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Whitebark Pine: An unlikely tree in the spotlight

September 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climatechange, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, globalwarming, grizzlybears, northernrockies, whitebarkpine, wyoming

Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued

Wyoming Wolves: frustration on all sides…and one guy with serious guts

March 30, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
casperstartribune, delisting, dicksadler, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, wolf, wolves, wyoming

It takes some serious guts for a public figure to challenge the anti-wolf lobby in Wyoming. And with the imminent release of the Department of Interior's new wolf rules that remove endangered species protections from the packs in Montana and...continued

Zombie Trees and Bear Attacks

September 27, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
grizzlybear, whitebarkpine, wyoming, yellowstone

From the landing approach to the airport in Jackson Hole, WY with the dramatic Tetons exploding from the flat plains below, my first visit to the northern Rockies was both exhilarating and depressing. I was in Wyoming to join...continued

Can you scapegoat a bison?

July 10, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bison, brucellosis, buffalo, montana, wyoming

Sadly, outbreaks of the cattle disease brucellosis have popped up in Montana and Wyoming recently. Though there has never been a documented case of the disease being transmitted from buffalo to cattle in the wild---and the geography of the outbreak...continued

Wyoming Legislators Might Not Like Wolves…Or Foreigners…Or Tourists…

May 9, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
endangeredspeciesact, wolves, wyoming

NRDC has been shining a bright light on the ugliness in the Northern Rockies since grey wolves were delisted last month. To date the animals are being shot down at the rate of one a day in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana....continued

Josh Mogerman
Josh Mogerman
Senior Media Associate
Chicago
Three things are pretty central to my hometown, Springfield, IL: the state capital, Abraham Lincoln,...
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