In
1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. Nearly 30
years later, Colorado has done the same. How will it play out?
All Stories
A Tale of Two Revivals: How Yellowstone Helped Return Wolves to Colorado
March 31, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Colorado's Proposition 114 brought wolves back to the Centennial State. It was was the first voter-led wildlife reintroduction in American history.](/content/articles/ic_1712004387_400x300_true.jpg)
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A Fusion of Western Artists
March 12, 2024 // MoJo Interview
![Cary Morin: an artist on an artist](/content/articles/ic_1710279844_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain Journal speaks with
singer-songwriter Cary Morin about his latest album release, a collection of
songs inspired by Montana artist Charlie Russell's paintings.
The Arrival of Harriman’s Iconic Trumpeter Swans
November 22, 2023 // OPINION: Essay
![Nearly extinct by the early 1900s, trumpeter swans have made an impressive comeback thanks to conservation efforts](/content/articles/ic_1700178387_400x300_true.jpg)
By the early 1900’s trumpeter swans were nearly extinct, but concerted efforts have reinvigorated their numbers. Land around Harriman Ranch State Park has produced more cygnets than any other region in
Idaho.
Read MoreLooking Past The Cliches of 'Western Art'
June 18, 2023
![Bill Stockton's portrayal of a sunset](/content/articles/ic_1686990209_400x300_true.jpg)
In her new award-winning book 'Montana Modernists,' Michele Corriel declares that artists from the West are so much more than frontier portrayals of cowboys and Indians
Read MoreTo Stop A Grizzly And How Bear Spray Saved A Life
June 6, 2023
![A large male grizzly approaches the camera in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1686093007_400x300_true.jpg)
When a grizzly bear charged Keegan David, he had seconds to
react. He shared his story with Mountain Journal.
It's Too Soon To Delist Grizzly Bears
February 21, 2023
![Grizzlies facing massive threats to secure habitat in Northern Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1676997028_400x300_true.jpg)
In this op-ed, longtime grizzly bear conservationist Lance Olsen notes how threats to the bear's fragile ecological recovery are expanding and intensifying
Read MoreCitizen Groundswell Rises Up To Keep A Montana Lake Quaint
October 7, 2022
![Would an industrial strength outdoor recreation resort 'enhance' Holland Lake?](/content/articles/ic_1665416426_400x300_true.jpg)
Utah outdoor adventure company, known for running ski resorts, seeks Forest Service permission to dramatically expand human footprint on Holland Lake
Read More'To Reach The Spring' Is A Wake Up Call For Ecosystem And Planet
April 15, 2021
![What do we take away from an Old Faithful eruption?](/content/articles/ic_1618499076_400x300_true.jpg)
Charlie Quimby reviews Nathaniel Popkin's thought-provoking new book which asks: How and why are we programmed to gluttonously consume Earth's resources, including wildness?
Read MoreThe Watercolored Trout Of La Pescadera
February 10, 2021
![Catching and releasing inspiration](/content/articles/ic_1612972940_400x300_true.jpg)
Caroline Price's art has assumed greater meaning, reminding us of the things that matter most. She knows by personal experience
Read MoreIn Wyoming, Will Liz Hold The Upper Hand?
February 1, 2021
![Cheney asks: loyalty to Trump or country?](/content/articles/ic_1612227017_400x300_true.jpg)
The Week That Is: Sadler and Wilkinson talk the fate of Cheney, fractures in GOP and Trump's attempt to turn Wyoming against her
Read MoreTR, The Imperfect President Who Changed The Way A Nation Thinks About Nature
August 21, 2020
![On what basis should Roosevelt be judged?](/content/articles/ic_1598029798_400x300_true.jpg)
Charlie Quimby reviews David Gessner's new book 'Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness'
Read MoreWhen The War Finally Comes (to America's First National Park)
April 4, 2020
![A bison trying to survive winter in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1586047499_400x300_true.jpg)
Ready for survivalism, are you? Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller indelicately dismantles the End-Times fantasy. There is no place humans can run to escape ourselves
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
Read MoreWith 'Cold Country' A New Writing Star Is Born
March 24, 2020
![Is 'Cold Country' headed to the big screen?](/content/articles/ic_1585072522_400x300_true.jpg)
Behind the pages: Charlie Denison interviews Montana writer Russell Rowland about a novel set in Paradise Valley
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