Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This article originally appeared as a guest editorial in the Jackson Hole News and Guide on Ocotober 28, 2009. It's impossible to drive over Togwotee Pass or hike in the wilds of the Gros Ventres or Absarokas these days without...continued→
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
It's official: last week, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) approved a grant of $150,000 for a comprehensive assessment of beetle damage of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), using global positioning system technology. This is important because the...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
"What's to let go? What's to hold?" That's the refrain from a song about the plight of whitebark pine by singer/songwriter Beth McIntosh, who debuted it at an event co-sponsored by NRDC and the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance last...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As far as the eye could see, the whitebark pine trees were dead or dying. Below the Wind River's Union Peak, Dr. Jesse Logan, I and a small group of others were exploring the forests to see what whitebark was...continued→
