Results for keyword: wildlife
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Talking vegetarianism to a hunter
An airplane chat between a vegetarian and a hunter yields unexpected common ground, largely over a mutual love and respect for wildlife.
by Brendan Leonard, Jun 04, 2012 -
Coping with two-headed fish and other effects of selenium
Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development.
by Danielle Venton, May 29, 2012 -
John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert
In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.
by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 08, 2012 -
Beware of wolves cloaked in "access"
The so-called Wilderness and Roadless Release Act promises greater access to public lands, but will actually end up harming the wild lands most Westerners love.
by Ben Long, Sep 19, 2011 -
Just a few moments in Yellowstone
In a quiet, solitary hour at Yellowstone, nothing seems to happen -- and everything does.
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 01, 2011 -
The casual violence of driving
We seldom notice the animals killed by today's fast-moving cars, unless we're traveling slowly, on a bicycle.
by Tom Carter, Sep 01, 2011 -
The way the West was can be seen again
Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.
by Pepper Trail, Apr 07, 2011 -
Jeff Rice collects nature's noises
Jeff Rice records the natural sounds of the West.
by Michael Engelhard , Feb 27, 2011 -
High Country Views: Anticline deer decline
Emilene Ostlind talks with former federal biologist Rollin Sparrowe about energy development on the Pinedale Anticline and its impact on wildlife.
by Emilene Ostlind and Cally Carswell, Dec 10, 2010 -
The burbling air show of migrating snow geese
Every spring, thousands of honking, spiraling, brilliantly white snow geese take to the endless skies over Montana's vast prairies.
by Joanne Wilke, Apr 23, 2010






