The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is known internationally for its wildlife. With the arrival of Chronic Wasting Disease looming, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak would be western Wyoming and the home to America's "national elk herd". Part 2 in Mountain Journal's series looking at the coming wildlife plague.
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America's National Elk Refuge: A ‘Miasmic Zone Of Life-Threatening Diseases'
October 17, 2017 // Public Lands, Science, Wildlife

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 MoreSelling Off The Historic Playground To Pay For Growth
September 14, 2017

Mountain Journal columnist and downtown Bozeman businessman Tim Crawford says growth doesn't pay for itself. And there's no better example than Bozeman public school officials potentially selling off a beloved historic playground to meet budget shortfalls.
Read MoreHow the Rest Of America Looks To Us From The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
September 13, 2017 // The New West

New Yorker Magazine Cartoonist Saul Steinberg Once Offered Manhattan's View Of The American West As A "Flyover". Now Mountain Journal, Thanks To The Work Of Illustrator Rick Peterson, Gets Even.
Read MoreOf Bias And Bears: Is Delisting Greater Yellowstone's Grizzlies Based On Science Or Politics?
September 12, 2017 // Grizzly Bears

For several decades, Jesse Logan gained renown as a forest ecologist. He says the scientific rationale behind removing bears from federal protection doesn't hold up to scrutiny. First part in an ongoing series.
Read MoreWilderness: America's Second-Best Idea Is Under Attack—Unfortunately By Some Recreationists
September 6, 2017 // Wilderness

In this second part of an ongoing series on wilderness in America, MoJo columnist Franz Camenzind shines a light on efforts in Congress to roll back federal protection for wilderness. One of the main surprising instigators, he says, are mountain bikers masquerading as conservationists.
Read MoreFor A Generation, "The Blue Door" Was A Safe Space On Bozeman's Main Street
September 5, 2017

Psychotherapist Timothy J. Tate says the biggest downside of his community becoming the "it" place is the loss of handshake agreements.
Read MoreA Late Summer Hike In The Tetons Leads To "Rock of Ages"
August 29, 2017

In Watercolor Diary, Sue
Cedarholm is painting a new place every day. In day 155, she ventures into the
Tetons’ Hanging Canyon to spy Rock of Ages
Guest Opinion: Former Civil Servant Claims There's A Hidden Agenda Behind Public Lands Rhetoric
August 10, 2017

Amid the political high drama in Washington, a former civil servant warns of a well-orchestrated agenda to strip American citizens of public lands they own in the West. Barry Reiswig of Cody, Wyoming, who spent most of three decades with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, speaks out.
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