Western Confluence Magazine

Western Confluence, an annual magazine from the Ruckelshaus Institute, provides a forum for natural resource managers, decision makers and stakeholders to share their stories, and engages a wide audience to think critically about how we take care of our natural resources in the West.

Browse the Western Confluence website or navigate to specific issues below.

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	Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Tourism Issue 13, 2023 Happy Trails: Lessons from Curt Gowdy on outdoor recreation design By Katie Klingsporm Elk Heyday: Booming elk numbers create a rare opportunity for hunting and tourism By Janey Fugate Amenity Trap: Skyrocketing housing prices drive residents out of desirable outdoor recreation communities By Kristen Pope
	Where Conservation & Prosperity Intersect Issue 12, 2022 Bison on Wind River: Restoring a wildlife economy and revitalizing culture By Janey Fugate Silver Linings: How Colorado coal country could save the Yampa River  By Randy Rhea Flight Interrupted: Biologist works to protect eagles on collision course with wind power By Jill Bergman
	Road Ecology Issue 11, fall 2021 Ride for Roadkill: Montana cyclists are helping make the state's roads safer for wildlife and people By Birch Malotky Repairing a Fragmented Landscape: Interstate 80 severed wildlife habitats 50 years ago. Can we reconnect them? By Gregory Nickerson Ernie's Road: The engineer behind a lonely desert highway By Claire Giordano
	Invasive Species Issue 10, spring 2020 Cheatgrass on Fire: The race to save an ecosystem By Sarah J. Keller The Four-Footed Watercraft Inspector: Can specially trained dogs keep invasive mussels out of western waterways? By Maria Anderson To Kill or Not to Kill?: Managing charismatic ungulates in the Tetons By Emily Reed
	People on Public Lands Issue 09, fall 2018 Why We Have Federal Lands: The citizens and leaders behind our public land heritage By Chris Madson Banking on Trails: Laramie could be the next western town to cash in on public lands recreation By Kit Freedman Rebel Yell: Why the Sagebrush Rebellion didn't end with Malheur By McGreggor Cawley
	Averting Extinction Issue 08, winter 2018 Return of the Grizzly: No longer federally protected, is the great bear ready to strike out on its own? By Manasseh Franklin Collaborate or Litigate: Local collaboration faces off against outsider litigation in the long, slow process to help a threatened species By Courtney Carlson Endlings By Alec Osthoff
	Our Energy Future Issue 07, winter 2017 Carbon Capture: Wyoming Could Lead the World to a Clean Energy Future By Emilene Ostlind Turbines on the Horizon: How the Western Grid Could Unlock Wyoming's Wind Energy By Nicole Korfanta The Next Frontier: Net-Zero Energy Homes in Wyoming By Kit Freedman
	Sustaining Working Landscapes Issue 06, summer 2016 How Ranchers Make Ends Meet in the Twenty-First Century By Geoff O'Gara Carnivores, Not Condos: Ranches Provide Key Wildlife Passages Between Two Protected Ecosystems By Sarah Jane Keller Conservation Easements: An Open Spaces Protection Tool Worth Reforming By Emilene Ostlind
	Recreation and Tourism Issue 05, winter 2016 Can a Tourist-Driven Economy Fill the Gap as Energy Revenue Falters? By Samuel Western National Parks Respond to Climate Change By Kristen Pope The Booming Business of Antler Hunting on Private Lands By Nicole Korfanta
	Wildlife Habitat Issue 04, summer 2015 Two Migrations: The Splash of One Fish Ripples Through an Ecosystem By Charlie Reinertsen The Feedgrounds Conundrum: Brucellosis Spreads By Emilene Ostlind Bird v. Bird: Sage Grouse and Their Avian Predators By Sarah Gilman
	Water Issue 03, winter 2015 One Irrigator's Waste is Another's Supply By Ariana Brocious Supercomputer-Powered Model Improves Water Planning By Stephanie Paige Ogburn Aquifer Recharge: Underground Storage Helps Sustain Water Supplies By Emilene Ostlind
	Forests Issue 02, summer 2014 Beetle-Kill Fuels Bioenergy By Kelly Hatton The Economics of Protecting Homes in the Wildland-Urban Interface By Samuel Western If Beetle-Killed Trees Aren't Using Water, Where Is It Going? By Liz Nysson
	Rangelands Issue 01, winter 2014 Greater Sage Grouse: The Bird that Brought the West Together By Mike Brennan Cattle as Ecosystem Engineers By Justin Derner, Emily Kachergis, and David Augustine Conservation Grazing: Ranchers Lead the Way By Emilene Ostlind

 

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