By Jocelyn Leroux, Washington and Montana Director, Western Watersheds Project This year has proven deadly for many of Montana’s wildlife species. From outrageously regressive rules governing gray wolf management […]
Agency excuses don’t fly for Mexican gray wolf’s removal from northern Arizona habitats
*Post authored by Greta Anderson and Emily Renn Photo courtesy of NY Wolf Conservation Center, https://nywolf.org In the Arizona Republic article, “Anubis, a Mexican gray wolf found outside his territory, […]
Western Watersheds Wins State Grazing Lease
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner Though most conservation groups focus on federal lands, a neglected area of concern are state properties. Throughout the West, most of these lands […]
Rewilding on a Global Scale: Addressing the Biodiversity Crisis
Chapter 3: Rewilding on a Global Scale: a Crucial Element in Addressing the Biodiversity Crisis George Wuerthner 30 Rewilding on a Global Scale According to the report, the average abundance […]
The Fictions of Onaqui expose Fatal Flaws in BLM’s Wild Horse Program
In July, the Bureau of Land Management rounded up the vast majority of Utah’s Onaqui wild horse herd. Pressed by a lawsuit, the Bureau’s Salt Lake Field Manager testified under […]
Guest Post: BLM IS BROKEN AND HOW TO FIX IT
** Guest post by Richard Spotts** An open letter from a former Bureau of Land Management employee to Secretary Deb Haaland. Dear Secretary Haaland: The Bureau of Land Management […]
Response to Kendall Cotton on Wildfire
Logging opens forests to greater solar drying of vegetation and wind penetration, often resulting in greater fire spread. Photo George Wuerthner The recent editorial by Kendall Cotton of the Frontier […]
Defanging Nature: How Human Exceptionalism is Destroying the Wild
1. Together, the states of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming rake in billions of dollars in tourism revenue, much of it coming from outdoor—as opposed to cultural—attractions. “If Utah don’t […]