Montana federal judge rules the agency violated NEPA, orders EIS to analyze how its wildlife management practices
affect grizzly bear connectivity.
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USDA’s Wildlife Services Under Microscope for Killing Grizzlies
November 25, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
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Can a Groundwater Recharge Program Save Teton Valley's Farmers?
April 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
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.
The Complex and Confounding Task of Wrangling America’s Wild Horses
March 7, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
As
management agencies wrangle with wild horse management, advocates, nonprofits
and the general public are pushing back.
Homeward Bound
January 19, 2024 // NEWS: Film Review
A new documentary released by the Wyoming Migration Initiative chronicles the travel and travails of Grand Teton mule deer.
Read MoreIn Cadence: ‘Mni Wiconi’ and the Great Observers
January 16, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
Recalling the 2016 Standing Rock demonstrations protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, a Lakota woman reflects on the rhythm and power of water.
Read MoreNew Research Suggests Montana FWP Wolf Count High
December 14, 2023 // NEWS: Feature
Bozeman-based researcher says agency's model for counting wolves is wrong. FWP disagrees citing a lack of peer review.
Read MoreTo Stop A Grizzly And How Bear Spray Saved A Life
June 6, 2023
When a grizzly bear charged Keegan David, he had seconds to
react. He shared his story with Mountain Journal.
How A Citizen Is Raising Awareness About Threat Of Grand Targhee Expansion
June 1, 2023
Howie Garber’s new book touches on the beauty of wildness
through a photographer’s lens
Under The Stars, Your Big Chance To Attend Two Wildlands Concerts Of The Summer
July 23, 2022
Wanna See Brandi Carlile, Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell and Indigo Girls Perform Live? You Can. We Have Tickets
Read MoreJuggernaut: Industrial Recreation Deepens Its Tear Across America's Wildlands
April 27, 2022
Is outdoor recreation Manifest Destiny 2.0? Get ready, the West is about to experience a rush to expand the outdoor recreation infrastructure like never before. Is that a good thing for nature?
Read MoreRevealing Yellowstone's Ancient Prequel
April 1, 2022
From the "First Family" in the Yellowstone region twelve millennia ago to today, Shane Doyle says a teepee encampment reminds that humans have a deep history in this part of the world
Read MoreA Seat-Of-The-Pants Cartoon Ripped From The Headlines
December 26, 2021
When it comes to wildlife conflict, John Potter asks, why do animals often get blamed for human misbehavior?
Read MorePowder Daze: Where Bighorns No Longer Wander
December 15, 2021
Cartoonist John Potter says in many parts of the backcountry, any 'balance' between the desires of outdoor recreationists and the needs of sensitive wildlife is out of whack
Read MoreCelebrating Our Extended Earthly Families
November 25, 2021
There is kinship in everything around us, if only we open our eyes, cartoonist John Potter reminds
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