An article in the Oregon Capital Chronicle focuses on cultural and prescribed burning fuel reduction and how they can preclude large wildfires, such as the 127,000 acre Cedar Creek Fire on the Wi...
The seminal work on public lands livestock grazing and its web of impacts, Welfare Ranching - The Subsidized Destruction of the American West is now available for download.
Giant Sequoia May Require High-severity Blazes for their surival. Photo George Wuerthner During the summer of 2020 and 2021, with one of the most severe droughts in California’s recent history,...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/04/08/human-intervention-not-necessary-for-sequoia-survival/
How many people know that in the state of Washington, more wolves are killed by Native people than any other group? You probably haven’t heard about this, even from wolf advocacy groups. How ma...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2024/02/06/indian-iron-curtain-or-the-emperor-has-no-clothes/
Yellowstone was established in 1872 primarily to protect the unique geological thermal features of the park. Photo George Wuerthner I see almost weekly repetitions of the myths or revisionist h...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/03/01/response-to-misguided-guardian-yellowstone-commentary/
Approximately 5700 cows graze national park lands at Point Reyes National Seashore. Photo George Wuerthner A federal lawsuit against the National Park Service (NPS) at Point Reyes National Seasho...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/01/10/point-reyes-management-plan-sued-by-environmental-groups/
Emigrant Peak and Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley. The East Paradise Grazing Decision will increase grazing by livestock on Emigrant Peak and adjacent areas of the Six Mile Creek drainage...
Yellowstone bison have been subject to evolutionary influences like harsh winters, predators, and other natural agents. Photo George Wuerthner The state, federal and tribal groups involved in the...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/12/15/another-yellowstone-bison-slaughter/
Old Faithful is emblematic of Yellowstone National Park. Photo George Wuerthner A recent article Return the National Parks to the Tribes in Atlantic Magazine by David Treuer is worth a detailed r...
Thirteen ranchers won a sweeping victory this week, defeating the interests of three million annual visitors to Point Reyes National Seashore, by securing a plan amendment that extends their comm...