Cattle grazing in riparian zone on the Bridger Teton National Forest. Photo George Wuerthner When I was in graduate school, required reading was a slim book titled “How to […]
People Hate National Parks and Monuments–Until they Don’t
Last week, the state of Utah filed a court challenge to the Biden Administration’s expansion of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. The state […]
May 10 is end of Yellowstone grizzly delisting comment period
Folks can make their grizzly bear delisting comments at Regulations.gov until 11:59 pm on May 10. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave 2 months to comment on “Removing the […]
A fine new book on a famous grizzly bear family of Jackson Hole
I recently wrote about the reinhabitation of grizzly bears in Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole. There, two female bears and their families have really caught folk’s attention for […]
Popular Grand Teton grizzly “euthanized” near Clark, Wyoming! (Updated 11-12-14)
A good, but roadside griz, is shot after transplant far to the NE- Grizzly bear 760 was a popular sub-adult male in the Grand Teton NP area. Photographers had followed […]
First ticket given to a drone user in Grand Teton National Park
Other drone users just warned- What rangers saw as a bad attitude by an illegal drone user in Grand Teton National Park resulted in the first ticket for drone use […]
Park shutdown leaks a bit. Wyoming delegation tries to blame Park Service, Obama
We’ve seen it numerous times before when a member of Congress votes against funding their local district or state relies on, but then turns in a posture that says someone […]
More collared research wolves killed in hunt. This time Grand Teton National Park.
Current wolf hunt management by states may well end scientific study of wolf behavior in the wild- Scientists had about 17 years to study wolf behavior in the wild in […]