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bear world breeding cubs and forcing paint on their paws to sell as art in the gift shop for $100; this image shows two green bear cub paw prints and one smeared red one.
Cubs Bred to the Slaughter: Bear World & Gregg Woody

Author’s Note: “Cubs Bred to the Slaughter” is the third in a series about Bear World. If interested in reading

two black bear cubs behind a fence at yellowstone bear world
Bear World Cubs: Take a Tour of 100+ Missing Bears

Touring Transactions of Bear World Cubs Through State & Federal Documentation What happens to Bear World cubs? In August of

three yellowstone bear world black bear cubs waiting for public bottle feeding behind electric fence and the photo frame is in the shape of Idaho
Yellowstone Bear World: Idaho’s #1 Bear Cub Mill

Yellowstone Bear World Allegedly Killed Bear Cubs: A Behind-the-Scenes Look Before Casey Anderson became famous with his captive brown bear

heavy machinery clearing forest with men in coats as they operate a drilling machine at the Kilgore Project area site
Kilgore Project Public Comment Guide

Kilgore Project Proposal Recap Before jumping into our Kilgore Project Public Comment Guide, let’s clearly define what the proposal is.

aerial view of red sludge flooded an entire river and vally and broke a bridge
28 Facts, Tragedies, & Catastrophes of Open-Pit Mines

Why a Countdown of 28 Facts, Tragedies, & Catastrophes of Open-Pit Mines? On January 12, 2021, the Post Register published

The Forest Service Responses to the Kilgore Project in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are questionable. Their logo rendered with a question mark replacing the tree in the middle.
Forest Service Says What? Part I: Grizzlies in Kilgore Project Area

Introducing ScholarDay’s New Investigative Series: “Forest Service Says What?” Rewind to 2018 (oh how young we were!), the Forest Service

wildlife overpasses could save millions of lives each year like these bighorn sheep
If wildlife overpasses could speak: save the best for Idaho’s US-20

For the five deer killed on Idaho’s U.S. 20 in the last 48 hours. May we drag no more of

My Dad in the Valley of Fire
That time my dad let a man live in his car

An anecdote about my dad A while back, my dad noticed that his car had begun the curious habit of

Open Pit mining in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Timeline of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s Open-Pit Apocalypse

The Fickle Business of the Open Pit: 1937 – 2008 1937: Blue Ledge Company sets up underground adits, potential prospect

an effable backpacking thought is rare but sad in such beautiful places
Yet another example of an effable backpacking thought

The ineffable backcountry For the most part, when we escape to the hills or wilderness or backcountry or whatever wonderful

upcoming backpacking season means planning backpacking meals
Some backpacking meals that won’t break the bank or your back

Bears yawn low in the valleys; snow pack climbs the hills; streams wet their beds; buffalo teach newborns the joy

Birthday Sarah in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
We Could All Learn A Thing Or Two From Birthday Sarah

Happy Birthday, Sarah! Here I was considering myself the bee’s knees for creating the Yell to Hell, a 900+ mile