Wild and Working
Perspective by John L. Koprowski
Reciprocity and Sovereignty
By Temple Stoellinger
An Interview with Wes Martel on Tribal Wildlife Conservation
Redefining Thrive
By Corrie Knapp
Lessons from my children in the context of climate change
Flight Interrupted
By Jill Bergman
Biologist works to protect eagles on collision course with wind power
Creating a Sustainable Destination
By Kristen Pope
Jackson Hole seeks a better tourism future
Bison on Wind River
By Janey Fugate
Restoring a wildlife economy and revitalizing culture
Not Fade Away
By Samuel Western
Communities in rural Montana reach beyond agriculture
Living in a Natural Resource Economy
By Emilene Ostlind
What can Wyoming learn from studies of the “natural resource curse”?
Sagebrush in Prisons
By Frani Halperin
Inmates are saving an iconic American landscape—and themselves
Free-Range Carbon
By Birch Malotky
Not a silver bullet, but maybe a gold standard, a new market tool benefits climate, ecosystems, and people
A Last Leap Towards Flowers
By Morgan Heim
Who are these animals, their lights gone out? What journeys have fallen apart here?
—Barry Lopez, Apologia
Amphibian Crossing
By Rhiannon Jakopak
Carrying salamanders across roadways helps local populations persist
On a rainy April night when temperatures peeked just above freezing, around 30 people spread out along a well-traveled street next to a city park in Laramie, Wyoming.
Repairing a Fragmented Landscape
By Gregory Nickerson
Interstate 80 severed wildlife habitats 50 years ago. Can we reconnect them?
Ernie’s Road
Text and images by Claire Giordano
The engineer behind a lonely desert highway
My mom tells stories of a magic road. It wound from a gleaming blue alpine lake to the desert below. It required no gas, didn’t wear out brakes, and had the most beautiful vistas.
Intersecting Roads
Perspective From Corinna Riginos
The need to value and safeguard wildlife movements
Roads may well be humankind’s greatest source of metaphors, inspiration for a plethora of phrases about journeys and all the bumps, bends, twists, and turns along them.
Looking Underground
Tiny soil organisms may hold the key to managing invasive plants
The four members of Gordon Custer’s research group gather around as he walks through the steps of data collection.
Released to the Wild
Unwanted pets take a toll on ecosystems
Stepping through the tall grass, a family made their way to the edge of Kelly Warm Spring, a geothermal spring with a temperature that hovers around 77 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, in Grand Teton National Park.
Colonel Mustard, by the Dock, with the Bucket
A fish detective, the effort to stop illegal invasive species introductions, and a long history of a fish management culture clash
One summer day in 1992, two teenage boys fishing Lake Mary Ronan watched a man dump a cooler
Bye Bye, Baseline, Goodbye
Rethinking our goals for ecosystem conservation
Natural resource managers strive to keep ecosystems functioning on their own.
Time to Revisit our Invasive Species Strategy
Perspective from Governor Mark Gordon
Invasive species are not a new phenomenon, but over the past few decades the West has seen an explosion of all types in all ecosystems.