Vital News
Vital News is the official publication of The Vital Ground Foundation and is published biannually in the spring and fall. The publication contains regular features, member profiles, project updates, and the latest land conservation and grizzly bear news. Vital News archives are available in PDF format. A free PDF reader from Adobe can be downloaded here.
Spring 2010 (1.5 MG): New Acquisition at Bismark Meadows; New Conservation Easement at Cedar Creek; Idaho Forest Legacy Program Update; Our Commitment to Stewardship; Vital Ground's Biggest Challenge Ever; Ten Spoon Winery: Business Partner; News and Notes; Brown Bear's World.
Fall 2009 (2 separate files): New Idaho Forest Legacy Project; Bear-proofing Dumpsters; Cabinet-Purcell Connections; Strength of Connections Campaign; Wild Bear Adventure; New Grizzly for the Cabinets; Griz Spirits Live On; Conservation Colleague; Brown Bear's World: Studying Grizzlies and Salmon. Fall 2009 file 1, pages 1-10 (3.7 MB); Fall 2009 file 2, pages 11-20 (3.8 MB).
Spring 2009 (1.5 MB): Habitat Protection in North Idaho's Curley Creek Valley; New project in Montana's North Fork Flathead Valley; Member Profile: Jack Langer; Sausha Seus and her Ambassador Wolves; New Fundraising Challenge for Bismark Meadows, ID; Vital Ground Video Released; Brown Bear's World: Human Hazards.
Fall 2008 (2.2 MB): One New Acquisition Plus Two New Opportunities to Protect Idaho's Bismark Meadows; Darkwoods Project: Canada Protects 136,000 acres in BC; Montana Legacy Project: Good News for Grizzlies; Neighbors Join Forces in Bane Creek; Schatz Ranch on Continental Divide Protected Forever; Wild Bear Adventure in Knight Inlet; Business Partner Profile: Treasure Mountain Inn; 2008 Bart the Bear Memorial Campaign; Message from a Member; Brown Bear's World: Revealing Genes.
Spring 2008 (3 MB): New Swan Valley easements; $100k grant received for new transboundary initiative; First Vital Ground project leverages new project dollars; French bear delegation visits Vital Ground; The Gracious Nature of Brown Bears; REI partners with Vital Ground; Ten Spoon Winery+Vineyard launches Prairie Thunder; Our charter Silvertip Legacy Circle members; Brown Bear's World: Critical Links.
Fall 2007 (1.22 MB): Our largest easement yet completed in north Idaho; LTA Conference tackles climate change; First habitat project in Canada; Doug Seus offers bear bronzes; Adventure to Knight Inlet; Member profile: Jack Noll; First charitable gift annuity donated; Brown bears and wildfire.
Spring 2007 (1.02 MB): Cooney Creek Project Helps Secure Critical Linkage Habitat; Elk Creek Conservation Area-Phase I Complete; TNC and VG Protect 8,500 Acres on Rocky Mountain Front; VG Supports Open Lands Initiative for Missoula County; Our Vital Ground Ambassadors; and more.
Fall 2006 (975 KB): Swan Valley Grizzly Bear Habitat Conservation Initiative; Member Profile: Heather and Derek Reich; New Tax Legislation; and more.
Spring 2006 (633 KB): Coyote Forest Conservation Easement; Vital Ground Receives $150,000 Challenge Grant Pledge; Grizzly Habitat in Northern Idaho Donatated to Vital Ground; Alaska Conservation Partnerships; and more.
Fall 2005 (1.3 MB): Selkirk Grizzly Bear Habitat Conservation Initiative; Vital Ground Moves to Historic Fort Missoula; Celebrating 15 years; Idaho Project; Retiring Grazing Allotments; and more.
Spring 2005 (712 KB): Gary J. Wolfe, Ph.D., Vital Ground's New Executive Director; Alaskan Conservation Partnership; Vital Ground Teams with State of Montana and Elk Conservation Group to Conserve Critical Wildlife Range; TNC-Vital Ground Partnership along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front; Vital Ground Moves North to Grizzly Country; and more.
Summer 2004 (531 KB): Grizzlies and Other Threatened Species Enjoy Protected Habitat in Idaho's Selkirk Mountains; Three Tracts Near Alaska's Wood Tikchik State Park Conserved; Grizzly Conservation in Northern Idaho Protects Bears Outside of National Parks; Vital Ground Retires More Grazing Leases on Public Land; and more.
Fall/Winter 2003 (2.6 MB): Landmark agreement to protect Grand Teton Habitat; More Wetlands saved on the Rocky Mountain Front; Jennifer Aniston to star in "Growing Up Grizzly 2" on Animal Planet; More Critical Habitat Protected in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Spring 2003 (1.4 MB): Greetings from Knight Inlet, Canada; Afognak Island Protection Effort Well Underway; Grizzlies Greet the Spring; Art Auction Supports Land Conservation.
Winter 2002 (610 KB): Vital Ground Goes Back To The Front; In Memoriam, wilderness photographer Galen Rowell; Ask The Experts; Getting The Bear Facts Out; A Modern Grizzly Tale; and more.
Summer 2002 (1.1 MB): Letter from the Chairman; Putting Your Contributions to Work to Protect Our Wild Places; The Importance of Private land Conservation to the Great Bear's Future.
Spring/Summer 1995 (2.8 MB): Premiere Issue (2.8 MB):What is The Vital Ground Foundation; My First Encounter; Grizzly Facts; The Toy Property; Habitat Watch Alert.