Spreading fear about wolves never goes out of style
In early September, President Trump signed an executive order that continued to rely on big-bad-wolf myths. He claimed that living…
Wolf in Yellowstone, photo by Jacob W. Frank NPS
MoreWhat makes Yellowstone unique is at risk
There’s a major reason that Yellowstone National Park attracts close to 5 million visitors every year. Yes, there are spectacular…
Yellowstone grizzlies, photo by Tom Murphy
MoreGuilty plea changes Wyoming’s wolf torment case
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
MoreThe wolf-killing case that could change Wyoming
The Wyoming man who deliberately ran down a wolf with his snowmobile in 2024 didn’t face any consequences, unless you…
MoreBeer and clothing in second-place Aspen
In December, Teton County, Wyoming, residents learned they were the wealthiest people in the country, making an average of $471,751…
MoreCoal gets a boost as renewables are gutted
A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in…
MoreWhat westerners cared about in 2024
Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns…
MoreCoal continues its precipitous decline
The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new…
MoreOne person who cares can change a student’s life
By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was…
Katie Law hands out a diploma, Katie Klingsporn image
MoreRoad failure in Wyoming reveals a housing crisis
I live in Victor, Idaho—one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass…
Photo courtesy Wyoming Dept. of Transportation
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…
MoreWhere have all the doctors gone?
There’s never been enough doctors in rural Wyoming, where I live, but a shortage of obstetricians is now increasing the…
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