Esteemed nature writer and long time resident of the wildest region of the lower 48 states, THE YAAK of northern Montana, Rick Bass makes his case to re-route a proposed hiking trail that under existing plans, cuts into the heart of the territory that the remaining 25 Grizzly Bears call home in the wild Yaak

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Ruckus Over A National Hiking Trail: A MoJo Interview With Writer And Conservationist Rick Bass

SHOULD THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRAIL BE RE-ROUTED IN THE YAAK VALLEY TO INSURE HABITAT FOR AN IMPERILED POPULATION OF GRIZZLIES REMAINS PROTECTED?

Mountain Journal; 6/25/19

Rick Bass: Isolated populations of any imperiled animal disappear at higher rates than populations connected to others of their kind. The Yaak population of 25 Grizzly Bears is in trouble. We feel that even one more summer of the northern hiking route poses an unacceptable risk for the Yaak’s last grizzlies and continues also to put hikers and bears in the same space at the same time in a way that’s not good for other parties

The wild Yaak, a fortress of rare wildness set within an expanding sea of human domination, but can it last? Photo courtesy Rick Bass