When Colorado voted for wolf reintroduction, it also mandated compensation for ranchers. The hard part: figuring out the details.
Ben Goldfarb
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Paws on the ground: How Colorado got its wolves back
Five wolves were released in remote western Colorado yesterday, marking the beginning of an ambitious reintroduction program.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry
Staving off a bass invasion
As Lake Powell shrinks, smallmouth bass threaten the Grand Canyon’s native fishes.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice
Wildlife and the inescapable impact of road noise
The ‘blab of the pave’ disrupts animals’ lives everywhere, even in national parks.
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Colorado Supreme Court drowns public access to riverbeds
Roger Hill’s landmark lawsuit fizzled out in court. What happens now?
Posted inMay 1, 2023: Reemergence
Inside the fight to save a beleaguered butterfly
In 2020, the population count of the Behren’s silverspot was zero. That didn’t stop Clint Pogue.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
Can camera traps relieve our species’ loneliness?
A community science project reintroduces humans to their fellow mammals.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
Can assisted migration save the Rio Grande’s cutthroat?
Scientists wage an upstream battle to save trout in a warming West.
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A new biography resurrects a Western conservation writer
Bernard DeVoto’s work has fallen into obscurity, but the land remembers his legacy.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
The Colorado stream case that could revolutionize river access
‘There are waters I’ve wanted to fish for 50 years, and I’ve been denied the use of a state-owned resource.’
Posted inFebruary 1, 2022: Essential
How do you make a movie about a hyperobject?
The film ‘Don’t Look Up’ turns climate change into an allegorical comet.
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Monique the space elk and the wild history of tracking wildlife
The legacy of scientific researchers, and a couple intrepid ungulates, endures half a century later.
Posted inDecember 9, 2019: Crossing to Safety
When wildlife safety turns into fierce political debate
In Island Park, Idaho, a fight over roadkill became a referendum on government control.
Posted inNovember 25, 2019: Forever Mines
Grizzlies and the limits of coexistence
A rancher weighs the fate of wildlife and human encroachment in his new book.
Posted inNovember 11, 2019: Storied Landscapes
From Russia with love — and salmon
A new book explores the borderlands of ‘Salmon Nation,’ from the American West to Russia’s Far East.
Posted inMay 27, 2019: Public Pushback
Plumbing the Gila for solace and hope
A new book contemplates nature, solitude, grief and grace.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
How should we treat fish before they end up on our plates?
Seafood harvesting is brutal — but it doesn’t have to be.
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The Tulalip Tribes bet big on beavers
In western Washington, a nation looks to rodent restoration as a natural, ecological engineer.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Reforestation and remeandering in Leopold’s bootsteps
A new book follows a family’s mission to heal the land.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
An end of the line for the kings of the Yukon?
A writer visits Alaska and finds a fishing culture in slow collapse, fading with its most important resource.