Update: I’ve put the story online as a pdf here.

In this month’s “Environmental Affairs” column at Men’s Journal, I took a crack at deciphering the debate over the Yellowstone grizzly bear population, and whether it should come off of the Endangered Species List. The decision — which looks most likely to be a done deal in favor of taking it off — has some environmentalists up in arms. Surprisingly, though, other conservationists back “delisting.” Have the bears “recovered” enough to declare a kind of victory? Or are the threats to their survival still grave enough warrant keeping them on the list?

The story isn’t online, so you’ll have to pick up a copy if you’re interested. Here are the first couple paragraphs: Read more

This entry was posted on Monday, July 17th, 2006

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I'm Evan Ratliff, a freelance journalist and writer for Wired, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

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