Future West has taken a leading role in Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage, a coalition of organizations working to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in the state. Each year, wildlife-vehicle collisions cause human death and injuries, millions of dollars in property damages, and take an awful toll on wildlife. There are, however, proven solutions – wildlife underpasses, [...]
A Day in the Life by Dennis Glick My alarm and the robins both started chirping at the same time: 4:30 am. I had committed to attending a meeting in Island Park, Idaho scheduled for 9:00 am. It’s a three hour drive from Livingston, 45 minutes to get ready, and a half hour to walk [...]
When one thinks of conservation, what often comes to mind are efforts to protect an individual species, “Save the fill in the blank!” When one thinks of improving a community, what often comes to mind is a site-specific project; “Build a fill in the blank!” In the 1990s, I was involved in an effort to [...]
“Change is inevitable. It will happen by design, or by default.” That sage observation by David Brower has influenced much of my conservation work over the past several decades. I have come to the conclusion that directly engaging people in the “design” of strategies to respond to challenges, will yield results that are ultimately better [...]
