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UPDATE: Biscuit Basin Explosion Sent Debris Hundreds of Feet in Air, Deemed 'not Volcanic'
July 25, 2024
![Remains of the day following the July 23 hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1721936170_400x300_true.jpg)
After a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin destroyed a park boardwalk and sent visitors scrambling, NPS and USGS geologists say the explosion "was not caused by volcanic activity."
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.
As Wildfire Season Looms, Firefighters Battle Low Pay and Low Snow
February 20, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Wildland firefighters on their commute to the office](/content/articles/ic_1708458617_400x300_true.jpg)
The
Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act could permanently raise federal
firefighter salaries. But even if Congress can pass it, the proposed
legislation still isn’t a perfect fix.
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 MoreWildland Firefighters: Slash and Burn?
November 9, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![On November 17, federal wildland firefighters face a fiscal pay cliff, which could be "calamitous" for America's forests](/content/articles/ic_1699559925_400x300_true.jpg)
As wildfires
rage hotter and spread faster, federal wildland firefighters are facing a fiscal
pay cliff on Nov. 17, and with it a potential 50 percent slash in workforce.
Ecosystem Engineers: Wyoming Beavers Deployed to Repair Wetlands
November 2, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![Beavers are expert dam builders, and their industrious behavior helps repair eroded streambeds by trapping sediments and slowly raising water levels](/content/articles/ic_1698950354_400x300_true.jpg)
In Wyoming, land managers are relocating ‘nuisance’ beavers to enhance riparian areas. Their dams can even curb wildfires.
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 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'
Read MoreDino Bone Museums Create Local Stars, Drive Tourism To Some Western Towns
May 8, 2023
![A T. Rex at Bozeman's Museum of the Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1683557810_400x300_true.jpg)
Struggling remote communities can benefit by keeping prehistoric bones in area where they are found, Adam Larson says in this piece from Writers on the Range
Read MoreA Time To Rally: When Ted Turner Gave Jacques Cousteau An End-Of-Life Pep Talk
April 23, 2023 // Conservation, Science
![Jacques Cousteau and his prized pupil Ted Turner](/content/articles/ic_1501690978_400x300_true.jpg)
Cousteau, once the most famous conservationist in the world, was a father figure to Ted Turner. In old age, Cousteau became cynical. Here's what Turner told him
Read MoreBig Sky, Montana: A New West Mountain Town Primed For Its Own 'Big Burn'?
April 19, 2023
![Where there's smoke there's a big fire brewing](/content/articles/ic_1681947846_400x300_true.jpg)
This high-profile resort community is at 'very high risk to wildfire' and an emblem for the dangers of building in the Wildland-Urban Interface. Part 3 in MoJo's ongoing series
The Gray Ghosts Of Change: Can The Grizzly 'Bear Tree' Be Saved?
April 3, 2023
![A grizzly on the hunt for food moves through a Northern Rockies forest](/content/articles/ic_1680462909_400x300_true.jpg)
The whitebark pine tree is receiving federal protection at same time states are pushing to remove grizzlies from imperiled list. A story about how fate of trees and bears is intertwined