Lochsa River on the Nez Perce Clearwater NF, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner The Nez Perce Clearwater National Forests in central-northern Idaho contain more wildlands than almost any other national forest […]
Grizzlies Get A Win On Upper Green
The Upper Green River alloment and Wind River Range beyond. Photo George Wuerthner The Upper Green River near Pinedale, Wyoming under the administration of the Bridger Teton National Forest […]
Yellowstone and the Land of Hope
The Gallatin Range south of Bozeman deserves to be preserved as wilderness. Photo George Wuerthner Recently I skied into a Forest Service cabin in the Gallatin Range. Looking out on […]
South Plateau Timber Sale-Another Hack Job By Chainsaw Medicine
Typical pole size of trees in the South Plateau “treatment” area. Photo George Wuerthner The Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) proposal to log the South Plateau area bordering Yellowstone National […]
Decision to Permit Livestock Grazing in Upper Green Allotments Betrayal of Public Trust
The Upper Green River flows through the center of the 170,000-acre grazing allotment on the Bridger Teton National Forest. Photo George Wuerthner A federal court recently dismissed the […]
Gratitude for National Parks
Yellowstone National Park brings out the best in society. Photo George Wuerthner I spent the past week in Yellowstone National Park. I was grateful to the people who had the […]
Escudilla Revisited, Aldo Leopold-Restoring the Grizzly to the Southwest
Escudilla Mountain rises above the landscape and dominates the views in northern Arizona. Photo George Wuerthner “Life in Arizona was bounded underfoot by grama grass, overhead by the sky, and […]
Yellowstone: The Shining Beacon For Conservation
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The park was originally created to protect geological phenomena like geysers and canyons. Photo George Wuerthner The year 2022 is the 150th birthday of the […]