Posted April 24, 2012 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Last fall while walking my dog through our community park, I was startled by a sound that I had never heard before (at least not in person). The sound was similar to screeching chimpanzees that I had watched on...continued→
Posted March 2, 2012 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
A video showing a charging grizzly in Katmai National Park has gone viral, giving people the world-over a chance to safely experience a terrifying encounter with an Alaskan grizzly. This video to me is just another of the hundreds...continued→
Posted January 25, 2012 by Janet Barwick in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
(left to right: Joanie Kresich, Frances Stewart, Margot Kidder, and actress Tantoo Cardinal) On a recent trip to the hair salon, I had the good fortune to run into Margot Kidder, one of Livingston’s colorful local celebrities. If you...continued→
Posted December 29, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
My best guy, Chip Njaa, struggling to stay on his feet in the harsh Livingston Montana wind. I have a bone to pick with the city of Chicago. It’s your nickname as “the windy city” for which I take...continued→
Posted December 5, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Staring out of my office window through a thick layer of frost, I think about the old Dean Martin holiday classic, “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” I shudder to think...continued→
Posted November 29, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
The recent victory for grizzlies in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has me feeling very nostalgic about my first encounters with grizzlies. After digesting the court ruling (with a healthy serving of Thanksgiving Day mashed potatoes—my favorite food on...continued→
Posted November 23, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
With Thanksgiving tomorrow, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has given me a reason to be thankful! On Tuesday, they ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) underestimated the potential impacts of a climate driven mountain pine beetle...continued→
Posted September 28, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Last week, I realized that I could no longer deny a nagging fact. Several days of temperatures in the 50s and 60s was a warning sign that sweaters, hats and mittens would soon need to be freed from their storage...continued→
Posted September 15, 2011 by Janet Barwick in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Recent years have seen headline news reports of grizzlies expanding their home range from the Rocky Mountain Front out onto the plains of Montana, hundreds of miles from source populations in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. Encounters with grizzlies have...continued→
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