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A Tribute To The Ancient Ones High On The Mountain
October 23, 2017 // Climate Change, Endangered Species, Public Lands
What does a forest tell us about our past and future? Scientist Jesse Logan pays tribute to the vanishing whitebark pine and shares what it foreshadows for America's wildest ecosystem in the Lower 48
Read MoreWhat's In A Yellowstone Place Name? A Man Of Infamy, It Turns Out
September 18, 2017 // Culture, Yellowstone
Mountain Journal columnist Jesse Logan says Army Col. John Gibbon, who has a river and meadow named after him in Yellowstone National Park, should have those honors revoked for what he did to the Nez Perce
Read MoreOf Bias And Bears: Is Delisting Greater Yellowstone's Grizzlies Based On Science Or Politics?
September 12, 2017 // Grizzly Bears
For several decades, Jesse Logan gained renown as a forest ecologist. He says the scientific rationale behind removing bears from federal protection doesn't hold up to scrutiny. First part in an ongoing series.
Read MoreJesse Logan Explores GYE Backcountry In From Granite To Grizzlies
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Conservation, Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears, Public Lands, Science
Just as you can't separate the forest from its trees, you can't extract one strand of the web without stretching, stressing or breaking another. From his basecamp home in Paradise Valley, halfway between Yellowstone and Livingston, retired forest researcher Jesse Logan shares insights about climate change that's already upon us.
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