears in Alaska, called brown bears, that live around the town of Bethel, population 6,325, should have a good…
Grizzly bear on the beach, Alaska, USA
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