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The lesson: A short look at the long history of hunter education Comments on the occasion of the 2014 Wyoming Hunter Education Academy July 26, 2014 © Chris Madson, 2014 2014 Hunter Education Academy I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO JIM DAWSON FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE THIS . . . → Read More: Learning the hunt THE FIGHT FOR OUR WETLANDS GOES ON. In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a crippling blow to the protection of America’s wetlands and the wildlife these wetlands support. The court’s decision in the case SWANCC v. Army Corp of Engineers, followed a year later by similar decisions in the Carabel and Rapanos cases, ended . . . → Read More: A drop in the bucket In recent statements and writing, Peter Kareiva, chief scientist with The Nature Conservancy, distorts history, ignores the successes of modern conservation, and undermines the moral and philosophical foundations of the movement. Do his views reflect the views of his employer? Photos and writing © Chris Madson, all rights reserved Defining conservation PETER . . . → Read More: A cracked view of conservation
A modern dust storm on the High Plains of Kansas. FOR THIRTY YEARS AFTER JIM HANSEN AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT NASA FIRST WARNED US THAT WE WERE CHANGING THE EARTH’S CLIMATE, the discussion focused on ways to reverse, or at least stabilize, the process. That dialog gained volume and urgency as the . . . → Read More: The limits of adaptation Congress continues to bleed America’s most important conservation program WELL, AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF DEBATE AND CLOAKROOM POLITICS, WE FINALLY HAVE A NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL. The scope of the programs it authorizes is almost beyond imagining. So is the cost: around $960 billion between now and 2023.[i] Most of the angst over . . . → Read More: Killing It softly 
SIX MONTHS AGO, I FOUND MYSELF IN A HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM WITH THE BLINDS DRAWNS, GLASSES AND PITCHERS OF WATER ON the draped tables, a projector for Powerpoint presentations, a flip chart and magic markers in the corner: This was clearly a place that had been equipped for some deep thinking. Fifteen . . . → Read More: A part or apart As I remember, I first came across the work of Roy Chapman Andrews in the summer of my tenth year. Andrews was one of the more remarkable men of the early twentieth century. He put himself through college doing taxidermy work, and with his fresh bachelor’s degree in hand, he went to New York, . . . → Read More: Behind the veil: The Red Desert and the human spirit Wyoming research shows that mule deer and natural gas fields don’t mix . . . → Read More: Selling a birthright What Yellowstone’s wolves can tell us about our future . . . → Read More: Hitting the wall |
