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Unpacking a ‘Uniquely Mysterious’ Development Proposal in Paradise Valley
December 10, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
Read MoreOn ‘A River’
July 17, 2024 // Book Review
A new
biography dives into the life of author Norman Maclean, his writing and his
motivation behind the greatest fly-fishing story ever told.
After 20 Years of Lawsuits, Wolverine Listed as Threatened
December 7, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
Wolverines face numerous threats and only 300 exist in the Lower 48. Now that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed them under the Endangered Species Act, wolverine supporters are finally notching a win.
Read MoreHe Went Outside To Go Inward
December 20, 2021
In 'Mary Jane Wild,' Brooke Williams seeks wildness in the West to help him make sense of a world coming apart at the seams. It's a fine read for these times
Read MoreIs 'Wildland Conservation' That Does Not Emphasize Wildlife Really Conservation?
April 28, 2021
Delightful new 'Artist's Field Guide To Yellowstone' offers inspiring reasons to care about protecting wildlife in Lower 48's famous bioregion
Read MoreA Wolverine Named Olive
June 12, 2020
What her story and that of others tells us about the impacts of recreation on sensitive species
Read More30 By 30: Indigenous Communities Taking Lead In Addressing Climate Change, Protecting Wildlife
May 29, 2020
30 X 30: New report from the Wyss Foundation highlights First Nations leaders in our own back yard and around the world
Read MoreDigging Out: When Surviving Two Avalanches Is Just The Start Of Dealing With Trauma
April 18, 2020
Ken Scott was buried for more than an hour, unable to move. He had lost hope. In part two of his story, he writes about the anguish in learning to breath again
Read MoreAmmon Bundy Claims Covid-19 Safety Guidelines Exploited By Government To Attain More Power
April 5, 2020
Betsy Gaines Quammen wrote a book about the Bundys. In Part 2 of an interview with Rebecca Watters, she discusses militants, the search for truth and conservation-minded Mormons
Read MoreThe West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19
March 30, 2020
| Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion' |
How I Survived Two Consecutive Avalanches
March 22, 2020
Buried for more than an hour and resigned to the worst, a skier recounts his dramatic rescue. It's a tale especially important for those headed into the backcountry
Read MoreA Grand New Book Honors One Of The Mightiest Places In The American West
November 28, 2019
'Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness' is a must-have trove of words pictures and maps
Read MoreGulo Gulo! What The American West Can Learn From Wolverine Conservation In Mongolia
May 13, 2019
Mountain Journal interviews researcher Rebecca Watters on efforts to save wolverines halfway around the world
Read MoreAn Ancient Rural Culture Deals With Wolves Halfway Around The World
February 13, 2019 // Wolves
MoJo columnist Rebecca Watters returns from a research mission to Mongolia where she tracked lobos, leopards and wolverines
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