Public Lands Media

04/15/2022

https://georgewuerthner.substack.com/p/escudilla-mountain-aldo-leopold-and?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1Iclv6E-HxwnXkuK_E7DKTg4yrvRiJf4560ajPhM0ci-mRf6I-s3g6uf0&s=w

03/21/2022

Indians were not "removed" from Yellowstone to create the park.

03/13/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/02/28/a-chance-to-stop-the-ambler-road-alaska/

03/13/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/02/22/drought-and-wildfire/

A high severity blaze on the Boise National Forest. Almost all large fires occur during extreme drought conditions. Photo George Wuerthner One continuously hears from the timber industry and its al…

02/23/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/02/22/dought-and-wildfire/

02/10/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=37659&action=edit

02/06/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/02/04/custer-gallatin-national-forest-plan-a-disappointment/

Hike on the crest of the Gallatin Range looking down on the Porcupine drainage. Photo George Wuerthner Many conservation groups are heralding the recently released Final Custer Gallatin National F…

01/13/2022

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2022/01/13/before-and-after-photos-of-dixie-fire/

01/08/2022

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/588796-fire-suppression-myths

Many argue a "hundred years of fire suppression" has permitted the build-up of fuels resulting in larger fires. At best, this "fire suppression" narrative is hyperbole.

01/07/2022

https://billingsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/guest-opinion-we-should-provide-more-protection-for-yellowstone-bison/article_8f57e626-40b6-5263-8bef-2a86a7042bfd.html

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/07/of-wolves-chronic-wasting-disease-and-covid/

Recently the Wyoming Game and Fish reported that between 2016 and 2020, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was found in over 60% of the mule deer tested in

01/05/2022

The NYT just published a piece on the Bootleg Fire which features TNC lands and the presumed benefits of fuel reductions on large fires. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/climate/fire-forest-management-bootleg-oregon.html?smid=em-share

To whatever degree fuel treatments may have been beneficial in the particular area of that TNC features, it ignores the fact that much of the Bootleg Fire had been previously treated with fuel reductions which had no influence on fire spread. Even some other TNC treated sites burned at high severity.

Here is my response to an earlier piece in the Capital Press basically making similar arguments.https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/12/08/the-99-year-old-grandmother-effect-how-to-view-fuel-reductions/

When the Bootleg fire tore through a nature reserve in Oregon this summer, the destruction varied in different areas. Researchers say forest management methods, including controlled burns, were a big factor.

12/29/2021

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/12/29/paradise-lost-custer-gallatin-nf-approves-expansion-of-grazing-by-yellowstone/

  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 draina…