Results for keyword: elk
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In the field with a Montana couple hunting wolves
Amid bitter controversy over allowing hunters and trappers to reduce wolf populations, a Montana couple is dedicated to their hunt.
by Neil LaRubbio, May 17, 2013 -
It’s time 23,000 elk got off the dole
Wyoming needs to stop feeding elk in winter in order to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.
by Bruce Smith, Feb 17, 2012 -
Protecting wildlife corridors remains more theory than practice
There's a growing understanding of the scientific importance of wildlife migration corridors, but protecting them is a huge political challenge.
by Mary Ellen Hannibal, Dec 29, 2011 -
Stitching habitat together across public and private lands
Migrating animals can't read "no trespassing" signs, so it’s up to human beings to try to find ways to connect wildlife corridors that crisscross public and privately owned lands.
by Cally Carswell, Dec 25, 2011 -
What is that dead deer thinking about, and why is he hanging there?
A close encounter with a deer head on the wall of an inn leads to musings on death, immortality, ancient Egypt, Lenin and Trigger the Wonder Horse.
by Andy Seiple, Dec 22, 2011 -
Yes to wolves, but not so many
Some Westerners support the return of wolves -- just not as many as environmentalists seem to want.
by Denver Bryan, Jan 31, 2011 -
A dark and disjointed journey
The short stories in Sam Shepard's new collection, Day out of Days, have an unhinged, distinctly Western flavor.
by Traci J. Macnamara, Feb 14, 2010 -
The squeal of silence
Time spent alone in a cabin in the wild reminds a writer that silence is more than the absence of noise.
by Charles Goodrich, Feb 11, 2010 -
Confessions of an off-road outlaw
A hunter who once tore through the woods on his ORV rethinks his ways after he realizes that he’s scaring off wildlife
by Garrett VeneKlasen, Nov 06, 2009 -
Feeding time
Will Rounds, who was once a very squeamish vegetarian, describes hacking apart the body of an elk to feed wolves at Mission:Wolf.
by Will Rounds, Apr 28, 2008
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