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When Climate Change Seems Overwhelming, Focus On Local Nature-Based Solutions
March 29, 2023
With a distinguished career advising large business and working internationally, Lara Birkes returned home to Montana. In this op-ed, she identifies reasons to have hope
Read MoreAre Western Mountain Towns Ready For The Coming Flames?
March 21, 2023
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 MoreWolverines: Barometers For Pondering Impacts Of The Anthropocene
March 12, 2023
Changes in habitat and rising human pressures leave many wondering how long just 300 or so wolverines can persist in the West
Read MoreIn Jackson Hole, Good News About CWD—For Now
March 5, 2023
Senior biologist with National Elk Refuge says Chronic Wasting Disease hasn't shown up there yet. But any sense of solace is probably short lived
Read MoreMayor Ghosts Nature In Bozeman's Annual State Of The City Address
March 1, 2023
It's strange how so few elected officials in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are willing to speak out for our world-class wildlife. And that does not bode well
Read MoreMontana, In The Wake Of 'Yellowstone' and 'A River Runs Through It'
February 27, 2023
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 MoreKissing The 'Quieter Side' Of The Tetons Goodbye?
February 27, 2023
Will Grand Targhee Resort expansion put Teton Valley, Idaho on course to become a doppelgänger of Big Sky? A county commissioner voices her concerns
Read MoreIf Jackson Hole Is On Wrong Path, Then What Is The Right One?
February 26, 2023
In this opinion essay, Jonathan Schechter, a member of the Jackson town council, explains why he voted against an affordable housing project
Read MoreIt's Too Soon To Delist Grizzly Bears
February 21, 2023
In this op-ed, longtime grizzly bear conservationist Lance Olsen notes how threats to the bear's fragile ecological recovery are expanding and intensifying
Read MoreThe Big Picture: Pondering Greater Yellowstone's 'Elephants In The Room'
February 17, 2023
Test your ability to detect subtle changes that often seem invisible. Then apply your newfound insight to thinking about Greater Yellowstone's rapid transformation
A Rumination On Architecture: Don't Let Your Dream Home Leave Wildlife Homeless
February 16, 2023
MoJo columnist Lori Ryker reminds how our "human footprint" is exacting huge consequences for wild denizens of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Read MoreWhen Humans Assert Their Oversized Egos On The Land
February 6, 2023
As trophy homes invade beloved public viewsheds, Richard Knight says the West has become an exploiter's paradise
Read MoreWhat's The Real Future For Grizzlies In Greater Yellowstone?
January 25, 2023
Free public event with renowned grizzly scientist Chris Servheen will get at the burning question: 'Can One of America's Greatest Wildlife Success Stories Continue?'
Read MoreHow Bills To Stop Killing Coyotes With Snowmobiles Went Down In Flames
January 19, 2023
Former Montana lawmaker
questions what kind of religious people who worship Creator would condone torturing
living products of creation?