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UPDATE: Biscuit Basin Explosion Sent Debris Hundreds of Feet in Air, Deemed 'not Volcanic'
July 25, 2024
![Remains of the day following the July 23 hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1721936170_400x300_true.jpg)
After a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin destroyed a park boardwalk and sent visitors scrambling, NPS and USGS geologists say the explosion "was not caused by volcanic activity."
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 'Unprecedented' Decline of a Wyoming Pronghorn Herd
December 15, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Heavy snows, coupled with a lethal bacteria rare to Wyoming, hit the state's Sublette pronghorn herd hard last winter](/content/articles/ic_1702667967_400x300_true.jpg)
A brutal winter and
rare respiratory bacteria killed thousands of pronghorn on one of the nation's
longest migration routes. Now what?
Outrage in Wyoming Erupts Over Public-Land Auction
December 6, 2023 // OPINION: Op-ed
![The 200-mile Path of the Pronghorn passes right through the 640-acre Kelly parcel](/content/articles/ic_1701897002_400x300_true.jpg)
A pristine piece of public land within Grand Teton National Park is on the auction block. It could go to the highest bidder Dec. 7.
Read MoreThe Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 2: Dan Wenk
November 6, 2023 // Interview Series
![Former Superintendent Dan Wenk speaking at the Albright Visitor Center in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1698956782_400x300_true.jpg)
In Part 2 of our interview series with the past four superintendents of America's first national park, Dan Wenk recalls the joy and challenges in running Yellowstone, and his controversial departure.
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 MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
![Bill Kerr, who helped create a global destination for wildlife art in Jackson Hole](/content/articles/ic_1688674272_400x300_true.jpg)
Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
Read MoreLooking Past The Cliches of 'Western Art'
June 18, 2023
![Bill Stockton's portrayal of a sunset](/content/articles/ic_1686990209_400x300_true.jpg)
In her new award-winning book 'Montana Modernists,' Michele Corriel declares that artists from the West are so much more than frontier portrayals of cowboys and Indians
Read MoreWhy Insurance Companies Are Pulling Out Of Fire-Prone Areas in California
June 15, 2023
![Aftermath of a wildland-urban interface neighborhood in Oregon that was burned by wildfire](/content/articles/ic_1686804115_400x300_true.jpg)
An emergency management expert advises on how to reduce risk. Her top suggestion: make smarter land use choices and limit development in risky areas
Read MoreMontana's Flaring White Nationalism Prominent In New Ray Ring Novel
May 23, 2023
![Ring on the trail of his plot](/content/articles/ic_1684681432_400x300_true.jpg)
Former journalist who worked for High Country News in Bozeman, unfurls a murder mystery that flows from the gridiron of college football and interracial relationship
Read MoreFinding Greater Yellowstone ‘Magic’ On A Rocky Ridge
May 21, 2023
![The Teton Range near the author's home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming](/content/articles/ic_1684538750_400x300_true.jpg)
Wanting to name
the priceless landmarks she visits in Greater Yellowstone’s great outdoors, MoJo
columnist Susan Marsh explores the power behind magical places
Robert Staffanson On What It Means To Be A Real Cowboy
April 29, 2023 // Culture, Guest Commentary, Politics, Ranching
![Bob Staffanson on a cattle drive.](/content/articles/ic_1502685281_400x300_true.jpg)
Not the kind of wrangler you see on 'Yellowstone': Staffanson, a Montana ranch kid, re-invented himself twice—as symphony conductor and Native rights activist
Read MoreHow Yellowstone's Grand Canyon Came To Be
January 24, 2023
![Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1674582900_400x300_true.jpg)
The history of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone began more than 600,000 years ago with a massive eruption
Read MoreHonoring Ospaye: It's About Finding Our Family Of Understanding In Nature
January 17, 2023
![Jake Mosher's photo "Buffalo Jump Into Eternity"](/content/articles/ic_1673994446_400x300_true.jpg)
In a brand new poem for 2023, Lois Red Elk reflects on MoJo's 'Night of the Wolves' and an ever-expanding circle of like-minded friends
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