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Yellowstone Grizzlies and the Controversy Over Food

October 18, 2023 // OPINION: Essay

Grizzly 211 ambles across the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park
Between human interaction and a changing climate, are grizzly bears getting enough to eat?
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Dayton Duncan on Tragedy, Hope and Duality in New PBS Doc ‘The American Buffalo’

October 15, 2023 // MoJo Interview

King of the range: The bison, America's National Mammal
The acclaimed writer and filmmaker discusses his latest collaboration, "The American Buffalo," a two-part film with Ken Burns premiering on PBS Oct. 16 and 17
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Seen from Above

October 11, 2023 // Opinion

Author Thomas Turiano: climb to a point of prominence and your sphere of awareness will grow
Mountain climbing, sense of place, and, after 15 years out of print, the second edition of Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone
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A Small Exercise in Hope for Greater Yellowstone

October 9, 2023 // Opinion

A bee forages on an invasive musk thistle (Carduus nutans) bloom
In trying to rid an area of invasive plants, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh explains how even small acts of conservation count
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In Memory of Greater Yellowstone Conservation Leader Hank Phibbs

October 6, 2023 // News

Hank Phibbs of Jackson Hole passed away on Oct. 4
Phibbs was a deft attorney, gifted musician, avid outdoorsman and longtime advocate of Greater Yellowstone
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Weighing new options for Yellowstone bison, NPS records 12,500 comments

October 5, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch

Bison roam the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park
Deadline for public comment on new bison management plan is Oct. 10
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Finding our MoJo

October 2, 2023

We've heard the call and are gearing up.
As Mountain Journal ramps up coverage, a letter from its Interim Executive Director and Managing Editor
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MOJO RISING

September 21, 2023

The dawn of a new day.
A letter to readers from the Mountain Journal Board of Directors
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A 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?

August 8, 2023

A greater version of Yellowstone fit for the 21st century?
To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
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Members Of 'Buffalo Nation' In Yellowstone Deserve Better Treatment

August 1, 2023

Yellowstone bison straddling the danger zone along the national park border with Montana
Jaedin Medicine Elk (Northern Cheyenne) says the scene that played out just beyond Yellowstone's border with bison this year needs fixing, not a portrayal of it being a rousing success 
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In Yellowstone, Teepees To Light The Night, Illuminating Age-Old Connections

July 29, 2023

Teepees aglow beneath the Milky Way on Yellowstone's front doorstep
Several days of festivities at Roosevelt Arch and Madison Junction honor the heritage of indigenous Yellowstone. The public is invited to attend these August events
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A Bozeman Clearcut Leaves Mother Nature Homeless

July 27, 2023

The aftermath of a city-approved clearcut
Marcia Kaveney loves Bozeman's nature of place. But she and a lot of longtime citizens in Montana's Gallatin Valley are fed up with what growth is doing to wildlife and the landscape
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Bear Tags As Revenue Generators: How Much Will Wyoming Make Bringing Back Griz Hunt?

July 26, 2023

One of Grizzly 399's original three cubs, 587
One of the arguments states use in pushing for grizzly delisting is bringing back a trophy season to help them recoup money they've spent on bear recovery. Does the premise add up?
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Rick Bass: Let The Yaak Be Another Momentus First In American Conservation

July 25, 2023

A bull moose in the Yaak Valley rainforest
In this guest essay, the writer suggests that protecting old growth trees in the Kootenai could establish Montana as a national reference in confronting climate change
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