Some Argue The Reason We Remove Animals From Federal Protection Is To Hunt Them. Are They Right?
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Why Don't We Shoot Bald Eagles For Sport And Fun?
November 7, 2017 // Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
A Tribute To The Ancient Ones High On The Mountain
October 23, 2017 // Climate Change, Endangered Species, Public Lands
What does a forest tell us about our past and future? Scientist Jesse Logan pays tribute to the vanishing whitebark pine and shares what it foreshadows for America's wildest ecosystem in the Lower 48
Read MoreWhither The Mighty Wolverine?
October 22, 2017 // Endangered Species, Public Lands, Wildlife
Few in number and scattered sparsely across huge geographic areas, wolverines are still hanging on in Greater Yellowstone. But for how long? Rebecca Watters says they need a human strategy to insure their persistence.
Read MoreWith So Many Known Unknowns, Lance Olsen Connects Dots And Datapoints
August 14, 2017 // Climate Change, Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Endangered Species, Public Lands, Science
Missoula-based ecologist Lance Olsen keeps MoJo readers apprised of important research in the scientific literature that has implications for conservation in the Northern Rockies and beyond.
Read MoreJesse Logan Explores GYE Backcountry In From Granite To Grizzlies
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Conservation, Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears, Public Lands, Science
Just as you can't separate the forest from its trees, you can't extract one strand of the web without stretching, stressing or breaking another. From his basecamp home in Paradise Valley, halfway between Yellowstone and Livingston, retired forest researcher Jesse Logan shares insights about climate change that's already upon us.
Read MoreSteve Primm Wades Into The Sagebrush Sea
August 14, 2017 // Co-existence, Columnists, Community, Community Change, Endangered Species, Public Lands, Ranching
Most people dwelling in Greater Yellowstone might live in towns and small cities but rural people and their lands hold the key to ecological resilience. With his regular column, Sagebrush & Cranesong, Steve Primm will examine the issues relating to co-existence between country people and nature on the western front of the Greater Yellowstone region.
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