Is Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bear Population Doomed?
by Doug Peacock – Men’s Journal Nearly a half century ago, when I returned from Vietnam, I was lost and wandered the Western American wilderness seeking palliation from war sickness. As the snows melted, I moved north into Yellowstone National Park. Though I wasn’t looking for them, there were grizzly bears, and they commanded my attention. […]
The Grizzly Man’s Last Stand
by Rick Bass, Men’s Journal, May 12, 2017 We’ve been walking slowly through the dark for a long time, the old soldier and I, beneath a thumbnail silver moon, the coyotes chattering like roosters. He makes his way using a wooden flagpole for a cane, a rifle and a tripod strapped to his back. […]
Historic Gift from Tompkins Conservation Helps Chile Protect 10 Million Acres as New National Parks
In a ceremony in Chile’s Pumalín Park, American conservationist Kris Tompkins (left) and Chilean president Michelle Bachellet announced the historic expansion of Chile’s national parkland by 10 million acres. Photograph by Jimmy Chin (National Geographic) Historic Gift from Tompkins Conservation Helps Chile Protect 10 Million Acres as New National Parks Pumalín Park, Chile – March […]