

Facilitating Animal Movements; Reducing Roadkill
Highway underpass for wildlife I spent 4 days last week engaged in a favorite pastime -- fly fishing for trout. But fishing isn't what I...

Bruce Smith
Jul 312 min read


The Tortoise Engineers
Aldabra tortoise It's easy to become overwhelmed by the distressing news coming from Washington, D.C. day after day. And in a recent...

Bruce Smith
Apr 211 min read


New species found
A blob-headed fish from Peru No one knows how many species of life inhabit the Earth, but estimates range from 9 to 10 million, not...

Bruce Smith
Jan 91 min read


Montana Supreme Court upholds Held versus Montana decision!
Eleven of the plaintiffs in Held v. Montana I didn't intend to do another blog post before the New Year, but this was too noteworthy to...

Bruce Smith
Dec 22, 20241 min read


Conservation for Public Lands
A new Department of Interior rule could put conservation, recreation, and renewable energy on equal footing with traditional priorities...

Bruce Smith
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Restoring a river, reviving nature
This linked 5-minute video tells a very big story -- so big that there has never been such a restoration of a river system and its salmon...

Bruce Smith
Apr 15, 20241 min read


Wildlife during Wartime
An article about conservation I came across caught my attention. It describes the dangerous conditions under which Ukranian biologists...

Bruce Smith
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Toad Conservation
For years, a small, relatively unknown animal has fought off extinction on the high plains of southeast Wyoming. Thanks to recovery...

Bruce Smith
Oct 21, 20231 min read