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Can a Town Really Be Bear-Proof?
After a visit to an elementary school in Wyoming that practices “bear drills,” we head to Gardiner, Montana, where living alongside grizzlies is part of daily life.
Drought Adaptation Starts Well Before the Drought
Ranch managers across the West are adapting their operations to increasingly variable conditions and sharing what they’re learning along the way. Drought is nothing new to ranchers in the American West. What is
Ranching with Grizzlies in Wyoming’s Upper Green
You can’t talk about ranching with grizzly bears without going to Wyoming’s Upper Green—one of the epicenters of livestock-grizzly conflict in the Northern Rockies.
The Drought Nobody is Talking About
Turn on any news outlet today and you'll hear about drought, forage shortages, water rights, and shrinking reservoirs. Those are real issues, and they deserve our attention.But I believe there's
Beyond Yellowstone: Grizzlies, the Craighead Brothers, and the Rise of Modern Wildlife Ecology
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the defining concepts in wildlife conservation. But where did it come from?
What’s really going on with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposed grizzly bear rule
On July 17, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) released a proposed rule that expands exceptions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) “take" prohibitions for grizzly bears. “Take” in