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When Iktomi The Trickster And Original Spider Man Comes A Calling
May 6, 2022
Lois Red Elk writes a poem about how an ancient spirit pays a visit when we are most vulnerable
Read MoreJuggernaut: Industrial Recreation Deepens Its Tear Across America's Wildlands
April 27, 2022
Is outdoor recreation Manifest Destiny 2.0? Get ready, the West is about to experience a rush to expand the outdoor recreation infrastructure like never before. Is that a good thing for nature?
Read MoreLife Trails: Reflecting On Paths Taken, Dead Ends And Routes Remembered
April 18, 2022
Jackson Hole nature writer Susan Marsh returns. She ponders her long ago dreams of youth and how the wilds still bring her back to where she wants to be
Read MoreWhen Entering Griz Country: New Holster Makes Bear Spray Quicker On The Draw
April 12, 2022
If bear spray isn't readily accessible, what good is it? Richard Siberell's 'Bearosol Holster' designed to give mountain bikers and others easier reach to spray when bears appear and seconds matter
Read MoreAnother Colorado Mountain Town Copes With Impacts Of Growing Recreation Pressure On Wildlife
April 9, 2022
Outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, expanding trails and intensity of use are impacting how elk use the landscape and may be causing their numbers to fall.
Read MoreOutdoor Recreation Equals Conservation: Debunking The Myth
April 5, 2022
A developer's proposal to build a 'glampground' on the banks of the famous Gallatin River stokes controversy and calls messaging used by American conservation groups about recreation into question
Read MoreAn Elder And Grandmother Shows How To Touch The Future Winds
April 2, 2022
Lois Red Elk doesn't need poetry to live beyond her time. In just 124 words, she reveals how all of us can pay forward positive thoughts to benefit wildlife and people we may never know
Read MoreIs A Toothless Federal Bureaucracy Devoted To Ecosystem Protection Capable Of Doing Its Job?
March 31, 2022
What happens when a bunch of federal bureaucratic agencies are thrown together with a mission to protect America's best wildlife ecosystem? Not enough, argues Earle Layser in part two of his series on Yellowstone
Read MoreIs Yellowstone Tourism Promotion Helping Or Hurting The Protection Of Wild Places and Wildlife?
March 29, 2022
In Mountain Journal's ongoing series on the topic of limits and our co-existence with Nature, we ponder how advertising, social media and travel writing are negatively impacting the places they tout
Read MoreHow Much Is Enough? (To Save Or Destroy A World-Class Ecosystem?)
March 13, 2022
New ongoing MoJo series comes at time of record visitation to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole, crowded rivers, exploding development pressure, surging outdoor recreation and climate change
Read MoreZen In The Mountains: Bill Nevins Interviews William DeBuys
March 7, 2022
With a Covid-era book out, the New Mexico writer and thought leader reflects on the search for meaning, Peter Matthiessen and mountain sacredness
Read MoreIn Lakota, Cante t’insya Manipelo Means 'They Walk Courageously'
March 4, 2022
From the prairie, Lois Red Elk (Hunkpapa/Isante/Yankton) shares a poem—and opens her heart—to the people of Ukraine
Read MoreHow Serious Are We, Really, About Protecting The Yellowstone Ecosystem?
February 9, 2022
If the answer is saving America's greatest wildlife region, Catherine Semcer writes, then a more valiant and courageous effort aimed at conserving private lands needs to begin right now
Read MoreInterior Secretary Deb Haaland Speaks Up On Wolves, But Is It Enough?
February 8, 2022
Tribes, conservation groups, even former Fish and Wildlife Service director say she should emergency re-list wolves with federal protection. Why does she balk?
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