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Anatomy Of A Wake-Up Call
May 9, 2023
![Spruance, conservative angler turned advocate for saving wildness](/content/articles/ic_1655702744_400x300_true.jpg)
After witnessing the impact of Vail on nature, Tom Spruance, conservative businessman, felt compelled to rise up in defense of Greater Yellowstone. He says others should, too
Read MoreDino Bone Museums Create Local Stars, Drive Tourism To Some Western Towns
May 8, 2023
![A T. Rex at Bozeman's Museum of the Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1683557810_400x300_true.jpg)
Struggling remote communities can benefit by keeping prehistoric bones in area where they are found, Adam Larson says in this piece from Writers on the Range
Read MoreThe Doggoned Truth—Domestic Canines Are Not Wildlife’s Best Friends
May 4, 2023
![We love our pups but they're taking a toll on wildlife](/content/articles/ic_1683220249_400x300_true.jpg)
The science is clear that our canine friends are seriously disrupting wild ecosystems, but why do we keep turning a blind eye? Do we want wildlife to persist?
Read MoreRemember, You Matter: Support Your Community Through 'Give Big'
May 2, 2023
![Where earth meets sky: In Gallatin Valley, we celebrate the people and wildness that make up this special place](/content/articles/ic_1683071426_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo interviews Jill Ellwood with One Valley Community Foundation about Give Big's history and unprecedented success
Read MoreRobert Staffanson On What It Means To Be A Real Cowboy
April 29, 2023 // Culture, Guest Commentary, Politics, Ranching
![Bob Staffanson on a cattle drive.](/content/articles/ic_1502685281_400x300_true.jpg)
Not the kind of wrangler you see on 'Yellowstone': Staffanson, a Montana ranch kid, re-invented himself twice—as symphony conductor and Native rights activist
Read MoreA Time To Rally: When Ted Turner Gave Jacques Cousteau An End-Of-Life Pep Talk
April 23, 2023 // Conservation, Science
![Jacques Cousteau and his prized pupil Ted Turner](/content/articles/ic_1501690978_400x300_true.jpg)
Cousteau, once the most famous conservationist in the world, was a father figure to Ted Turner. In old age, Cousteau became cynical. Here's what Turner told him
Read MoreWill Yellowstone Eventually Restrict Visitors?
April 20, 2023
![Bumper-to-bison-to-bumper traffic in Yellowstone. What's the solution?](/content/articles/ic_1682012217_400x300_true.jpg)
Cody Enterprise Publisher John Malmberg looks at ways to solve traffic and crowding in America's first national park
Read MoreBig Sky, Montana: A New West Mountain Town Primed For Its Own 'Big Burn'?
April 19, 2023
![Where there's smoke there's a big fire brewing](/content/articles/ic_1681947846_400x300_true.jpg)
This high-profile resort community is at 'very high risk to wildfire' and an emblem for the dangers of building in the Wildland-Urban Interface. Part 3 in MoJo's ongoing series
Exploring Peregrinations
April 18, 2023
![Defying boundaries: Courtenaye's paintings remind of nature's refusal to be boxed in](/content/articles/ic_1681865332_400x300_true.jpg)
As warmer weather puts wildlife on the move, Catherine Courtenaye's new exhibition, 'What the Nighthawk Knows,' reads like evocative maps for thinking about species migrations
Read MoreCranes Remind Us Of A Nature Everlasting
April 18, 2023
![Migrations speak to the eternal but human decisions often only to moments](/content/articles/ic_1681843420_400x300_true.jpg)
It's Earth Week, and Dorothy Bradley, an esteemed Montana stateswoman, asks: "Can we really look young people in the eye and claim we're securing them a better future?"
Read MoreHoming Instinct: Sandhills' Return A Marvel To Behold
April 18, 2023
![A pair of sandhills return to their northern haunt](/content/articles/ic_1681841954_400x300_true.jpg)
In Greater Yellowstone, America's cradle of wildlife conservation, writer Earle Layser offers this primer on sandhill cranes—another inspirational part of an ecosystem still intact
Read MoreMeet Jessica Wiese, Mountain Journal's New Executive Director
April 7, 2023
![Jessie brings dynamic combo of love for outdoors, wild places and rural Westerners](/content/articles/ic_1680895628_400x300_true.jpg)
With a background in science and private land conservation, Wiese says the time is now to rally for Greater Yellowstone as the region comes under increasing human pressure
Read More'Huge Mortality': Winterkill Hitting Wildlife In Northern Rockies Hard
April 7, 2023
![A bull elk in Yellowstone left haggard by the winter](/content/articles/ic_1680887041_400x300_true.jpg)
Grizzlies are out and wildlife is severely stressed. States issue warnings that recreationists need to be smart and, most importantly, respect space of animals or they could perish
Read MorePeople Beat Machines In Ability To Identify Wildlife
April 5, 2023
![A big wildcat on the run: could you ID it in a line up?](/content/articles/ic_1680728368_400x300_true.jpg)
Although AI is frighteningly on the rise, study finds human eyesight and brains still hold advantage in recognizing subtle differences between pumas
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