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Bison Injures Visitor In Yellowstone

May 2, 2018

A bison bull in Old Faithful area
Idahoan tossed off trail at Old Faithful area by buffalo. First incident of 2018
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What is 'Give Big' And Where Do Southwest Montanans Fit In?

April 30, 2018

   Our sweet city and valley
With Give Big, every act of generosity counts. A 24-hour blitz to benefit every corner of the non-profit community in Greater Bozeman. 
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How Do We 'Make Meaning' Of Places Like Yellowstone?

April 26, 2018

Meghan Gupta, an undergrad at Yale, sends a message to herself in middle age
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A Winterkeeper Finds His Yellowstone Doppelgänger In Africa

April 25, 2018 // Wildlife, Yellowstone

Steve Fuller
Has Steven Fuller's life in the American bush left him bosebevokked?
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This Is Our Common Place To Celebrate The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

April 24, 2018

Historic map of Yellowstone 1904
Meet here: Mountain Journal may be idealistic but we still believe your voice matters
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Slower Motion: The Joy Of Dilly-Dally In An Age Of Speed

April 23, 2018

Electric Peak, Gallatin Range, NPS Neal Herbert
Susan Marsh asks: how much of nature registers if we are zooming through it?
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Survivors: Why Yellowstone Bison Are Sacred And Deserve Special Care

April 17, 2018

NPS / Neal Herbert
Park Superintendent Dan Wenk says the recovery of buffalo in America's oldest national park represents one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories in U.S. history
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Killing The Yellowstone Icons They Are Encharged to Protect

April 15, 2018

Still image taken from Yellowstone NPS video
Park Superintendent Dan Wenk talks about how his rangers loathe having to destroy bison to appease the Montana Department of Livestock
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Lee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand

April 12, 2018

Montana's Lee Metcalf stood tall with giants
Mike Mansfield called Metcalf the state's greatest senator. In part 2 of Ed Kemmick's series, he also stood out as a no-apology conservationist
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Weakening Wilderness Act Is Antithetical To Principle Of Landmark Law

April 10, 2018

The author seeking wilderness
Writer Michael Dax says efforts by hardcore recreation user groups to undermine wilderness protection are self-serving and short-sighted
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What Would The Muries Say About Recreation, Conservation And Wildness?

April 10, 2018

Aldo Leopold and Olaus Murie
Martin Murie answered the question. The late son of Olaus and Mardy Murie penned this piece only a few months before he died in 2012.
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In Yellowstone Bison Controversy, Would 'Supervaccine' Be A Silver Bullet Solution?

April 9, 2018

Yellowstone superintendent Dan Wenk notes that slaughter of bison is really a battle over public land grass with livestock industry
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The Mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Is 40

April 9, 2018

The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness towering over Yellowstone
In this two-part tribute, writer Ed Kemmick celebrates not only landmark wilderness in Greater Yellowstone but Lee Metcalf, the senator who made it happen
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Shifting Values: Are Funhog Towns 'Better' Than The Ones They're Replacing?

April 4, 2018

Composite photo by MoJo staff.  Biker photo courtesy Courtney Nash.  Large bear photo courtesy Wikimedia user Kallerna.  Cub photos courtesy Yellowstone NPS
Everybody wants to use the resources of Greater Yellowstone. But how are such uses benefitting wildlife and wild places that make our region world-renowned?
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