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Bring Back Grizzlies? Conservationists, Ranchers Split on Cascades Proposal

Bryce Oates · Nov 1, 2019

One plan would relocate grizzly bears from Montana or British Columbia to northern Washington . Conservationists say the North Cascades are great habitat for grizzlies, while some ranchers see things differently. “I don’t think I should have to pack bear spray or a gun while I’m going to the chicken coop to gather up eggs,” says one.

6.35 Million Acres of Western States’ Public Holdings Are Landlocked, Report Says

Bryce Oates · Aug 29, 2019

State land that could be used for hunting, fishing, and other recreation lies inaccessible behind private holdings. A report suggests ways to open it up.

Tribal Affairs

Native American and Hunters’ Coalition Opposes Alaska Oil Development

Bryce Oates · Nov 17, 2017

Oil production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge came a step closer this week when a Senate committee cleared the way for a floor vote. Hunters, anglers, and Native Americans who subsist on the refuge's caribou herd say the change…

Wildlife

Interior Department May Expand Recreational Shooting on Federal Lands

Shayla Hyde · Nov 2, 2017

The U.S. Secretary of the Interior is planning to expand recreational gun shooting on public lands. Five Arizona shooters look at the expansion idea from their unique perspectives.

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BLM Backs Out of Sage-Grouse Pact, Possibly Prompting Litigation and Lost Revenue

Bryce Oates · Oct 2, 2017

A public-private agreement that seemed to satisfy everyone except the energy industry is crumbling. The Bureau of Land Management’s decision to back out of the agreement appears to be tailor made to “blow up years of planning and…

Environment

Speak Your Piece: The Wounded Deer

DarMinow Smith · Dec 1, 2014

Split-second decisions can result in a year’s worth of venison – or a season of regret. Montanan Darby Smith says her father got some of each this year. She wrote this piece during the state’s deer season, which ended…

Wildlife

Playing Well with Otters

Kelley Snowden · Mar 27, 2014

How do you handle a duck-eating otter? In East Texas, Kelley Snowden comes to terms with conflicts – both internal and neighborly – on how to deal with wild predators that don't respect property lines.

Still ‘Black and White and Read All Over’

Julianne Couch · Jan 24, 2014

With the economy of print journalism shifting, small-town editors continue to fill the niche of reporting and “verifying” the news, all the while living alongside the people they cover. Julianne Couch reports on the delicate balance for two…

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