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The Climber-Conservationist Who Literally Put Greater Yellowstone On The Map
December 28, 2021
As advocates for the Yellowstone region go, Rick Reese ranks right up there with the most impactful of all time. His legacy is written in the abundant wildlife and healthy landscapes we value today
Read More'Gunfight' Is One Of The Most Important Books You May Ever Read About Guns In America
December 22, 2021
Ryan Busse, a Montana hunter, was once a gun industry executive who helped create the uncivil war over firearms in America. Now he's trying to change the discourse before it's too late
Read MoreHe Went Outside To Go Inward
December 20, 2021
In 'Mary Jane Wild,' Brooke Williams seeks wildness in the West to help him make sense of a world coming apart at the seams. It's a fine read for these times
Read MoreAt Winter Solstice: Deep Dreaming of Pte and Tatanka
December 16, 2021
As Lois Red Elk writes in a new poem, we are an expression of all our ancestors. We can honor them by remembering them—and reaching out in our dreams
Read MoreMeet a Conservation Group That Goes Where Most Fear To Tread
December 8, 2021
The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance dares to say the two words that often make land protectionists run for the hills: "planning" and "zoning." But they're crucial to saving the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Read MoreEruption: How Human Development Is Degrading The American Serengeti
December 5, 2021
Big blowups: Stunning visuals from Google Earth show how private land development and resource extraction on public lands are harming wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Read MoreNearing The Solstice Reminds How We Are All Interwoven In Nature
November 24, 2021
The annual slide into seasonal darkness and quietude is, for MoJo columnist Susan Marsh, a time of reflection on our spiritual connection to the Earth—and each other
Read More“Never Here”: Battle Royale In MN Boundary Waters' Mine Fight Has Ties To Greater Yellowstone
November 16, 2021
Mountain Journal interviews Becky Rom who is hoping to stop a mega copper mine, backed by Chilean investors, from harming the Lower 48's premier water wilderness
Read MoreYellowstone Winterkeeper Bids Adieu To Final Weeks Of Autumn
November 14, 2021
With big crowds now gone from America's oldest national park for awhile, MoJo columnist Steven Fuller pays tribute to the quiet lull
Read MoreDon't Shred On Them: A Young Star Skier Speaks Up For Bighorns
November 11, 2021
Hadley Hammer, who learned to carve turns in the Tetons, says recreationists need to consider their growing impacts on sensitive wildlife. Her essay is one well worth reading
Read MoreA Nourishment Of Reverence Across Generations
November 7, 2021
Poet Lois Red Elk reflects on how, for thousands of years, the aftermaths of successful autumn hunts have been times of coming together for families expressing reverence to the creator
Read MoreSurrendering Nature To Politics: Are US National Parks In Retreat?
November 3, 2021
The triumph of cattle and farmers over elk in Point Reyes echoes the same public outrage involving wapiti, wolves and bison in Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Grand Canyon
Read MoreMontana’s Wildlife Depends On Private Sector Partners—Let's Reward Them: A PERC Rebuttal
October 15, 2021
Should hunting tags be awarded to private landowners who provide important habitat for public wildlife? PERC says incentivizing conservation on private land is essential
Read MoreThe Trickster Renders Us Invisible
October 10, 2021 // Poetry, Wildlife
Lois Red Elk writes a poem about coyote that reminds how the essence of being is not material, but everything else
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