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Montana, Wyoming among states petitioning Supreme Court to block EPA’s new pollution standards
July 26, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana's Colstrip Power Plant](/content/articles/ic_1722019114_400x300_true.jpg)
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
Read MoreMountain 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 MoreOn ‘A River’
July 17, 2024 // Book Review
![The professor. Norman Maclean was as at home in the classroom as he was on Montana waters.](/content/articles/ic_1721235906_400x300_true.jpg)
A new
biography dives into the life of author Norman Maclean, his writing and his
motivation behind the greatest fly-fishing story ever told.
Counting Cougars
July 11, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
![The elusive and magnificent "Ghost of the Rockies" in its element.](/content/articles/ic_1720721609_400x300_true.jpg)
In this guest essay, photographer and Yellowstone guide MacNeil Lyons recounts the top 10 most thrilling mountain lion sightings he's experienced.
Read MoreSave Bears, Drink Cider
June 25, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Attractants like human garbage, apple trees and birdseed can lure bears into towns in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1719345383_400x300_true.jpg)
Wyoming’s
only cidery is on a mission to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Greater
Yellowstone. They say harvesting neighborhood apples is the key.
Have Wolves Returned Yellowstone to its Natural State?
May 24, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995, wolves have had major impacts on Yellowstone National Park. Some scientists are wondering, to what extent?](/content/articles/ic_1716593686_400x300_true.jpg)
Wolves
have affected the ecosystem in the park, but new study says they may be just
one component of a trophic cascade.
Wolf Whacking Must Go
May 14, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
![A lone female wolf trudges through the snow near Tower Junction in Yellowstone's Northern Range](/content/articles/ic_1715717109_400x300_true.jpg)
On the
heels of a wolf that was tortured and killed in Wyoming, Mountain Journal
columnist Franz Camenzind says laws need to change.
The Healing Nature of Nature Therapy
May 8, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
![Sun shines in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley](/content/articles/ic_1715209360_400x300_true.jpg)
In a world
stuffed with technology and distraction, Bradley Orsted reaches out to touch
the natural world in Greater Yellowstone.
In Praise of Mud Season
May 3, 2024 // OPINION: Column
![As spring touches down like so many wet snowflakes, the perennial dicentra Steer's Head begins to bloom](/content/articles/ic_1714762464_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo columnist Susan Marsh shrugs off the damp and cool of
spring in the Northern Rockies to get outside and rediscover enchantment in the
season.
What Dreams May Come
April 29, 2024 // MoJo Interview
![The host of the "Who Runs This Park?" podcast in her element: Nature.](/content/articles/ic_1714432285_400x300_true.jpg)
Maddie Pellman, host
of the ‘Who Runs This Park?’ podcast, discusses how dreaming big delivered her dream
job.
Paradise Planned
April 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Park County is looking to preserve its rural beauty and way of life](/content/articles/ic_1713551401_400x300_true.jpg)
An April 16 commission vote
clarified the process for updating Park County's growth policy.
Read MoreA Monumental Moment
April 14, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![The proposed Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument would comprise up to 1.6 million acres](/content/articles/ic_1713130507_400x300_true.jpg)
Advocates
see Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument as path toward permanent
environmental protections for Greater Yellowstone.
A Tale of Two Revivals: How Yellowstone Helped Return Wolves to Colorado
March 31, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Colorado's Proposition 114 brought wolves back to the Centennial State. It was was the first voter-led wildlife reintroduction in American history.](/content/articles/ic_1712004387_400x300_true.jpg)
In
1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. Nearly 30
years later, Colorado has done the same. How will it play out?
Taking Account of Gallatin County
March 26, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Gallatin County still has large tracks of open land. But for how long?](/content/articles/ic_1711483212_400x300_true.jpg)
Officials are seeking public input to inform
Future Land Use Map and Housing Strategy.