November 23, 2001

Saving the Environment: Money Talks

By MALCOLM G. SCULLY

Hank Fischer, the northern Rockies representative for the Defenders of Wildlife, and one of the people most responsible for the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park and in central Idaho, often tells a story about his early efforts to bring the wolves back.

In 1984, he invited a group of ranchers to a meeting in St. Anthony, Idaho, where he planned to start the hard work of persuading his less-than-enthusiastic audience of