To learn more about the bison and other environmental issues in the West, please visit one of the following:
The Buffalo Field Campaign is dedicated to stopping the
needless slaughter of bison who wander outside the boundaries
of Yellowstone National Park into neighboring Montana.
www.buffalofieldcampaign.org
If you're interested in learning more about innovative solutions to ranching/conservation issues, High Country News recently featured an excellent article about conservation easements by Jon Christensen; an article that concludes: "Neither cows nor conservation will even be an option in the future if conservationists and ranchers don't pull together." Read more at:
www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=14648
This article by Ron Tschida, which appeared recently in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, highlights the work of the Undaunted Stewardship Program, sponsored jointly by the Montana Stockgrowers Association, the BLM and Montana State University College of Agriculture. The program recognizes ranchers' contributions to conservation, and illustrates how ranching and conservation are not mutually exclusive.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5456231
The Wolf Recovery Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to the restoration of wolves in the Rockies. The "Ralph" sub-page has valuable information on bison and grizzly also.
www.forwolves.org
If you'd like to "visit" Yellowstone's elk and bison populations, an excellent DVD set (Ruttin' Elk and Ruttin' Buffler) can be ordered at: http://www.customflix.com/Store/ShowTtl.jsp?id=204948. The passion of the video's producers and cinematographers, barb abramo and Phil Morton, for Yellowstone's elk and buffalo comes through in these amazing videos that bring you up close to the animals during rutting season.
If you'd like to learn about other issues I've written about in previous books, here are some great sources of information:
Biopiracy:
ETC group (formerly the Rural Advancement Foundation International)
is a group dedicated to the conservation and advancement of cultural
and ecological diversity and human rights.
www.etcgroup.org
Ethical and legal issues surrounding clinical trials:
"Uninformed Consent: What Patients at "The Hutch"
Weren't Told about Experiments in Which They Died." This
is a Seattle Times in-depth, 5 part investigative series by Duff
Wilson and David Heath about clinical trial abuse at the renowned
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/uninformed_consent/
Corporate greed/ethics:
The Corporate Library keeps track of some very interesting data
regarding public corporations.
www.thecorporatelibrary.com
The Blackfeet Nation and Reservation
www.blackfeetnation.com
Tor/Forge Books (April's publisher)
www.tor.com
The Cowboy Hall of Fame (recently renamed the National
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) because my grandfather was
inducted into the Museum's Hall of Great Westerners!
www.cowboyhalloffame.org |
