The Greater Yellowstone Coalition held their 18TH annual meeting in West Yellowstone on June 8 – 9. Outgoing superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, Mike Finley, spoke outlining the Park’s major problems. Key threats include inadequate budgets, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species. One of his most important observations has profound implications: “In my 32 year career […]

Here’s a fundamental truth of ecological and economic systems: Not all good things go together. A neighboring rancher, an old timer I’ve liked and admired for over 30 years, called my attention to a Bozeman Chronicle article of May 26, “Canadians consider wolf kill to save caribou.” I’m a guy who, with my wife Ramona, […]