The recent announcement that federal officials have proposed Endangered Species Act protections for Gulo gulo was big news for all of us who revere the most audacious and least understood of the charismatic carnivores in the Yellowstone ecosystem. Maxing out around 40...

The never-ending saga and the plight of Yellowstone bison continue to rage with prejudice and bigotry.  Two years ago, as agencies prepared to send 500 Yellowstone bison to slaughter—adding to the 3,800 they had already killed since 2000—I wrote a piece entitled...

Are you audacious? If not, there is no better time to become so than right now, in this moment.  We can evoke meaningful change by starting small—anything worthwhile is best tackled in bite-sized chunks.  As Team BA member Scotty Black recently reminded me, during a...

As someone who writes and speaks for a living, the task of writing a short essay about the four year-old child who forever changed my life on a brilliant bluebird autumn day shouldn’t have caused such angst and procrastination.  But back in August, when my wife gave...

During an incredibly challenging time this past year, when I spent nine months in a walking boot cast—out of the field and the gym, off the guide circuit, and away from my beloved mountains and rivers—I developed the determination and courage to begin sharing my story...

The sun has set on 2012, a year filled with so much struggle and heartache for so many of us.  But there is no doubt in my mind that our best days are ahead and that we are going to make twenty13 an All-time great. Now is the time of our becoming and we can become...

There is no way to make any sense of the tragic and unconscionable events that occurred yesterday in Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary. The entire nation and global community mourns the senseless loss of life that yesterday's tragedy represents. My heart breaks for...

When I think of the names that inspired me to seek an Environmental Studies degree at the University of Montana and follow the career and life path I have chosen as a crusader for wild places, I think of names like Abbey, Thoreau, Muir, Carson, Leopold, Brower, and...