New Research Suggests Montana FWP Wolf Count High

December 14, 2023 // NEWS: Feature

by Laura Lundquist

Wolf reintroduction efforts in Greater Yellowstone beginning in 1995 were successful. As Montana weighs its new wolf management plan, numbers are in question

Bozeman-based researcher says agency's model for counting wolves is wrong. FWP disagrees citing a lack of peer review.

This ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have

July 14, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

Totems of Greater Yellowstone's "bearish" economy

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

Big Sky, Montana: A New West Mountain Town Primed For Its Own 'Big Burn'?

April 19, 2023

by Joseph T. O'Connor

Where there's smoke there's a big fire brewing

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

People Beat Machines In Ability To Identify Wildlife

April 5, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

A big wildcat on the run: could you ID it in a line up?

Although AI is frighteningly on the rise, study finds human eyesight and brains still hold advantage in recognizing subtle differences between pumas

Moving Into The Flames

March 8, 2023

by Joseph T. O'Connor

A crown fire approaches the Old Faithful Photo Shop, Yellowstone National Park, 1988

As climate refugees flee extreme weather events, they’re relocating to wildfire-prone areas like Greater Yellowstone. Part 1 in our ongoing series on wildfire

Yellowstone: Icon of Infamy or Convenient Scapegoat?

December 5, 2022

by Todd Burritt

A family of Sheepeaters (Tukudika) photographed west of Yellowstone in 1871

Montana writer Todd Burritt pens a scathing review of Megan Kate Nelson's portrayal of America's first national park in her book 'Saving Yellowstone'

Prominent Scientists Push Back Against Delisting Grizzly Bears: Op-Ed

January 13, 2022

by Three Dozen Prominent Wildlife Scientists

When it comes to assessing biological recovery of grizzlies, who is better informed—people who study wildlife for a living or governors and legislators who dislike grizzlies and wolves?

Scientists Say Gianforte's Anti-Wolf, Anti-Grizzly Policies In Montana Have No Scientific Basis

October 2, 2021 // Wildlife, Wolves, Yellowstone

by Dr. Christopher Servheen, on behalf of many scientists with experience in wildlife and public land management

Wolves and grizzlies target of Montana's anti-predator laws

Prominent group of wildlife professionals with 1,500 years of experience condemn Montana's new laws targeting wolves. Already pups from popular Yellowstone wolf pack have been killed

Taking The Exit Ramp From Paradise?

October 22, 2019

by Kate Springer

Why are people moving away from Bozeman?

Bozeman, Montana is now one of America's 'It' cities. Here, a real estate firm bravely riffs on why people are moving away

A Doctor Plumbs The Depths Of Ivan Doig's Illness And Asks: 'Did He Have An Epiphany?'

October 5, 2019

by Dr. Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick, a Doig fan and end-of-life-physician, writes of what he found in the famous author's journals

Terminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End

October 5, 2019

by Todd Wilkinson

Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart

Social Media: Harnessing The Digital Human Ecosystem To Protect Nature

August 7, 2019

by Jordan Payne

A Yellowstone warning circulated on social media

MoJo summer intern Jordan Payne explores the multiple ways, for good and bad, that social media is affecting the way we interface with the wild outdoors