Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
(Left to right: Wally Macfarlane, Yours Truly, Liz Davy, and Willie Kern) They flew in from all over the world: Switzerland, Finland, Greece, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, and Canada, as well as many parts of the U.S. Like the beetles...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The beetle attack of whitebark pine I saw near Yellowstone National Park in Tom Miner Basin last week was worse than it was when I was here a year ago. Even just two years ago, you would find a...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday I had the nearest miss with hypothermia I've had in years of mountaineering and outdoor adventuring. A photo crew from Colorado came to shoot me for the Patagonia summer catalog, which will feature the work of several conservation leaders...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I heard a wolf howl last evening, at dusk, right near our house. Three long, outrageous, unmistakable howls, rolling down from the snow-covered ridge above -- a lone voice that seemed to emanate from a stand of limber pine and...continued→
