I was just outside Dillon, a small town in southwest Montana, when I waded out into a sea of sage brush. It’s easy to overlook, but this hardy, native plant … Read more
Northern Rockies and Pacific Regional Center
Wading in Water, Sharing Common Ground: Conservation Lessons from Beavers
You can’t stroll far in the Beartooth Wildlife Management Area in Montana without bumping into signs of beavers. In addition to snacking on the cattails, they had chewed away at … Read more
Dangerous Lines in Sacred Waters: The Cost of Commercial Fishing in a Pacific Marine Monument
Imagine a vast, protected marine sanctuary, which contains extraordinary and unique marine life and globally important bird nesting sites, all amid a remote chain of islands, atolls, reefs, and shoals. … Read more
The New Normal Is Already a Loss: How Shifting Baselines Skew Our View of Nature
As children, the natural world we grow up in is the only reference point we have. However, with each generation, our perception of the natural world changes, and with it, … Read more
A Call to Renew the Habitat Conservation Fund
California is home to an incredible wild heritage. I can observe with wonder across the state: humpback whales breaching in the Pacific Ocean, monarch butterflies clustering in trees on California’s … Read more
Getting to the Wild Side of Seattle
April 7-13 was National Wildlife Week and April is Earth Month, a time to be especially aware of the ecosystem that sustains us and how we can be better stewards … Read more
On the Hunt: Southern Resident Killer Whales Hunger for Vanishing Salmon
When Tahlequah—a Southern Resident killer whale who led the news when she carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018—began carrying another dead calf earlier this year, it was … Read more
In the “Endangered Species Capital of the World,” A Win for Hawaiian Seabirds
Out of the darkness on a high volcanic slope, a haunting chorus of wails and shrieks pierces the night sky. This is the enigmatic call of the Hawaiian petrel, or … Read more
Musing in Missoula: Reflections of an AmeriCorps Member
2024 was a year of pulling cheatgrass, traveling to Lowe’s to exclusively purchase concrete and stacks of terra cotta planter bases, tabling through direct sun and pouring rain, and enjoying … Read more
Dam Removal on the Klamath River: A Vision for the Lower Snake River
News stories have recently featured the largest dam removal project so far in the United States on the Klamath River. As a result, a 420-mile stretch of the Klamath will … Read more
