An essential principle of wildlife recovery is that animals must be free to move across the landscape. The ability to roam is necessary to search out unoccupied territory, to track down resources in a changing climate, and to secure an influx of fresh genes when breeding.
My piece in the Fall issue of Sierra Magazine explores this principle through the lens of grizzly bears. There’s good news here. Grizzlies are expanding their range in the northern Rockies thanks to highway crossings, cohabitation efforts, and the creation of bear smart communities.
Wildlife doesn’t need half the earth. They need the right habitats, intelligently connected by people willing to give them a chance.
Enjoy “Good Neighbors” in Sierra.
Christopher J. Preston 