Utah's costly anti-coyote effort is one of several biologically bankrupt schemes cooked up by Sportsmen for Wildlife
Items by Ben Long
Scientists' warnings, greedy special interests, a confused public: The climate change fight reflects efforts to save the bison 100 years ago
The Idaho Panhandle National Forest is in retreat over its longstanding support for the Mallard-Larkin Wilderness
Fish and Game scandal demonstrates growing influence of cronyism and big money in American wildlife policy
The state is expected to reach a million residents in 2012 -- there's debate on if that's a good thing or not
A soldier's encounter with an angry buffalo in the Vietnam War taught him to put life's challenges in perspective.
Love him or hate him, Ron Paul's libertarians have moved the political conversation to the right.
An anti-wolf e-mail hoax of a Big Bad Killer Wolf allegedly from Utah strains credibility
At Pt. Reyes, National Park Service is challenged to protect America's natural treasures.
Some hot-heads want to eradicate wolves, but data indicate they are far from the majority
Hot pepper, not hot lead, may be a hunter’s best choice for grizzly defense
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.
We need more young Americans having fun in the Great Outdoors
Industry exploits sportsmen's demand for access -- undermining what they hold dear.
A vacation to Canada raises questions about our nation, a decade later
A recent poll hints that voters of both parties have anti-LDS bias.
Evolutionary science opens windows into the history of the American West
The oil spill on the Yellowstone River is just one of too many disasters caused by our addiction to petroleum.
Conservation was a surprising winner at many local and state levels.
No matter how much you hate wolves, you don't have the right to "shoot, shovel and shut up."
Some of the environmental movement’s greatest heroes were also heroes of World War II.
Ben Long says the National Park Service is practically
“bear-anoid,” the way it constantly warns tourists
about newly awakened bears when there are so many other, more
common dangers in the great outdoors.
The writer says our rapid population growth has put heavy
pressure on Western wild places
The decision of the Association of Petroleum Geologists to
give novelist Michael Crichton its "Journalist of the Year" award
for his anti-global warming thriller State of Fear can only
increase public cynicism about science and scientists
Reporter Ben Long says the evidence is on the ground: Our
national parks aren't getting the money they need
The writer says Michael Crichton does not deserve a
journalism award from scientists for his book, State of
Fear, about global warming
The writer looks to the air to see just one success of the
Endangered Species Act
The writer hails the cutthroat trout, a fish that Lewis
and Clark enjoyed eating 200 years ago
The writer says responsibility is beginning to replace
diehard individualism in Montana
The writer wades into the dispute over wolves in the West,
marshalling facts to overcome prejudice against the
animals
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