Living with grizzlies as neighbors
When I was working with a Kenyan outdoor instructor in Wyoming’s Wind River Range a couple of decades ago, he…
Grizzly bear seen near B Bar Ranch outside Gardiner, Montana, photo credit: Hank Perry www.naturalrealmpictures.com
MoreThe fading miracle of migration
For the past few weeks, dozens of turkey vultures have been circling on thermals over my house in Oregon, preparing…
Snow Geese take flight in Oregon, photo by Pepper Trail
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The story of a Montana woman who recently killed and skinned a domestic dog, then proudly posted photos on her…
Wolf watching at Slough Creek, Yellowstone National Park, courtesy of NPS
MoreWild horses need to stop ruling the range
They are icons of America’s past, symbols of our pioneering spirit. Eyes flashing, nostrils flaring, tails obscured by a cloud…
Donald Giannatti via Unsplash, Wild horses Monument Valley, Utah
MoreWild horses deserve a home in the west
I live in a rural county heavily dependent on ranching and agriculture, and though I often hear people talk about…
Wild horse 5939 available for adoption/courtesy BLM
MoreWill salmon finally win this year?
For the last 35 years I’ve been covering what we call the “salmon wars” in the Pacific Northwest, writing so…
MoreWe need every tool to fight today’s fires
We know now that the largest recorded fire in New Mexico history was started by an escaped “prescribed burn,” or…
MoreBison — back where they belong
Early in the Covid-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the…
Bison by the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
MoreThis grizzly family comes with paparazzi
My neighbor is famous. She has 50,000 followers on Facebook and a recent post on her page there had 4,200…
Mother grizzly 399 and her four cubs
MoreWildlife Fauxtography
I’m disgusted with American journalism. It’s boring. I blame editors for assigning uninteresting stories, and people interviewed for being evasive….
MoreLet’s Not Squander the Miracle of Yellowstone
Photo credit Doug Smith, National Park Service
MoreGuess who has outsized clout on public lands?
This may be a surprising story. It begins with a working group trying to save the last native bighorn sheep…
Image by Pete Nuij, courtesy of Unsplash
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