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Weakening Wilderness Act Is Antithetical To Principle Of Landmark Law
April 10, 2018
Writer Michael Dax says efforts by hardcore recreation user groups to undermine wilderness protection are self-serving and short-sighted
Read MoreWhat Would The Muries Say About Recreation, Conservation And Wildness?
April 10, 2018
Martin Murie answered the question. The late son of Olaus and Mardy Murie penned this piece only a few months before he died in 2012.
Read MoreAt National Elk Refuge, Pondering The Winter That Was, The Spring That Is
March 23, 2018
As her project 'Watercolor Diary' heads toward conclusion, Sue Cedarholm paints a vision of wapiti about to shed their antlers
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 MoreThe Big Empty Is Anything But
February 27, 2018
Jackson Frishman is connected to the giants of American mountaineering. He also knows the pain and euphoria of the West
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 MoreBench Marks: The People And Places Lifting Us Up When We Are Down
February 13, 2018
Psychotherapist Timothy Tate: It's tough work fighting to save the communities we love and finding ways to avert the trail of despair
Read MoreYellowstone Investigates Illegal Release of 52 Park Bison From Quarantine
January 17, 2018 // Yellowstone
Park officials say criminal trespass undermines effort to get animals transplanted on native reservations
Read MoreOf Coke Bottle Glasses, Diapauses And Hope For Brighter Days
January 1, 2018
An angling guru's wish: Let us all develop extra-sensory perception—and greater empathy— in 2018
Read MoreThe Midlife Crisis Trilogy: To Live Or Die
December 28, 2017
In the conclusion of Timothy Tate's series 'When Peter Pan Enters Middle Age', Walt faces his moment of truth
Read MoreBeholding Creation: Counting Birds At Christmas
December 23, 2017 // Wildlife
MoJo's Intrepid Nature Columnist Susan Marsh Carries On A Grand American Holiday Tradition
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 MoreWhat Does It Mean To Be An Animal Person?
November 22, 2017 // Hunting
Marc Bekoff, a leading figure in the American animal rights movement, sounds off on Wyoming's proposed hunt of grizzly bears and emerging science revealing the emotions and intelligence of non-human beings
Read MoreWhen Peter Pan Enters Middle Age
November 21, 2017
So full of vim and vigor in their youth, men in many mountain towns live lives based on athletic achievement, independence and focus on self—and then middle age delivers a crushing blow of reality
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