Advocacy

  • Cash Cows – Now Available Again

    Jonathan Ratner

    Thanks to the work of Karen Klitz, we have been able to obtain a reprint of Cash Cows – Taxes Support a Wild West holdover that enriches ranchers and degrades the land. This expose was one of the only deep dives into the corruption surrounding public lands livestock grazing and the degradation it creates, and…

  • Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Elk Hunting, Wildlife Corridors and Old Growth Forests in Montana

    Mike Garrity

    The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and Council on Wildlife and Fish filed a lawsuit in federal court in Montana against a road-building and commercial logging project on public lands in the Big Belt Mountains of Montana.  The challenged Wood Duck project is located in a wildlife corridor that is critical for…

  • Why Tribal Co-Management Is A Threat to Our Public Lands

    George Wuerthner

    Given the wrecking ball the Trump administration is taking to our public lands and public values, it might seem trivial to worry about tribal co-management. Our public lands are among the most democratic of American institutions. Every American has a right to voice their opinion about public lands management, but no group should be elevated…

  • Release of New Film on the Gallatin Range

    Jonathan Ratner

    The Gallatin Yellowstone Wilderness Alliance has released a new film on the Gallatin Range in Montana by Adam Bronstein. The video explores the history of the area, the threats, the need for real protections and the ‘collaborators’ working against real protections. You can watch the film within the Alliance’s website or full screen on YouTube.

  • Political Philosophies

    Dan Stroud

    I’m a biologist, an ecologist, one who cares for the land. I believe in science, depending on who funds it and if there are ulterior motives. I have tried to use what little knowledge I have to try to exert an influence on how land is managed, perhaps to no avail. I believe in biodiversity,…

  • Screening of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Film

    Jonathan Ratner

    Over the last 18 months, I have started working on Lahontan Cutthroat Trout issues in Nevada. It’s been an eye-opener as to the ineffectiveness of the ESA to protect listed species. The Lahontan Cutthroat was listed under the ESA more than half a century ago, yet most of its remnant habitat has been and continues…

  • Trump Oil Directive Will Lead to Greater Climate Crisis And Wildlands Losses

    George Wuerthner

    I published Energy: Overdevelopment and The Delusion of Endless Growth a few years ago. In my research for that book, I gained a couple of insights about energy and its ultimate costs. First, oil and gas are sold on the global market, ultimately setting the price of oil and gas at the pump. Second, energy companies…

  • Join the Healthy Public Lands Conference: May 28-30th

    Jonathan Ratner

    Public lands belong to all of us, and protecting them requires collaboration, strategy, and action. That’s why we want to share an important event happening May 28-30, 2025 The Healthy Public Lands Conference is a gathering of advocates, experts, and community members working to address the challenges facing our public lands. From overgrazing and habitat…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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