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Are Trump, GOP Fueling A Blue, Green Tidal Wave?
February 1, 2018 // Conservation, Public Lands, The New West
Congressional redistricting and deepening support for conservation could soon be re-shaping the map of America
Read MoreAmid Partisan Jousting And Talk Of Government Shutdown, Why National Parks Matter
January 19, 2018 // Yellowstone
One teenager's desperate pilgrimage to see Old Faithful erupt is reminder of why we need grown adults making decisions in Congress
Read MoreThe Guy We All Wanted To Know—And Count As Our Friend
January 18, 2018
David J. Swift dies in Jackson Hole and we remember his everlasting spirit
Read MoreWhat Do The Long-term Trends For Grizzlies In Lower 48 Really Look Like?
January 7, 2018 // Climate Change, Grizzly Bears, Wildlife
MoJo columnist Lance Olsen says climate change and human development trends create a lot of uncertainty for Great Bears south of Canada
Read MoreWenk: Tell People What They Need To Hear, Not What They Want To Hear
December 18, 2017 // Leadership, Yellowstone
In speech at MSU, Yellowstone Park Supt. Dan Wenk issues a challenge saying time to save the ecosystem is now
Read MoreThe Killing Fields Await Yellowstone Bison Once Again In Montana
December 15, 2017 // Yellowstone
More than 10,000 Yellowstone bison have been killed based on a faulty premise. Like the worry over Chronic Wasting Disease, this controversy has connections to Wyoming's feedgrounds
Read MoreThe Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
December 11, 2017
Part 4 in Mountain Journal's series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the threat it poses to America's wildest ecosystem. By killing predators, are states that still cling to Little Red Riding Hood shooting themselves in the foot?
Read MoreMaking Teddy Roosevelt Mad Not Proud: Trump and Zinke Score A Witless Triumph In Utah
December 5, 2017
The U.S. President And His Interior Secretary Demonstrate A Clueless Understanding Of Economics Driving The New West.
Read MoreA Wildlife Tour Guide Speaks Out Against Destruction Of Yellowstone Bison
November 19, 2017 // Bison
In This Guest Essay, Conservationist Phil Knight Criticizes Treatment of America's Official National Mammal In Montana
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone
November 16, 2017 // Chronic Wasting Disease, 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
Read MoreWhat Does It Take To Create A Conservationist?
November 6, 2017
Retired Forest Service Wilderness Manager Susan Marsh contemplates what inspires wilderness users to become wilderness protectors.
Read MoreA Tragedy In The Mountains Highlights Pain Facing The Young
October 16, 2017 // Community, Community Change
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
The Lords Of Yesterday Are Back And They Want America's Public Land
September 28, 2017 // Opinion, Public Lands
Barry Reiswig—a backcountry horseman, hunter, angler and former civil servant —pushes back against what he calls "the radical agenda" of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Read MoreA Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Conservation, Culture
Mountain Journal columnist Susan Marsh spent three decades working for the US Forest Service, working on recreation and wilderness protection in both the Gallatin National Forest of Montana and Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today she's an award-wining writer.
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