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Hunting: It’s not about the gun

In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those who vote for the gun

Tom Reed Essay Oct. 11, 2004 From the print edition

Can grizzly bears and homeowners get along

The writer profiles a wildlife biologist who tries to keep grizzlies and people apart in the Yellowstone area

Tom Reed Opinion Essay March 15, 2004

In the house of the grizzly

A hunter's close encounter with grizzlies in Wyoming breeds respect for the great bear that is the true lord of the forest.

Tom Reed Essay Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

A man to match our mountains

Legendary mountaineer and outdoor educator Paul Petzoldt, who founded the National Outdoor Leadership Training School (NOLS) and the Wilderness Education Association, has died at the age of 91.

Ali Macalady And Tom Reed Oct. 25, 1999 From the print edition

In the '90s, trapping still has a role

Some say that animal trapping is still necessary for predator control and other specific wildlife problems.

Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

A Wyoming trapper seeks pelts, and beauty

A profile of Wyoming trapper Tom Lucas offers insight into an old-fashioned but very controversial lifestyle

Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Trapping in the United States

A timeline traces the history of animal trapping in the United States from Pre-Columbian days until now.

Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Is trapping doomed?

Wildlife trapping - which has a long history in the West - today comes into fierce conflict with environmentalists, animal advocates, and residents upset by the risk traps pose to domestic dogs.

Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Ranchers fight a railroad

Ranchers in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming vow to fight a planned railroad extension by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern.

Tom Reed May 25, 1998 From the print edition

Wyoming: The last tough place

A Wyoming man celebrates the difficulty of living in his wild, lonely, poor, unsophisticated state - the "last good place left."

Tom Reed Essay April 13, 1998 From the print edition

Elk are the battleground

The state of Wyoming wants to vaccinate 2,000 Yellowstone area elk against brucellosis, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has its doubts.

Tom Reed March 16, 1998 From the print edition

Montana man charged in wolf killing

Montana hunter Chad McKittrick is charged with illegally killing one of the 15 wolves restored to Yellowstone.

Tom Reed May 29, 1995 From the print edition

Wyoming tribes get support to keep a river wet

The Wind River Indian Reservation sues non-Indian irrigators for violating water rights and dumping trash in the Wind River to dam it.

Tom Reed May 29, 1995 From the print edition

Governor shoots wolf bounty bill

Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer vetoes bill that would have placed $1,000 bounty on wolves shot outside Yellowstone National Park.

Tom Reed March 20, 1995 From the print edition

Forest Service dunked by its own 'witch hunt'

Judge rules that former Helena National Forest Supervisor Ernie Nunn be reinstated.

Tom Reed Aug. 8, 1994 From the print edition

Snarls dominate lightly attended wolf hearings

Protesters at hearings throughout Wyoming demonstrate against wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone.

Tom Reed Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition

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