A Promise at Risk
Climate change threatens the Sámi way of life, and so does the green transition
By Camilla Sandström
Long ago, it is said, the Indigenous Sámi people of the North made a quiet, sacred promise with the reindeer.
In the Shadow of the Lion King
The rise of community-based conservation in Africa’s last absolute monarchy
By Kelly Dunning
One of my first days in Eswatini, a small country bordered by South Africa and Mozambique, my guide told me a story about the Rhino Wars.
Crossing Borders
Wolf management in the Alps requires attention to science and people
By Francesco Bisi
The first wolves to enter the Alps in nearly a hundred years found themselves in southeast France’s Mercantour National Park in 1992.
Barriers to Survival
Could a centuries-old pastoralist tool help conserve a rare antelope?
By Annabella Helman
In Kenya’s Rift Valley, a pride of lions begins to stir as the sun descends to the horizon and the air grows still.
From Serengeti to Yellowstone
From Serengeti to Yellowstone
An interview with Dr. Tony Sinclair and Dr. Arthur Middleton on bridging migration ecology across continents
By Temple Stoellinger
Game on the Range
Small tweaks in USDA programs support working lands and migrations in Wyoming
By Shaleas Harrison
It’s 8 am as the sunlight moves across the foothills of Carter Mountain, the longest mountain in the Absaroka range and east from Yellowstone National Park.
Home Grown Hirolas
Local communities lead the protection of an endangered antelope
By Tesia Lin
In the 1990s, Kenya’s hirola antelope population “plummeted from 15,000 to an estimated 300-500 animals,” says retired professor Dr. Richard Kock.
High but Not Dry
In the right places, flood irrigation might be doing more good than harm
By Emily Downing
Every spring, Chris Williams looks forward to seeing the terns alight on the meadows of the southern Wyoming ranch that he manages.
So Much More than Habitat
How the intersection of wildlife ecology and social science can improve human-wildlife conflict management
By Ezra Stepanek
Bruna Ferreira tried to go into her conversations with the people living around Atlantic Forest State Park without expectations.
Managers Unite
The Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee celebrates six decades of cooperative conservation
By Kristen Pope
Chip Jenkins, Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park, knows he has to pay attention to what happens beyond his park’s borders.
Pellets versus Predators
A new tool to suppress an invasive fish shows promise
By Isabella Sadler
In October 2019 and 2020, helicopters hovered above the pristine waters of Yellowstone Lake,
Reconnecting the Kinabatangan
Can the Danau Girang Field Centre reforest northeastern Borneo in time to save elephants, orangutans, and proboscis monkeys?
By Ben Goldfarb
Alarm, Apathy, and Hope for Action
As chronic wasting disease spreads, wildlife managers plea for strategies that could work
By Christine Peterson
No one knew why the deer were losing weight, struggling to stand, and then keeling over, dead.
Editor’s Note – Issue 14
Issue 14: Global Wildlife Conservation
By Birch Dietz Malotky
When the University of Wyoming brought together a couple dozen managers and researchers from around the world to visit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and discuss international wildlife policy, one reaction stands out to me above all others: “For better or worse, it’s nice to see that you’re dealing with the same issues we are.”
Fair Game
Who should pay for wildlife management?
By Hilary Byerly Flint
“We’re pretty darn lucky,” says Brian Nesvik, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Elk Heyday
Booming elk numbers create a rare opportunity for hunting and tourism
By Janey Fugate
While scouting for mule deer on a chilly October evening in southeast Wyoming, the last thing I expected to see was several hundred elk.
The Outdoor Recreation Ecosystem
How accounting for human behavior can improve wildlife management
By Molly Caldwell
On a summer evening in a Grand Teton National Park campground, the smell of barbecue drifts along a cooling breeze, signaling dinner time to nearby red foxes.
Cliff Notes
How place and technology meanings shape conflict around outdoor recreation development
By Wes Eaton and Curt Davidson
In the fall of my first semester as a visiting professor at the University of Wyoming, a stranger knocked on the half-open door to my new office and said, “There’s a town in Wyoming where people are saying that an outdoor recreation development proposal is tearing their community apart. Want to look into it with me?”
Wings Over Wyoming
Cultivating pollinator support at state parks
By Amy Marie Storey
In 2019, a plain mowed field in Oklahoma’s Sequoyah State Park transformed into an acre of wildflowers. The verdant space served both visitors and pollinators.
Untethered
Managing off-leash dogs on public trails
By Sabrina White
“Boulder, as a town, has always been super supportive of dogs and people recreating together off-leash,” says Lisa Gonҫalo, recreation management coordinator for the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.