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Dan Stahler: Yellowstone Wolf Project's New Alpha
October 27, 2023 // MoJo Profile
![Dan Stahler recently took over as lead wolf biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project and is following some big footprints](/content/articles/ic_1698450666_400x300_true.jpg)
The new lead biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project has big shoes to fill. He’s taking cues on resilience from mentors, science and the wildlife he studies.
Read MoreHow Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Could Be Delisted And Remain Protected
July 18, 2023
![A grizzly mother with cubs in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1689708387_400x300_true.jpg)
States are pushing hard to remove America's most famous grizzly population from federal protection. The primary reason is obvious. Why aren't we doing the same with bald eagles?
Read MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
![Bill Kerr, who helped create a global destination for wildlife art in Jackson Hole](/content/articles/ic_1688674272_400x300_true.jpg)
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 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
Are Western Mountain Towns Ready For The Coming Flames?
March 21, 2023
![Can't happen here? The Bridger Foothills Fire was Bozeman's WUI wake-up call](/content/articles/ic_1679357907_400x300_true.jpg)
Rural sprawl is expanding the "wildland-urban interface." It is elevating the costs and perils of dealing with wildfire, and taxpayers are footing the bill. Part 2 in our ongoing series
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 More'Real' Wolves, Yellowstone and Humans’ Place in the Discussion Revealed at ‘Night of the Wolves’
January 12, 2023
![Conrad Fisher of the Northern Cheyenne/Tsėhéstáno and Shane Doyle regale panelists and the crowd](/content/articles/ic_1673574153_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo hosts three preeminent wolf experts at The Ellen Theatre, bestows first-ever Conservation Courage awards at sold-out event
Read MoreFrom Humble Roots to Global Green Giants
December 12, 2022
![Friends with vision in the Tetons: Jane Goodall and Yvon Chouinard](/content/articles/ic_1670888487_400x300_true.jpg)
Yvon Chouinard and Jane Goodall exude a spirit of selfless wildlife conservation that put Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone on the map
Read More'Wild' Horses: Are There 'Too Many' In The West?
September 26, 2022
![A wild horse in central Wyoming](/content/articles/ic_1665416595_400x300_true.jpg)
Few topics stir more passion. In Writers on the Range, Ted Williams and Scott Beckstead debate wild horse management
Read MoreMountain Journal Adds Managing Editor To Expand Its Impact
September 23, 2022
![MoJo's new ME Joe O'Connor](/content/articles/ic_1665416969_400x300_true.jpg)
Joseph T. O'Connor, multimedia veteran in covering the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, joins MoJo team as part of series of big operational moves
Read MoreJuggernaut: Industrial Recreation Deepens Its Tear Across America's Wildlands
April 27, 2022
![At what point is nature conquered?](/content/articles/ic_1651096624_400x300_true.jpg)
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 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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