Rick Bass, Activist and Storyteller

In a new article published by The Revelator, author and environmental activist Rick Bass lays out the importance of the Black Ram region of the Yaak Valley, and explains what we need to do to protect it. You can read the piece in full here.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service have decided not to appeal a ruling issued in March 2024 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto, which determined that the Flathead National Forest’s current road management plan is inadequate for new logging projects. In light of the agencies choosing not to appeal, on February…

Missoula, Montana—Today, several conservation organizations and grizzly bear proponents released their vision that bolsters support for a unified grizzly bear population within the Northern Rockies—offering a holistic framework for recovery, management, and sustainable coexistence between bears and people. Titled “A New Vision for Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Northern Rockies,” the report from nine conservation…

This proposal to mine into the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and create a potential future superfund site endangers our public lands, threatens species, water quality, and local communities.

The year 2025 begins the 9th calendar year of our defense of the ancient forest at Black Ram, in the northwest corner of Montana’s Yaak Valley. As part of our ground-truthing of the Black Ram proposal and the ancient inland rainforests that help comprise it, we have realized the necessity of preserving the area as…

As we wrote last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed a plan to manage grizzly bears as a new, smaller distinct population segment (DPS).  Under this plan, the area in which grizzlies are currently protected via the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which encompasses the lower 48 states, would be drastically reduced…