Buffalo Horn drainage in Gallatin Range. Photo by George Wuerthner There’s a boiling controversy right now over the future of hundreds of thousands of acres of Forest Service lands abutting Yellowstone National Park and comprising the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. These lands are primarily in the Gallatin and Madison Ranges which are facing […]| Alliance For The Wild Rockies
Brooke Rollins, Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture, recently announced the administration’s plan to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule and open an estimated 58 million acres of public Forest Service land to road-building, resource extraction, and development. The Roadless Rule resulted from extensive inventories of the nation’s remaining roadless public lands beginning in 1967 after the historic […] The post Why we need the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act now more than ever appeare...| Alliance For The Wild Rockies