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Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss their new book, Hush of the Land,
chronicling decades of mule-packing trips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
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A 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?
August 8, 2023
![A greater version of Yellowstone fit for the 21st century?](/content/articles/ic_1691537596_400x300_true.jpg)
To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
Read MoreMontana’s Climate Kids Should Adopt Wildlife As Their Mascot
July 23, 2023
![What kind of landscapes are we creating for others to dwell inside?](/content/articles/ic_1690148146_400x300_true.jpg)
Citing the state constitution, young people in Montana sued the state over climate change. Win or lose, wildlife conservation would strengthen their case with the public
Read MoreThis ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have
July 14, 2023
![Totems of Greater Yellowstone's "bearish" economy](/content/articles/ic_1689362980_400x300_true.jpg)
Often cast as liabilities and villains by politicians, grizzlies and wolves in Yellowstone region are bullish assets that keep delivering dividends—as long as they remain alive
Read MoreTwilight Of The Yellowstone Winterkeepers
December 24, 2022 // Yellowstone
![Portrait of Steven Fuller by Neal Herbert/National Park Service](/content/articles/ic_1515017835_400x300_true.jpg)
With 50 years of solitude, Steven Fuller is a living legend in Yellowstone and an endangered 21st-century icon
Read MoreCitizen Groundswell Rises Up To Keep A Montana Lake Quaint
October 7, 2022
![Would an industrial strength outdoor recreation resort 'enhance' Holland Lake?](/content/articles/ic_1665416426_400x300_true.jpg)
Utah outdoor adventure company, known for running ski resorts, seeks Forest Service permission to dramatically expand human footprint on Holland Lake
Read MoreHow Much Is Enough? (To Save Or Destroy A World-Class Ecosystem?)
March 13, 2022
![How much is enough to save or destroy an ecosystem](/content/articles/ic_1647274681_400x300_true.jpg)
New ongoing MoJo series comes at time of record visitation to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole, crowded rivers, exploding development pressure, surging outdoor recreation and climate change
Read More“Never Here”: Battle Royale In MN Boundary Waters' Mine Fight Has Ties To Greater Yellowstone
November 16, 2021
![Boundary Waters: a wilderness marvel in America's Lower 48](/content/articles/ic_1637102210_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain Journal interviews Becky Rom who is hoping to stop a mega copper mine, backed by Chilean investors, from harming the Lower 48's premier water wilderness
Read MoreMore People, More Griz Does Not Have To Mean More Conflict
September 12, 2021 // Grizzly Bears
![A grizzly in Glacier National Park](/content/articles/ic_1631497478_400x300_true.jpg)
As Jessianne Castle reports in this story from wild country around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, it's how humans behave that can keep people and bears safe
Read MoreMontana Defiantly Puts Yellowstone Wolves In Its Crosshairs
September 9, 2021 // Montana, Wolves, Yellowstone
![A member of Yellowstone's Delta Pack](/content/articles/ic_1631214833_400x300_true.jpg)
In unprecedented move, new hunting and trapping regulations would allow every wolf coming into state from America's first national park to be killed as a trophy
Read MoreWildness Ought To Make Us All The Wiser
August 16, 2021
![Imagine Greater Yellowstone if there were no grizzlies](/content/articles/ic_1629153783_400x300_true.jpg)
We crave and need contact with nature but, as Joseph Scalia writes in this essay, technology and human numbers are shrinking back the feel of wild places. That's why, he says, we need to protect more of them
Read MoreWired Differently: Young Americans And Wildland Conservation
June 21, 2021
![Young people have their own definitions of wild nature](/content/articles/ic_1624328037_400x300_true.jpg)
Professor Don Snow, life-long student of the West, reflects on the generational divides in thinking about nature—what's an improvement and what might not be
Read MorePitched Agony
February 28, 2021
![Eddy Prugh battles for the ball and a place on a team](/content/articles/ic_1614571470_400x300_true.jpg)
For a young athlete, is it better to chase a spot at the top and fall short, or make the grade then get cut? In his ongoing series, Eddy Prugh's journey of hard knocks continues
Read More"Public Trust" Is A Film About America's Natural Heritage That Will Rile You
October 16, 2020
![The Sheenjek River flows from ANWR](/content/articles/ic_1602880688_400x300_true.jpg)
Patagonia made a film about America's great natural asset—our public lands—and it is raising a ruckus. We interview the Montana journalist who appears in it. You can also see the film here, now.
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