Though it has been a very long time coming, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced the Yellowstone population of the grizzly bear is deemed recovered and removed from the Endangered Species Act. (ESA) Hallelujah! Just goes to show how a determined Montanan can overcome 42 years of bureaucratic and judicial obstructionism when the cause is just and possessed with reams of scientific data to back him up. But it was not easy. The grizzly bear of the Greater Yell

With so much news about health care lately, here is a hypothetical you might want to consider: If you and your family were really sick, how would you feel about checking into a hospital where your chance of recovery is less than 3 percent? Kind of grim outlook, isn’t it? But that is exactly the recovery rate for species placed on the Endangered Species Act over the past 40+ years. Congress passed the Endangered Species Act with the laudable goal of preserving wildlife popu

There is an element of recent public discourse that appears to be missing: truth. Be it alternate facts or fake news, many pundits and politicians no longer shackled by reality feel free to say whatever the situation calls for. And though this may seem like a recent phenomenon it is not. The Humane Society of the United States has been promulgating alternative facts for years, starting with their name. Despite the words “humane society” on its letterhead, the HSUS uses al