Rob Smith

December 19, 2016 at 3:44 pm

Invest in national parks, America’s common ground | Op-Ed

The national parks have major maintenance backlogs. Time for Congress and the president-elect to invest in these treasures and create jobs.

FILE– A grizzly bear is shown in Montana in this file photo, date unknown. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offered no surprises Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, as it opted for its preferred alternative to reintroduce a minimum of 25 grizzly bears in the Bitteroot Mountains of central Idaho and western Montana over five years. Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne immediately promised a court battle to keep “these massive flesh-eating carnivores” from being turned loose in his state. (AP Photo/File)

LA801

March 22, 2015 at 5:06 pm

Grizzly bears can make North Cascades a piece of wild America | Guest columnist

Bringing grizzly bears back to the North Cascades is a way to restore the natural ecosystem and not something to fear.

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