New "vital signs" report says region's famous wildlife faring well, for now, but climate change and human development loom ominously
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Yellowstone Checkup: How Healthy Really is America's Most Iconic Wildland Ecosystem?
August 20, 2018 // Science, Wildlife, Yellowstone
A Symphony Of Bodies And Water
August 14, 2018
Mountain Time Arts celebrates the West's most precious lifeblood and highlights the threats to its persistence
Read MoreEncounter With Grizzly—Part I: The Shooting
July 5, 2018 // Grizzly Bears
In three parts, MoJo columnist Steve Primm reflects on lessons from a hiker's killing of a bear in Wyoming's Wind River Mountains
Read MoreTerminal Flows
June 25, 2018 // Photography, Water
From the Great Basin, Jackson Frishman ponders a West when water runs out
Read MoreBison Injures Visitor In Yellowstone
May 2, 2018
Idahoan tossed off trail at Old Faithful area by buffalo. First incident of 2018
Read MoreLee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand
April 12, 2018
Mike Mansfield called Metcalf the state's greatest senator. In part 2 of Ed Kemmick's series, he also stood out as a no-apology conservationist
Read MoreThe Mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Is 40
April 9, 2018
In this two-part tribute, writer Ed Kemmick celebrates not only landmark wilderness in Greater Yellowstone but Lee Metcalf, the senator who made it happen
Read MoreFor Yellowstone And America, Climate Change Brings Our Moment Of Truth
March 20, 2018
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem sits at the epicenter of a huge disruption from rising temperatures. Skiing will be the first of many major casualties
Read MoreWhy Some Western Towns Live Or Die
February 15, 2018
A prominent economist explains the value of public land for 21st-century America
Read MoreThe Essential Role Of Eco-Capitalism In Saving The Best That Remains
January 29, 2018 // Private Lands, The New West
Greater Yellowstone's rich tapestry will be won—or lost—based on what businesspeople do next
Read MoreA Brave Speech For Our Time: Why Public-Interest Journalism Matters For America And The Wild West
January 17, 2018
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona gives a rousing speech on the importance of watchdog media. It plays a vital role in protecting America's last best ecosystem in the Lower 48.
Read MoreFor Every Great Trout Stream, There's A Conservation Map
December 20, 2017
MoJo's fearless angling columnist Liam Diekmann gets a lesson in the science of good water
Read MoreBowing To The Silver King
November 28, 2017
Mountain Journal's fly-fishing columnist Liam Diekmann carries the spirit of his patriarch in search of tarpon
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone
November 16, 2017 // Public Lands, Wildlife, Yellowstone
Part 3 in Mountain Journal's ongoing series on Chronic Wasting Disease. With ultra-deadly CWD now in Montana wildlife for first time, critics say public officials are demonstrating irresponsibility by having no coordinated plan for confronting the disease
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