Gallatin Wildlife Association

02/18/2026

https://yellowstonian.org/retired-forest-service-biologist-criticizes-proposed-logging-near-yellowstone/

Dr. Sara Johnson, former wildlife biologist on Custer-Gallatin National Forest, says in this op-ed that agency didn't fully consider impacts. For her, it's a flashback to conflicts of old

02/18/2026

Find the GWA at this author talk with Leila Philip regarding the restorative role of beavers on the landscape!

01/13/2026

Read GWA president Clint Nagel's Op-Ed in defense of las month's court victory over the Forest Service on the South Plateau Timber Project.

https://missoulian.com/opinion/column/article_ba1d323f-0c28-4f08-bbcd-6d7011e3e93c.html

https://billingsgazette.com/opinion/column/article_0331cfce-30ed-5abe-877b-0b1fd90594cc.html

https://mtstandard.com/opinion/column/article_7dd869c0-700b-5576-ab1a-4a01d75f3545.html

In a Dec. 30 guest view, Tom Partin, a representative of the American Forest Resource Council, described the federal court decision over the South Plateau Project in these terms: a

01/13/2026

Find the GWA at tomorrow's event, hosted by Gallatin Valley Earth Day!

11/17/2025

10/11/2025

EPA Signs Off on Montana’s New Clean Water Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on a decision to allow Montana to revert to 'narrative' standards for water instead of numeric testing and comparison.

10/11/2025

Dominick A. DellaSala: Keeping GYE wild is as important today as it was in the 1990s

In my 40-year career as a global conservation scientist, I have designed science-based protected area proposals for conservation groups from Montana to the tropics.

08/28/2025

Join us Friday (Sept 12th) for an illuminating presentation given by Dr. Dominick DellaSala

08/12/2025

This Wednesday on Wilderness & Wildlife...

Tune in online here: https://kgvm.org/program/wilderness-and-wildlife/

08/12/2025

The Gallatin Wildlife Association sponsors a weekly radio program on KGVM-FM Bozeman called Wilderness & Wildlife.

The program features the voices of researchers and advocates in all matters relating to wildlife and their habitats.

Ben Churchwell is the current host of Wilderness & Wildlife. You can tune in each Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:00 PM on KGVM 95.9. Past episodes can be found on KGVM's website, as well as other platforms.

Tune in online here: https://kgvm.org/program/wilderness-and-wildlife/

08/11/2025

On August 5th, Judge Donald Molloy ruled in favor of conservation groups, including the Gallatin Wildlife Association, vacating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's finding that western gray wolves do not merit ESA listing.

This victory represents a collaborative push for science-based decision making in the management of wolves.

Photo by Jacob W. Frank, NPS