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Draft National Wildfire Plan Under White House Consideration Returns Firefighting ‘to the 1930s,’ Experts Say
April 18, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
On the cusp of wildfire season, a new proposal recommends consolidating all federal firefighting resources, calls for immediate fire suppression.
Read MoreThe Man Behind the Snowpack
December 3, 2024 // MoJo Interview
Eric Larson knows how critical water is in the West. As
winters get warmer, the snowpack data Larson and his colleagues collect may benefit
everything from ranchers and climate scientists to reservoir managers and wildlife.
Wyoming Researcher Receives Aldo Leopold Award
August 29, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
The American Association of Mammalogists recognized Matthew Kauffman for his lasting conservation contributions through migration
studies.
Finding our MoJo
October 2, 2023
As Mountain Journal ramps up coverage, a letter from its Interim Executive Director and Managing Editor
Read MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
Read MoreThe Big Picture: Pondering Greater Yellowstone's 'Elephants In The Room'
February 17, 2023
Test your ability to detect subtle changes that often seem invisible. Then apply your newfound insight to thinking about Greater Yellowstone's rapid transformation
Twilight Of The Yellowstone Winterkeepers
December 24, 2022 // Yellowstone
With 50 years of solitude, Steven Fuller is a living legend in Yellowstone and an endangered 21st-century icon
Read MoreGrizzlies Around Yellowstone Are Entering A Big Squeeze
May 16, 2022
Past research shows bears are sensitive to small amounts of habitat intrusion by recreation and development. But what's the impact now as both of those go boom?
Read MoreShould Park Landmarks Honor People of Infamy?
December 30, 2020
Gustavus Doane, who participated in Marias Massacre of more than 200 Blackfeet, has summits named after him in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks
Read MoreMillennial Tapped To Lead Major Greater Yellowstone-Based Research Group
November 24, 2019
Ben Williamson of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative has ideas that challenge the way his elders have approached conservation. Read the MoJo interview
Read MoreWild, Tangled Hair: How A Younger Western Woman Got Her Groove
February 25, 2019
For Anna Vanuga, leaving Wyoming for Montana unearthed a new life through art. Her story will touch your heart
Read MoreIn A Heating-Up West, Must Business-As-Usual Conservation Be Interrupted?
July 1, 2018 // Forest Service
Lance Olsen says the movement of protecting ecosystems needs to change its thinking if it wants to save them
Read MoreIt's Now The 2050s. A Woman Reads A Postcard From Yellowstone In 2018
May 16, 2018
Yale student Anna Reside ponders the future Millennials and GenZers will call their own
Read MoreMountain Trail Runner
May 6, 2018
Renn Meuwissen debuts a new column on exploring the delights of responsible trail running in the northern Rockies
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