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The Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3

February 19, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

A packed Capitol rotunda in Helena, Montana, for the February 19 Rally for Public Lands
The U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” As a blizzard of public lands change sweeps out of Washington, D.C., activists around Greater Yellowstone ponder tactics to help them keep what they hold dear.
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The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 2

February 18, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

The federal government employs as many as 10,000 wildland firefighters each year. With hiring freezes in place nationwide, fire season is in limbo
Executive orders coming from the White House could transform a range of core issues affecting Greater Yellowstone. From Forest Service and BLM priorities to national park staffing cuts, public lands advocates must brace for a long season of conflict.
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The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1

February 17, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

Axolotl Lakes southwest of Ennis, Montana, in the foothills of the Gravelly Range
As organizers prepare for the biennial Rally for Public Lands, the conservation world faces down a changing climate, an administration determined to dismantle environmental protections, and its own internal contradictions.
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Back to the Land

January 19, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

BLM's Missouri Breaks National Backcountry Byway in North Central Montana
Tracy Stone-Manning turned in her BLM keys last week. As she exits civil service, she reflects on her career, the incoming administration, and the public’s love for public land.
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Fighting for Survival

January 14, 2025 // NEWS: Analysis

FWS on Jan. 8 announced its decision to keep grizzlies protected under the Endangered Species Act
At a charged time for grizzly bears, MoJo takes you inside the complex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to keep grizzlies on the endangered species list.
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The Daunting Challenges Facing Canada Lynx

January 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

The elusive, nocturnal and threatened Canada lynx
As a warming climate grips North America, the lynx remains threatened in the Lower 48. It could get worse.
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The Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution

September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History

Rosalie Barrow Edge, "Hawk of Mercy"
Rosalie Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?

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Can We be Better ‘Masters of the Household?’

July 19, 2024 // OPINION: Column

In an age of selfie sticks and overcrowding, wildlife need their space
As residents and visitors in Greater Yellowstone, Susan Marsh writes that we must consider other species and give them the respect—and space—they deserve.
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Homeward Bound

January 19, 2024 // NEWS: Film Review

Mule deer migrate hundreds of miles to winter grounds from Grand Teton National Park
A new documentary released by the Wyoming Migration Initiative chronicles the travel and travails of Grand Teton mule deer.
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Lethal Rotenone Plan Aims to Trade Wilderness Rainbows for Cutthroat

December 5, 2023 // NEWS: In Short

The plan to use rotenone would kill rainbow trout in Buffalo Creek to be replaced by cutthroat
After Custer Gallatin National Forest issued a decision to kill off rainbow trout with rotenone north of Yellowstone, a Montana group filed lawsuit against the Forest Service over plan to 'poison' Buffalo Creek.
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The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 3: Suzanne Lewis

November 14, 2023 // Interview Series

Suzanne Lewis served as Yellowstone's superintendent from 2002-2010, the only woman to have ever held the post
In Part 3 of our interview series with the past four superintendents of Yellowstone, Suzanne Lewis, the first and thus far only woman to lead America's first national park, talks fishing, bison, snowmobiles, and the visitation capacity Yellowstone has (or doesn’t have) down the road.
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Dayton Duncan on Tragedy, Hope and Duality in New PBS Doc ‘The American Buffalo’

October 15, 2023 // MoJo Interview

King of the range: The bison, America's National Mammal
The acclaimed writer and filmmaker discusses his latest collaboration, "The American Buffalo," a two-part film with Ken Burns premiering on PBS Oct. 16 and 17
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Seen from Above

October 11, 2023 // Opinion

Author Thomas Turiano: climb to a point of prominence and your sphere of awareness will grow
Mountain climbing, sense of place, and, after 15 years out of print, the second edition of Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone
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A 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?

August 8, 2023

A greater version of Yellowstone fit for the 21st century?
To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
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