Wyoming’s
only cidery is on a mission to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Greater
Yellowstone. They say harvesting neighborhood apples is the key.
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Yellowstone Tourism Leaving Massive Carbon Footprint
April 23, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Yellowstone National Park visitors emit more than a megaton of CO2 each year](/content/articles/ic_1713907764_400x300_true.jpg)
Striking new study quantifies Yellowstone tourism
emissions. TLDR: it’s a lot of CO2.
If Grizzlies Delisted, Here's What Montana Plans to do
April 3, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana FWP says not much will change in terms of grizzly bear management. Not everyone agrees.](/content/articles/ic_1712178949_400x300_true.jpg)
Is the Treasure State’s proposed Grizzly Bear Management Plan really a grizzly hunting plan?
Read MoreA Tale of Two Revivals: How Yellowstone Helped Return Wolves to Colorado
March 31, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Colorado's Proposition 114 brought wolves back to the Centennial State. It was was the first voter-led wildlife reintroduction in American history.](/content/articles/ic_1712004387_400x300_true.jpg)
In
1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. Nearly 30
years later, Colorado has done the same. How will it play out?
Banishing the Tukudika
March 10, 2024 // FEATURE: History
![Today and yesterday: the Yellowstone Revealed project depicted the historic and current presence of Indigenous people in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1710093945_400x300_true.jpg)
In 1879, Yellowstone
superintendent Philetus Norris made a fateful call that epitomized the park’s
relationship with Indigenous people—and thus with the world.
Read MoreThe Heartbeat of Wild Places
February 4, 2024 // Feature story
![Mountain King: If you lock eyes with this guy, you'll want some distance between you](/content/articles/ic_1707085107_400x300_true.jpg)
Deep in the wildest terrain in the Rockies, a mysterious discovery tells the story of a battle between Montana's most lethal predators. And why we need them on the landscape.
Read MoreThe Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 4: Mike Finley
January 9, 2024 // Interview Series
![Mike Finley served the National Park Service for 32 years, including a trifecta of superintendent posts at three national parks](/content/articles/ic_1704820328_400x300_true.jpg)
In the final installment
of MoJo’s interview series with four Yellowstone superintendents, Mike Finley pulls
no punches discussing the issues in our national parks.
50 Years: How the Endangered Species Act Influenced Greater Yellowstone
January 2, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Bald eagles were finally listed under the ESA in 1978](/content/articles/ic_1704232347_400x300_true.jpg)
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Endangered Species Act, Mountain Journal looks at the landmark legislation’s
impact on some of Greater Yellowstone’s keystone species.
With CWD finally confirmed in Yellowstone National Park, Predators Could be Yellowstone's Salvation
November 20, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![A mule deer found near Yellowstone Lake is the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease ever in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1700521428_400x300_true.jpg)
Experts say first-ever CWD case in park was ‘only a matter of time,’ call for Wyoming to eliminate elk feedgrounds
Read MoreYellowstone, Montana Officials Disagree on Bison Management
November 13, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![As it turns out, bison don't know where invisible borders exist](/content/articles/ic_1699919511_400x300_true.jpg)
Montana and Yellowstone National Park have disagreed for years about how to manage Yellowstone bison. Those tensions recently ratcheted up.
Read MoreWildland Firefighters: Slash and Burn?
November 9, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![On November 17, federal wildland firefighters face a fiscal pay cliff, which could be "calamitous" for America's forests](/content/articles/ic_1699559925_400x300_true.jpg)
As wildfires
rage hotter and spread faster, federal wildland firefighters are facing a fiscal
pay cliff on Nov. 17, and with it a potential 50 percent slash in workforce.
A Piece of the Conservation Puzzle
November 7, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Alaska Basin addition to the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Montana's Centennial Valley](/content/articles/ic_1699384006_400x300_true.jpg)
Missouri Headwaters Conservation
Area could provide an additional tool for private landowners and protect 250,000 acres from subdivision and sprawl.
Read MoreA '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 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
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