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Proper Protection or Perverse Incentive? Orgs Challenge ESA Process
March 14, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Two Montana nonprofits have filed suit against the Endangered Species Act’s ‘Blanket Rule.’
Read MoreLabor Board Temporarily Reinstates Laid-off Forest Service Workers’ Employment
March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

The order by the Merit Systems Protection Board gives USDA five days to comply with a stay on the workforce reduction.
Read MoreGrizzlies: Double Vision
February 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

With the Endangered Species Act comment period ending March 17, states and advocates are at odds over the future of grizzly bears.
Read More‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout
February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.
Read MoreThe Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3
February 19, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

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.
Read MoreThe Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1
February 17, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

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.
Read MoreMyth-Busting and the Great Gray Wolf
January 26, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

As we look back on the 30 years since the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone, we examine what wolves are and what they aren’t.
Read MoreBack to the Land
January 19, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

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.
Read MoreUnpacking a ‘Uniquely Mysterious’ Development Proposal in Paradise Valley
December 10, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
Read MoreThe Heartbeat of Wild Places
February 4, 2024 // Feature story

Deep in the wildest terrain in the Rockies, a mysterious discovery tells the story of a battle between Montana's most lethal predators. And why we need them on the landscape.
Read MoreDayton Duncan on Tragedy, Hope and Duality in New PBS Doc ‘The American Buffalo’
October 15, 2023 // MoJo Interview

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
Read MoreBear Tags As Revenue Generators: How Much Will Wyoming Make Bringing Back Griz Hunt?
July 26, 2023

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 MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023

Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
Read MoreCould Ecological Restoration Be The New Outdoor Recreation?
June 26, 2023

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
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