Category: Photography

Yellowstone Visitors Need to See the Wolves in Order to Care about them. Spitfire’s Legacy

by Deby Dixon Spitfire, Fall of 2016, by Deby Dixon Recently, I've posted a series of articles about issues that have arisen since the death of Spitfire.  My intent was…
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ETHICS OF WOLF PHOTOGRAPHY IN YELLOWSTONE NP

by Deby Dixon, a wolf photographer and advocate Spitfire, March 2013 Recently, Spitfire, or wolf #926F, was killed by a hunter in Silver Gate, MT, only a mile from the…
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Collaring Wolves in Yellowstone

A recipe for habituating wolves? Yellowstone Wolf Project collars more wolves Less than a week after we learned that Yellowstone Wolf Project leader, Doug Smith, is considering hazing wolves in…
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How Wolves Become Habituated to Humans in Yellowstone National Park

Lamar Canyon Gray Pup with no Fear of Humans, Roads or Vehicles "Despite no close human contact, and only being watched through scopes for about one month, at approximately 600…
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Habituated Wolves in Yellowstone – What to do?

Yellowstone wolves and habituation   This was the large gray pup that I called Big Gray, Jr., born after his daddy, 925, was killed by the Prospect Peak pack. The…
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Publications in the Washington Post

Writing about and photographing wildlife is my passion but I did not know that until later on in my life.  Once the bug caught, I could not let it go.…
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  High winds last night led us right to a fierce winter storm and several inches of new snow.  It was absolutely beautiful this morning at my little forest getaway,…
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Running Bear

It was kind of a luxury day beginning with opening my eyes to early morning and clear blue skies, only to decide to shut them again.  Many, many hours of…
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Wolf Prints in the Thermals

Day two of the Yellowstone season opener was just as exciting and adventurous as day one, and it ended on a perfect note, with this brand new bison calf near…
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All who wander are not lost

I look forward to opening day in Yellowstone during every day of the winter season.  That moment when I get to leave the Northern Range and venture south to Old…
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One Morning in Yellowstone

One Morning in Yellowstone During one morning in Yellowstone, this past weekend, I encountered the circle of life - from death of the elderly due to natural causes, to the…
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I saw a buttercup!

We are on the threshold of spring here in Yellowstone.  The snow is melting quickly, leaving a lot of bland brown with budding green grasses emerging from the surface.  It…
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A Personal Exploration of the Ethics of Wildlife Photography in Yellowstone

A Personal Exploration of the Ethics of Wildlife Photography in Yellowstone "Jane (Goodall) has taught me to never hold back in trying to protect the things you love, that if…
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Lamars and Mollies 3/12/2015

After yesterday’s slow, lazy and quiet day in Wolf World I knew better than to expect a similar one today.  Just does not happen that way lately. The Prospect crew…
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