Myth-Busting and the Great Gray Wolf

January 26, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Benjamin Alva Polley

A member of Yellowstone's 8-Mile Pack glances back before nightfall

As we look back on the 30 years since the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone, we examine what wolves are and what they aren’t.

The Daunting Challenges Facing Canada Lynx

January 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Ted Williams

The elusive, nocturnal and threatened Canada lynx

As a warming climate grips North America, the lynx remains threatened in the Lower 48. It could get worse.

Hunters Should Recognize Predators as Allies, not Competitors

October 18, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed

Predators like mountain lions are critical to helping slow spread of diseases like CWD

If the whole of nature is good, writes Ted Williams in this op-ed, then no part can be bad. Wolves and cougars can help curb wildlife diseases.

Daring to Leap: Meet Paris Harris

September 10, 2024 // NEWS: Feature

by Keely Larson

One Chicago woman is digging a new line to become America’s first Black female smokejumper.

A Bill to Ban Wildlife Whacking

June 20, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed

Cody Roberts kisses the adolescent female wolf he crippled with his snowmobile

On the heels of a Wyoming man torturing and killing a wolf, a Texas Republican announces introduction of a bill to outlaw running over wildlife with motor vehicles, then holds off so stakeholders can weigh in.

Dan Stahler: Yellowstone Wolf Project's New Alpha

October 27, 2023 // MoJo Profile

by Laura Lundquist

Dan Stahler recently took over as lead wolf biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project and is following some big footprints

The new lead biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project has big shoes to fill. He’s taking cues on resilience from mentors, science and the wildlife he studies.

How Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Could Be Delisted And Remain Protected

July 18, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

A grizzly mother with cubs in Yellowstone

States are pushing hard to remove America's most famous grizzly population from federal protection. The primary reason is obvious. Why aren't we doing the same with bald eagles?

The World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion

July 6, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

Bill Kerr, who helped create a global destination for wildlife art in Jackson Hole

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

A Time To Rally: When Ted Turner Gave Jacques Cousteau An End-Of-Life Pep Talk

April 23, 2023 // Science

by Todd Wilkinson

Jacques Cousteau and his prized pupil Ted Turner

Cousteau, once the most famous conservationist in the world, was a father figure to Ted Turner. In old age, Cousteau became cynical. Here's what Turner told him

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

Are Western Mountain Towns Ready For The Coming Flames?

March 21, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

Can't happen here? The Bridger Foothills Fire was Bozeman's WUI wake-up call

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

Montana, In The Wake Of 'Yellowstone' and 'A River Runs Through It'

February 27, 2023

by Todd Wilkinson

Is all the attention destroying last, best places?

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