Bear/human conflict more common due to housing prices: “The impact we’re seeing of people camping in that area in light of not being able to find affordable housing.”

Meet Steve Fuller, the "winterkeeper" of Yellowstone now entering his 49th year on the job—a profession in a park being threatened by climate change mountainjournal.org/twilight-of-th…

If your evening is free tomorrow (Thursday 2/24), join David Quammen and Todd Wilkinson for a virtual discussion with Doug Peacock about his new book titled "Was Is Worth It?" The question seems apropos on a number of levels. Register here: tinyurl.com/5n8s8v7m

My story in The Guardian: "Yellowstone at 150 years old: busier yet wilder than ever, says park’s ‘winterkeeper’" bit.ly/35FVF0B

I just returned from Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. It was a refreshing and much needed “fix" after a long Jackson Hole winter, and the even longer pandemic. I needed to go back to Africa, my “Happy Place” where one can escape for a moment and see the earth as it once was.

"Now, based on the diversity and health of its wildlife populations, Yellowstone is wilder than it was in 1872, when poachers, bounty, and market hunters nearly wiped out all wildlife in the country." writersontherange.org/lets-not-squan…

The sky is stormy, the water is rough, but this storm too will pass. #glacierpark #nature #storm #weather #glaciernationalpark Name that place, anyone?

Would America have the courage to create Yellowstone again? Some fodder for your thoughts: writersontherange.org/lets-not-squan… #yellowstonenationalpark #nationalparks #grizzlybears #wolves #wildlife #bison

(1/3) Water supply may very well become a problem this year if we don't get a few good spring snow storms. Clark Canyon and Canyon Ferry reservoir water levels are shown here (black line current, light blue 30yr avg), although many MT reservoirs look similar. Central and

(2/3)Southwest Montana basins are hurting the most for snowpack, which are of course the headwaters to the Missouri and many other prime recreational and agricultural irrigation rivers. The near-term NWS Climate Prediction Center outlooks aren't promising for even holding on to what we do have with

(3/3) above average temperatures forecast through the end of the month. With much of the state still in D3 (extreme) drought, I'm becoming increasingly concerned about what this summer is going to look like for our streams and rivers, agricultural impacts, as well as fire season

Fewer clouds than the aurora earlier in the week, but the activity was less than then at least when I was out. Still plenty of stars to add some interest though #MontanaMoment

If bear spray isn't readily accessible, what good is it? Richard Siberell's 'Bearosol Holster' designed to give mountain bikers and hikerseasier reach to spray when bears appear and seconds matter If bear spray isn't readily accessible, what good is it? bit.ly/3LXO7pN

Earlier this week Grizzly 399 pushed her four cubs out on their own, and not long after she was seen hanging out with a large male. It'll be interesting to see if any or how many of her sub-adults stick together this year as they figure things out for themselves. Happy Friday!

TOMORROW: a whistleblower, Western Watersheds, and I will be blowing the lid on a huge Wildlife Services corruption scandal in The Intercept. We’re going to be looking specifically at those wolf numbers. Please help us share it widely. It might help save some wolves.

Now, THIS is a journalistic correction for the ages.

Hummingbird moths are cool

Say goodbye to Lake Powell and hello to Glen Canyon National Park, the Editorial Board writes. A radical, actually, conservative proposal. Change is real and so are the ways people are changing their minds. sltrib.com/opinion/editor…

In honor of the great Dave Forman, Earth First! founder, eco-philosopher + “eco-terrorist” to the FBI. He was a passionate Earth defender + my friend. “I hope I am a danger to the attitude that the Earth is a smorgasbord for human beings.” RIW(ildness)🌎✊ sacredland.org/the-cracking-o…