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To Live Or Die In Bear Country: Counting The Seconds In Your Grizzly Moment Of Truth
October 29, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting

Mountain Journal Takes A Deep Dive Into Grizzly Attacks, Bear Spray, And What You Need To Know.
Read MoreLessons From A Hunter Twice Attacked By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting

Todd Orr's misadventure with a sow grizzly offers insight for anyone—hunter or hiker—heading into bear country. Biggest take home: bear spray works
Read MoreLessons Learned From A Hunter Attacked Twice By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife
The Incident Involving Todd Orr In The Madison Mountains Offers Insights For Those Chasing Big Game And Adventure In Bear Country
Read MoreAmerica's National Elk Refuge: A ‘Miasmic Zone Of Life-Threatening Diseases'
October 17, 2017 // Public Lands, Science, Wildlife

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is known internationally for its wildlife. With the arrival of Chronic Wasting Disease looming, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak would be western Wyoming and the home to America's "national elk herd". Part 2 in Mountain Journal's series looking at the coming wildlife plague.
Read MoreA Tragedy In The Mountains Highlights Pain Facing The Young
October 16, 2017

In mountain towns like Bozeman and Jackson Hole, extreme athletes are modern heroes. When something bad happens, it should cause all of us to hold our kids closer
Brown Trout Belly Rub
October 13, 2017 // Liam Diekmann, Outdoor Recreation

Liam Diekmann, Mountain Journal's young man of the water, goes fishing with a trio of well-known elders and when the flies don't work he makes contact with a monster brown using his bare hands.
Read MoreRoadkill: An Emergency Responder, Absent A Gun, Is Handed A Grim Task
September 18, 2017 // Wildlife

When an elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is struck by a car, it forces Steve Primm to reflect on the perilous intersections between migratory wildlife, highways and people.
Read MoreWhat's In A Yellowstone Place Name? A Man Of Infamy, It Turns Out
September 18, 2017 // Yellowstone

Mountain Journal columnist Jesse Logan says Army Col. John Gibbon, who has a river and meadow named after him in Yellowstone National Park, should have those honors revoked for what he did to the Nez Perce
Read MoreBonded By Wild Land And Water: A Son Remembers His Dad
September 8, 2017 // Public Lands

Writer Liam Diekmann in his debut column for Mountain Journal reflects on some of the greatest gifts his Father, the late conservationist Alex Diekmann, gave him.,
Read MoreSteve Primm Wades Into The Sagebrush Sea
August 14, 2017 // Endangered Species, Public Lands, Ranching

Most people dwelling in Greater Yellowstone might live in towns and small cities but rural people and their lands hold the key to ecological resilience. With his regular column, Sagebrush & Cranesong, Steve Primm will examine the issues relating to co-existence between country people and nature on the western front of the Greater Yellowstone region.
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