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Louisa Willcox
Apr 11, 2016
Why Wyoming's Thugs Should Not Be Trusted With Our Grizzly Bears
This week, Wyoming held a rash of hearings on the state’s plan to manage grizzly bears if and when federal protections are removed later...
David Mattson
Apr 7, 2016
Partisan Scientists in Public Service II: The Strange Case of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Tea
Another grizzly being collared to then be follered (undated IGBST photo) Last week I painted a picture of corrupted science behind the...
David Mattson
Mar 31, 2016
Partisan Scientists in Public Service I: The Strange Case of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
Researchers radio-collar an immobilized grizzly bear in this undated IGBST photo. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, hereafter the...
Louisa Willcox
Mar 24, 2016
Yellowstone Buffalo Atrocities
This winter, 582 Yellowstone buffalo have been killed, either by hunters or government agents. The killing is escalating as winter drags...
Louisa Willcox
Mar 17, 2016
The Price Tag of Grizzly Bear Delisting
Money and politics have driven decisions about the fate of Yellowstone’s grizzly bears for the last 50 years. You often hear that more is...
Louisa Willcox
Mar 10, 2016
Don't Delist, Risk Yellowstone Grizzly Bears' Future
As Yellowstone grizzly bears begin to reemerge from their dens after winter hibernation, they awake to a debate over what may be their...
David Mattson
Mar 3, 2016
Yellowstone's Irreplaceable Grizzlies
Imagine… Imagine a grizzly bear on a cloudy day in May turning over chunks of sod in a wet swale to reveal clots of wriggling...
Louisa Willcox
Feb 25, 2016
Digging Under Grizzly Graves, Part 2: The Death of 760 and Lessons of 399's Clan
Grizzly bears bring joy to countless visitors to Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks each year – and none more so than Jackson Hole’s...
Louisa Willcox
Feb 18, 2016
Digging Under Grizzly Graves: Lessons of the Clan of Grizzly 399
Photo Credit: Tom Mangelsen Driving along Jackson Lake, distracted by the spectacular view of the Tetons, you might see a dark shape from...
David Mattson
Feb 11, 2016
Divvying Up the Dead: Grizzly Bears in a Post-ESA World
Sigmund Freud made an interesting distinction between two fundamental human drives, one seeking life (Eros) and the other seeking death...