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  • 'Humane is what's best for humans'

    Yellowstone National Park photographer Jim Peaco, in his own words, on the bison slaughter.

    by Elizabeth Manning, Feb 17, 1997

  • 'I kill them and cook them'

    In his own words, Mac Carelli, owner of C&C Meats in Sheridan, Wyo., describes how he deals with bison carcasses.

    by Elizabeth Manning And Ritchie Doyle, Feb 17, 1997

  • A Colorado reality check: lions roam and kill

    In separate attacks by mountain lions, a boy in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park is wounded, and another boy, in Rocky Mountain National Park, is killed.

    by Jamie Murray And Peter Chilson, Aug 04, 1997

  • A message to environmentalists from a wildlife biologist

    I should confess up-front that. although I'm an environmentalist and a wildlife biologist at a Western university, I admire ranchers. I should further confess that I live on a small piece of property near real ranches-- ones big enough to be home to cattl

    by Richard L. Knight, Nov 19, 2002

  • Activists "shepherd' wayward bison

    Activists seek to protect Yellowstone's bison from another slaughter by physically shepherding wandering bison back onto protected land.

    by Mark Matthews, Dec 22, 1997

  • An ecosystem wanting for wolves

    With the elk population at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park out of control, wildlife managers are considering bringing in four wolves to restore the balance

    by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 23, 2006

  • Bandelier overrun by hooves

    Elk and wild cattle destroying New Mexico park.

    by Staff, Feb 21, 1994

  • Bison arrive in Grand Canyon uninvited

    A herd of bison has wandered into the northern part of Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, and managers are trying to figure out whether bison have a "natural" history in the area

    by Anne Minard, Apr 28, 2003

  • Bison killing goes inside

    Park officials in Yellowstone give rangers permission to shoot bison heading out of the park this winter.

    by Michael Milstein, Nov 10, 1997

  • Bison sleek, but suspect

    Montana is prepared to fight a new federal proposal that would allow "low-risk" bison unlikely to spread brucellosis to leave Yellowstone National Park without being killed.

    by Scott Mcmillion, May 11, 1998
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