Known as the Matriarch of the Tetons, 399 was a 28-year-old who lived her life primarily in Grand Teton National Park and was arguably the most famous bear in the world.
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Yellowstone Bison Plan Looks to Balance Interests
August 6, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

While
conservation groups have largely praised the new plan to govern bison
populations within Yellowstone, Montana’s governor and its ag community are
concerned about conflicts when those animals leave park boundaries.
Mayor Ghosts Nature In Bozeman's Annual State Of The City Address
March 1, 2023

It's strange how so few elected officials in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are willing to speak out for our world-class wildlife. And that does not bode well
Read MoreKissing The 'Quieter Side' Of The Tetons Goodbye?
February 27, 2023

Will Grand Targhee Resort expansion put Teton Valley, Idaho on course to become a doppelgänger of Big Sky? A county commissioner voices her concerns
Read MoreRon Marlenee Was A Proud Burr In The Hiking Boots Of Environmentalists
April 30, 2020

The former Montana Congressman who died this week could be prickly but he delighted in delivering zingers and representing rural people
Read MoreThe Wild West: How Do We Deal With Its Rapid Transformation?
June 19, 2019

Mountain Journal intern Jordan Payne gets a crash course on the New West and titanic forces shaping its future
Read MoreA Life In Wonderland
February 23, 2018 // Yellowstone

Yellowstone's legendary "winter keeper" Steven Fuller takes readers on an intimate exploration of the world's first national park. Every few days he serves up a new dispatch here
Read MoreYellowstone Winterkeeper Remembers His Famous Story In National Geographic
January 29, 2018 // Yellowstone

Forty years ago, Steven Fuller wrote a story for National Geographic on the park's cold extreme isolation. Now he takes a look back
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