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David Mattson
- Dec 14, 2017
Becoming Grizzly Bear Food
Photo by Edward Curtiss 1909 I have had my share of close encounters with free-ranging fully-autonomous grizzly bears. I emphasize...

David Mattson
- Dec 3, 2017
Hunting to Scare Grizzlies? NRA-Safari Club Spawn a Red Herring
Kill grizzly bears to make them afraid of humans? This idea has gotten a lot of attention in recent years as one of several...

Louisa Willcox
- Nov 16, 2017
Obesity In Bears: Vital and Beautiful
She was so obese that, from behind, her gait looked more like a waddle than a walk. You could see the fat on her massive butt roll from...

David Mattson
- Nov 6, 2017
Contingencies of Coexistence, Part II: Diagnosing the Landscapes
In part one of this two part series I offer my take on how the heterogeneity of those involved in the drama of cohabiting with wolves and...

David Mattson
- Oct 27, 2017
Contingencies of Coexistence, Part I: Parsing the Participants
Coexistence seems to be the new bling for a bunch of people making money and careers from wolves and grizzly bears, especially in the...

David Mattson
- Oct 5, 2017
Beauty in Our Beast
Romanian bear dancers in full regalia--beauty in a beast Demons seem to surround us. The irony, though, is that we create these demons...

Louisa Willcox
- Sep 25, 2017
Tribes Reject Yellowstone Park Names Honoring War Criminal and White Supremacist
Photo By Brad Orsted On Saturday, September 16, under blustery skies and a new dusting of snow on Yellowstone's peaks, representatives of...

Louisa Willcox
- Aug 30, 2017
Court Helps Cabinet Yaak Grizzlies, Again: Time for Fish and Wildlife Service to Do Better
Last week, the beleaguered grizzlies in the Cabinet Yaak ecosystem got a potentially lifesaving break from Federal District Court Judge...

Louisa Willcox
- Aug 6, 2017
Ted and Joan Major: Last of a Generation of Conservation Giants in Jackson Hole
Photo by Charlie Craighead Two weeks ago, I was part of a celebration of Ted and Joan Major, founders of the Teton Science School (TSS),...

David Mattson
- Jul 30, 2017
The Late Great Whitebark Pine
Prior to our current millennium, whitebark pine seeds comprised a substantial part of diets eaten by grizzly bears in areas where...