Earthfire Stories

Huckleberry Bear Bear • Photo by Michael Stillwater

Two ground squirrels standing by the entrance to their underground burrow
Grace and Grit: Life on the Ranch
Runoff has begun in the Tetons as our abnormally warm winter turns into an abnormally warm spring. While there is still snow above the alpine, warming temperatures have already filled...
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Hope the wolfdog in the Earthfire Institute office
Given how poorly humans treated Hope at the beginning of his life, it’s surprising he chose to trust us. His trust did not come easily, but that’s what made it...
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Bramble, a Brown Bear that lives at Earthfire Institute, walks through the snow in his enclosure
Grace and Grit: Life on the Ranch

We are surrounded by beauty, magic and connection on a daily basis here at Earthfire. The native land on which we reside. The majestic Teton Mountains to our east. The...

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Three wolves silhouetted against an image of the moon and stars

Earthfire’s first obligation is the care of our animals. The next is to share the incredible, unsuspected capacities they have and how much they are like us in their emotional...

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Akela, a resident wolf at Earthfire Insititute, standing on some rocks in the wildlife garden

Named after the elderly leader of the wolf pack in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Akela is a handsome five-year-old wolf with a distinctively long snout and expressive golden eyes....

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Frosted branches and a snowy landscape at sunrise
Life on the Ranch

We are surrounded by beauty, magic and connection on a daily basis here at Earthfire. The native land on which we reside. The majestic Teton Mountains to our east. The...

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