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Mountain Bikers Push to Ride Through Wilderness
July 23, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
![The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana is one of 54 wilderness areas in the U.S. totaling 9.1 million acres](/content/articles/ic_1721765406_400x300_true.jpg)
In June, Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill to allow mountain bikes in Wilderness areas. In his op-ed, Kevin Proescholdt writes that weakening Wilderness protections is a slippery slope.
Read MoreBears Emerge from Slumber in Greater Yellowstone
May 2, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![A grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain, Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1714666601_400x300_true.jpg)
As bruins make spring entrance
in the GYE, federal
agencies announce the reintroduction of grizzlies in the North Cascades.
Can a Groundwater Recharge Program Save Teton Valley's Farmers?
April 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The aquifer in Idaho's Teton Valley has been diminishing for years. One local group is hoping to change its trajectory.](/content/articles/ic_1712605516_400x300_true.jpg)
In Teton Valley,
Idaho, where water is as precious as its native trout, irrigators and
environmental groups have teamed up to recharge the area’s diminishing aquifer.
In the process, they want to do something novel: find someone to pay farmers for
the effort.
2023 a ‘Good Food Year’ for Yellowstone Grizzlies
January 11, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![In October 2023, Grizzly Bear 566 weighed in at a whopping 716 pounds, three shy of the Greater Yellowstone record](/content/articles/ic_1704988622_400x300_true.jpg)
Last fall, Grizzly 566
weighed in at a near record-breaking 700 pounds, Mountain Journal spoke with a grizzly expert for the latest in health
and population trends for bears in Greater Yellowstone.
Bear 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 MoreGrizzlies Spotted North Of I-90 Between Bridgers and Crazies, And In Pryors
July 12, 2023
![Photo of grizzly taken between Bridger and Crazy mountains](/content/articles/ic_1689209268_400x300_true.jpg)
Confirmed in new landscapes, bears on exploratory sojourns show how they can wander. Preventing conflict and being safe requires humans being aware and living smartly
Read MoreCould Ecological Restoration Be The New Outdoor Recreation?
June 26, 2023
![Young restorers give back to a landscape bigger than themselves](/content/articles/ic_1687796193_400x300_true.jpg)
By giving back, rather than only taking, we can hold the line in saving wildness and give places new life. Dr. Richard Knight explains how in Writers on the Range
Read MoreFamous Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 Wows Again, But Now What?
May 18, 2023
![Model of Motherhood: 399 and her new cub out of hibernation](/content/articles/ic_1684459521_400x300_true.jpg)
Emerging with her 18th cub as part of a historic legendary life, 399 is 27, long in the tooth and still transforming our perceptions of grizzlies. Now it's our turn to be on best behavior
Read MoreWill Yellowstone Eventually Restrict Visitors?
April 20, 2023
![Bumper-to-bison-to-bumper traffic in Yellowstone. What's the solution?](/content/articles/ic_1682012217_400x300_true.jpg)
Cody Enterprise Publisher John Malmberg looks at ways to solve traffic and crowding in America's first national park
Read MoreMontana, In The Wake Of 'Yellowstone' and 'A River Runs Through It'
February 27, 2023
![Is all the attention destroying last, best places?](/content/articles/ic_1677094311_400x300_true.jpg)
Thirty years after Norman Maclean's novella was brought to big screen, many are lamenting how it, and the TV melodrama 'Yellowstone' have fueled an inundation of western Montana
Read MoreDoug Peacock Calls Out Loss Of Mother Griz And Cubs In Idaho
December 8, 2022
![A Greater Yellowstone grizzly mother and cub](/content/articles/ic_1670529068_400x300_true.jpg)
The longtime grizzly conservation activist argues in this opinion piece that fed, state actions are undermining their push to delist bears
Read MoreYellowstone: Icon of Infamy or Convenient Scapegoat?
December 5, 2022
![A family of Sheepeaters (Tukudika) photographed west of Yellowstone in 1871](/content/articles/ic_1669958245_400x300_true.jpg)
Montana writer Todd Burritt pens a scathing review of Megan Kate Nelson's portrayal of America's first national park in her book 'Saving Yellowstone'
Read MoreWhy 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
![The "balance" between private land development and conservation is landing hard on some of America's most famous wildlife populations](/content/articles/ic_1666893445_400x300_true.jpg)
The only way Greater Yellowstone, America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, stands a chance of being saved is if there's a game plan. Glaringly, none now exists
Read MoreHow Serious Are We, Really, About Protecting The Yellowstone Ecosystem?
February 9, 2022
![What's good for grizzlies is good for all Greater Yellowstone wildlife](/content/articles/ic_1644422814_400x300_true.jpg)
If the answer is saving America's greatest wildlife region, Catherine Semcer writes, then a more valiant and courageous effort aimed at conserving private lands needs to begin right now
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