Grizzlies on My Mind: Essays of Adventure, Love, and Heartache from Yellowstone Country, Leach Michael W.

Leach is a Yellowstone insider with unmatched passion for this nations first national park. At the age of twenty-two, Leachs dream of becoming a Yellowstone ranger came true. It wasnt long before hed earned the nickname Rev for his powerful Yellowstone sermons.

In Grizzlies on My Mind, Leach shares his love for Yellowstone--its landscapes and wildlife, especially its iconic bison and grizzlies--as he tells tales that will delight anyone interested in the national park system, wildlife and wild landscapes, rivers and adventure. Heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of human lives lost, efforts to save a black bear cub, a famous wolf who helped Leach through some dark personal days, the unique and oftentimes humorous Yellowstone culture, backpacking trips that nearly ended in disaster, and Leachs spiritual journey with his Assiniboine-Gros Ventre brother fill the pages--and the readers heart.