For these mammals, migration is a means of survival
High Country News, April 1, 2024
Will Westerners repair a fractured landscape for mule deer, pronghorn, and elk?
The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?
Outdoor Life, March 6, 2024
The app onX now has millions of users inputting a mountain of waypoints and data. Can the company turn around and sell that data?
Hiking Needs New Rules
The Atlantic, October 10, 2023
We need to restrict outdoor recreation to certain places during certain parts of the year for the well-being of wildlife.
Photo - National Park Service
25 years after returning to Yellowstone, wolves have helped stabilize the ecosystem
National Geographic, July 10, 2020
New research shows that by reducing populations and thinning out weak and sick animals, wolves have a role in creating resilient elk herds
Cougar travels 1,000 miles in one of longest recorded treks
National Geographic, March 13, 2024
The mountain lion was the latest to embark on this “reverse feline manifest destiny”—but experts say it’s unlikely the species will recolonize the eastern U.S.
A Lesson from the Bird Dog Who Turned Me Into a Hunter
Outdoor Life, November 7, 2023
The relationship between a hunter and her bird dog may be an ancient one, but there's always something new to learn, too
To protect eagles, hunters and conservationists rebuild old alliances
High Country News, October 25, 2022
Evidence of the toxic effects of lead ammunition on wildlife spurs a search for common ground.
Wolverines are the ‘embodiment of wilderness’. Can they make a US comeback?
The Guardian, July 6, 2023
The animal had largely disappeared from the country, but the years-long debate over its recovery is coming to a head.
Disease-carrying mountain goats threaten ancient bighorn sheep herd
National Geographic, October 8, 2018
A unique herd of bighorn sheep has survived commercial hunting, human expansion, and isolation. Now it faces a new enemy.
Why Wyoming’s public lands are locked up
High Country News, January 30, 2019
The Cowboy State has more inaccessible public lands than anywhere in the West.
Will Grizzly Bears Survive Being Hunted?
National Geographic, January 31, 2018
Fierce debate brews over whether Greater Yellowstone bears should be hunted, as a federal judge has postponed hunting seasons in two states
Should We Let Kids Eat Dirt?
Cool Green Science, October 30, 2018
The first time I took my infant daughter camping, I was ready to fulfill my vow to be the mom who let her kid happily coat herself in dirt. But as I scanned the ground holding a crawling, slobbering baby, all I saw was goose poop. So much goose poop.
George’s Long Farewell: Why One Snail’s Death Became International News
Cool Green Science, February 6, 2019
On a relatively warm Hawai‘ian day, the first of the new year, a colorful snail named George drew its last breath, and with it marked the end of an entire species.
The Path Less Instagrammed
Cool Green Science, June 4, 2018
Long before the sun’s rays had licked the face of the mountain, cars dotted every available parking spot and roadside niche. The line to the bathroom snaked to the highway, and the lycra-clad crowds mingled like those at an amusement park.
The Cactus Smuggler: Are Desert Plants Being Loved to Extinction?
Cool Green Science, May 23, 2016
The smugglers carried their tiny prizes tucked away in suitcases of jalapeños and dirty laundry. The spicy fruit was supposed to deflect inspections. Perhaps they thought the dirty laundry would do the same.
Why are Yellowstone’s Swans Disappearing?
Cool Green Science, October 2, 2018
In the early 1900s, when people were driving any birds with attractive plumage to extinction, a small group of trumpeter swans persisted, tucked away in a hidden corner of the U.S.
Could Spider Silk Become a Natural Replacement for Plastic?
Cool Green Science, January 15, 2019
In the hierarchy of anecdotal strength, very little beats steel or Kevlar. And while they’re strong, they can’t stretch. Then there’s spider silk.
Casper man hunts with a golden eagle
Casper Star-Tribune, November 22, 2012
Maggie bowed her head, covered by a leather hood. Her talons pulsed open and closed with hundreds of pounds of pressure on the perch in the back of Scott Simpson’s truck. In her blindness, the golden eagle reached out to grab at the human voices. She was daring someone, anyone, to put a hand out, Scott said.
Researchers: Wyoming mule deer herd travels farthest in the world
Casper Star-Tribune, April 20, 2014
Each spring, a herd of mule deer leaves the Red Desert and follows a trail of greening grass and retreating snow along the western slope of the Wind River Range. Months later, the animals arrive in the Hoback Basin south of Jackson, more than 150 miles away.
Sheeperherders' fall gathering
Casper Star-Tribune, November 13, 2011
KEMMERER -- Just off Highway 189 in southwest Wyoming, nine dirty men fought with more than a thousand sheep.
The men slipped and slid in muddy earth, some muttered curses in their native language while others laughed. It was early October, winter was coming and the mud would only get slicker.
Thousands of hunters descend on an expanse of remote Wyoming land -- and one game warden monitors it all
Casper Star-Tribune, October 14, 2017