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What it means to stand at the Crossroads of the West
July 20, 2023
![Perception versus reality: The West ain't what you see in old cowboy films](/content/articles/ic_1689873857_400x300_true.jpg)
In her latest book, "True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America," Betsy Gaines Quammen takes a deep look into the myths of the West and how we our future lies in the balance
Read MorePeacock The Firebrand Asks: Is Fighting For Wild Earth Worth It?
May 17, 2022
![Peacock during his searching years in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1652838319_400x300_true.jpg)
Doug Peacock battles for grizzly conservation, inspired an Ed Abbey character and served as a Green Beret medic in Vietnam. His new memoir is perfect read for summer
Read MoreBeloved Beasts Is A Perfect Read For The West—And Our Time
June 24, 2021
![Nijhuis: We've rallied before—and we can again](/content/articles/ic_1624519794_400x300_true.jpg)
New important book by Michelle Nijhuis tracks evolution of American conservation and arrives at this conclusion: there is still hope but we have to act now
Read MoreCovid Reflections: Before The World Shut Down Sarah DeOpsomer Got Sick
March 28, 2021
![A string of covid masks in southwest Montana](/content/articles/ic_1616980154_400x300_true.jpg)
A year after the pandemic reached the interior West and brought the globe to a standstill, this Bozeman resident survived her own brush with the virus. Now she looks back
Read MoreExploring The Causes Of Groupthink
February 5, 2021
![What are the sparks of groupthink hostilities?](/content/articles/ic_1612501224_400x300_true.jpg)
Timothy Tate: What happened at the US Capitol is symptomatic of social anxieties that pervade politics and environmental issues, too
Read MoreIs High-Flying Bozeman, Montana Losing The Nature Of Its Place?
November 24, 2020
![Does Bozeman have the courage to be different?](/content/articles/ic_1606174866_400x300_true.jpg)
Analysis: Is this capital city of Greater Yellowstone, along with Gallatin County, becoming the poster children for how not to develop a wild corner of the American Serengeti?
Read MoreWolf As Avatar: When A Lobo 'Stepson' Takes Over The Pack
September 30, 2020 // Wolves
![Meet Mighty Wolf 21](/content/articles/ic_1601494922_400x300_true.jpg)
Ted Kerasote review Rick McIntyre's 'The Reign of Wolf 21,' a dramatic sequel to the Yellowstone naturalist's critically-acclaimed debut about the most famous lobos on earth
Read MoreSaunders, DeOpsomer Bring Experience In Community, Conservation And Business To MoJo
May 21, 2020
![Two dynamos: Emilie and Sarah](/content/articles/ic_1590101134_400x300_true.jpg)
From childhoods in Alaska and East Anglia, these dynamic women want journalism to play vital role in shaping Greater Yellowstone's future and deepen citizen stakeholdership
Read MoreAmmon Bundy Claims Covid-19 Safety Guidelines Exploited By Government To Attain More Power
April 5, 2020
![Like father, like son: Cliven and Ammon Bundy](/content/articles/ic_1586116552_400x300_true.jpg)
Betsy Gaines Quammen wrote a book about the Bundys. In Part 2 of an interview with Rebecca Watters, she discusses militants, the search for truth and conservation-minded Mormons
Read MoreCoronavirus On The Doorstep: The Pandemic Reaches America’s Isolated Flyover
April 2, 2020
![Doctor from another time fighting a pandemic](/content/articles/ic_1585335980_400x300_true.jpg)
In a real-life potboiler, Sarah DeOpsomer pens a personal journal about Covid-19's arrival in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and waiting for her own (positive) test results to come in
Read MoreThe West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19
March 30, 2020
![Cliven Bundy](/content/articles/ic_1585603001_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion' |
How Can 'We' Better Live In Panic-Stricken Times?
March 28, 2020
![Words at Story Mill Park in Bozeman](/content/articles/ic_1585414600_400x300_true.jpg)
It's normal to feel stressed out and alone, so what can we do about it? Timothy Tate, Bozeman psychotherapist, shares a few thoughts about creating the transformation we need
Read MoreOf God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals
March 24, 2020
![A cowboy petroglyph?](/content/articles/ic_1585089358_400x300_true.jpg)
In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism
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