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  • Bison Transfers Threaten Wild Buffalo

    George Wuerthner

      Winter weather frequently drives wild Yellowstone bison out of the park seeking forage, where they are captured or killed at the park border. Photo George Wuerthner  Recently news media announced the transfer of 141 of Yellowstone’s bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Most of the media and many conservation groups hailed this as…

  • We Lost Jim Bailey–Wild Bison Advocate.

    George Wuerthner

    On May 31, 2023, the West lost one of its most ardent wildlife advocates, Dr. James (Jim) Bailey of Belgrade, Montana died peacefully at home. He was 89. I saw Jim in Bozeman in mid-April. He attended a lecture I gave for Earth Day Celebrations and then, during the same week, gave a talk on…

  • Response to Oregon Farm Bureau on Deschutes River Irrigation Withdrawals

    George Wuerthner

    This editorial from Gary Burhue of the  Oregon Farm Bureau was written in response to an earlier editorial I had written questioning the impoverishment of the Deschutes River by Ag water withdrawals. This editorial and a previous editorial from Coalition for the Deschutes leaves out critical information in an effort to defend the misuse of…

  • Do Elk Feedgrounds Violate Public Trust?

    Ralph Maughan

    Do Elk Feedgrounds Violate Public Trust? By Deb Donahue.* Wyomingfile.com This is a fine legal analysis of Wyoming’s elk feedlots. ” Litigation is generally an ineffective way to manage wildlife. But litigation over the feedgrounds seems inevitable, and it may be the only way to ensure that western Wyoming’s wildlife get a fair shake.” –…

  • How public wildlife became something for sale

    Ralph Maughan

    Everyone should read this, in part because I think a major effort to privatize wildlife and to have livestock associations assume de facto control of state wildlife departments is afoot. How public wildlife became something for sale. By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette Outdoor Editor This article is precisely about what Robert Hoskins, Mack Bray and…

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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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