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Rocky Barker is a former environmental journalist for the Idaho Statesman and author of Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America (Island Press).

[…] the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the National Audubon Society, and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association Fisheries Fund. Whitney also authored two books, Flora of the Yellowstone and Game on, A Bird Hunter’s Table, Reloaded. He currently manages the Paradise Valley Working Lands Group and directly supports and coordinates PERC’s field projects in […]

[…] destination in the leading world trade fairs. The flagship of this destination is the world famous wildebest migration. Samson was also involved in a collaboration initiative between Yellowstone National Park and the Mara-Serengeti where several exchange programs presented managers of the two largest leading world conservation areas to visit and exchange knowledgeable experience. As […]

[…] team that piloted this work for their client—a $500M foundation —analyzing the partner capacity, potential conservation projects and community goals for a keystone landscape within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Based on assessments, Beartooth Capitol proposed a portfolio of 14 projects, ranging from creating a community crane refuge to conservation easement auctions, that would connect […]

[…] States and seeks to evaluate the public’s awareness of these issues. Jim has been the director of two Environmental Education facilities — Breteche Creek Ranch located near Yellowstone National Park and Cornell’s Nature Center on Long Island, NY– and an educator in several other programs. He has a keen interest in international environmental issues […]

[…] member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and has written movie reviews for Show Business Weekly and BigPictureBigSound.com, among other publications. – See more at: https://www.perc.org/articles/ yellowstone-bison-separating-fact-fear#sthash.cwtgtugG.dpuf Lexi Feinberg served as the deputy opinions editor of Forbes and was a 2010 PERC media fellow. She is a member of the Alliance of Women […]

[…] Award and the 1992 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award. A revised edition of the book was published in 2001. Leal also is the co-editor of The Yellowstone Primer: Land and Resource Management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. A volume in the Political Economy Forum Series, Government vs. Environment, published in 2002, is co-edited […]

[…] livestock losses caused by wolves. In 1997 he created a similar program for grizzly bears. Fischer was a leader in the ten-year effort to restore wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho, chronicled in his 1995 book, Wolf Wars. More recently, he led a collaborative effort between conservationists, the timber industry and organized […]

[…] are parallels from past efforts—a prominent one being Defenders of Wildlife’s scheme to compensate area ranchers for livestock lost to wolves when the carnivores were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s. Adapting this model for sea otters, however, would involve some unique challenges. “One thing that’s different from wolves and livestock,” Jane […]

[…] levels and, ultimately, diminished streamflows to the river.  This shift in irrigation practices has had a ripple effect on the Teton River’s aquatic ecosystem, particularly for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, which depend on cold, oxygen-rich waters. Reduced flows have shrunk their habitat, making the trout more vulnerable to predators, disease, and rising temperatures. Recognizing […]