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The Greater Yellowstone Drought Continues
May 10, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley. December 9, 2023](/content/articles/ic_1715374185_400x300_true.jpg)
After recording a low-snow season in much of the GYE, weather experts predict a warm, dry summer, but ‘normal’ wildlife conditions.
Read MoreIf Grizzlies Delisted, Here's What Montana Plans to do
April 3, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana FWP says not much will change in terms of grizzly bear management. Not everyone agrees.](/content/articles/ic_1712178949_400x300_true.jpg)
Is the Treasure State’s proposed Grizzly Bear Management Plan really a grizzly hunting plan?
Read MoreHearing the ‘Hush of the Land’
March 5, 2024 // MoJo Interview
![Legendary outfitter Smoke Elser's new book "Hush of the Land" is published this month](/content/articles/ic_1709683486_400x300_true.jpg)
Smoke
Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss their new book, Hush of the Land,
chronicling decades of mule-packing trips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
Premiere of the Queen
February 15, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![As a 25-year-old mother in 2020, Grizzly 399 emerged from hibernation with four cubs](/content/articles/ic_1708039782_400x300_true.jpg)
Grizzly 399 is
the most famous bear in the world. The new film, 399: Queen of the Tetons,
makes its world premiere at Missoula’s Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 16
Forests of Immortal Stories
January 31, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
![Old-growth forests, whether in large continuous stands or scattered pockets, have long found refuge in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1706719978_400x300_true.jpg)
In her latest essay, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh writes how ancient trees draw human love in Greater Yellowstone and across the globe.
Read MoreGuardrails on Growth in Paradise
December 18, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Absaroka range rises in the distance above Livingston, Montana](/content/articles/ic_1702924192_400x300_true.jpg)
As
land-use conflicts near a tipping point in Paradise Valley and surrounding locales, Park County Commissioners vote to
update the county's Growth Policy
Mapping Our Values
October 20, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Gallatin County is the fastest growing county in Montana by more than 20 percent over the next fastest growing county](/content/articles/ic_1697831902_400x300_true.jpg)
With 122,000 residents, Gallatin County is the fastest growing county in Montana. A working group recently unveiled its Sensitive Lands Protection Plan aiming to guide county growth.
Read MoreWeighing new options for Yellowstone bison, NPS records 12,500 comments
October 5, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Bison roam the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1696543929_400x300_true.jpg)
Deadline for public comment on new bison management plan is Oct. 10
Read MoreBear Tags As Revenue Generators: How Much Will Wyoming Make Bringing Back Griz Hunt?
July 26, 2023
![One of Grizzly 399's original three cubs, 587](/content/articles/ic_1690402824_400x300_true.jpg)
One of the arguments states use in pushing for grizzly delisting is bringing back a trophy season to help them recoup money they've spent on bear recovery. Does the premise add up?
Read MoreRick Bass: Let The Yaak Be Another Momentus First In American Conservation
July 25, 2023
![A bull moose in the Yaak Valley rainforest](/content/articles/ic_1690314659_400x300_true.jpg)
In this guest essay, the writer suggests that protecting old growth trees in the Kootenai could establish Montana as a national reference in confronting climate change
Read MoreThis ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have
July 14, 2023
![Totems of Greater Yellowstone's "bearish" economy](/content/articles/ic_1689362980_400x300_true.jpg)
Often cast as liabilities and villains by politicians, grizzlies and wolves in Yellowstone region are bullish assets that keep delivering dividends—as long as they remain alive
Read MoreIn Gallatin Gateway, Battle Rages Over Proposed 'Glampground' on Gallatin River
June 20, 2023
![The Gallatin River and site of the proposed glampground called Riverbend](/content/articles/ic_1687281247_400x300_true.jpg)
Since 2020, lawsuits and appeals dominate debate over 58-unit glampground planned for island in 'crown jewel' waterway
Read MorePondering Loneliness When You Live In A Place Some Call Shangri-la
June 16, 2023
![For most people, seeking solitude is different from living a solitary life](/content/articles/ic_1686937957_400x300_true.jpg)
People flee to the wilds seeking solitude and yet there's a crisis of human disconnection now gripping America. Therapist Timothy Tate explores what's behind it
Read MoreSolving the Mystery of Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’
May 26, 2023
![Master engraver Chris Wormell was specially commissioned to provide original artwork for the Centennial Edition of "Big Two-Hearted River"](/content/articles/ic_1685142038_400x300_true.jpg)
John Maclean’s foreword to Hemingway’s early masterpiece in the recently published ‘Centennial Edition'
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