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At 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 More'A Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map' Is A Great Read
December 14, 2021
Rick Ridgeway has been called 'the real Indiana Jones' for his gravity-defying daring, breathtaking photos and yen to be outdoors. Now his priority is saving what's left of our wild home planet
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 MorePacked Audience Hears Experts Discuss Biggest Threats To Famed Jackson Hole Grizzly 399, Other Bears
November 11, 2021
Miracle of grizzly conservation in Lower 48 being undermined by sloppy garbage storage, proliferating development, outdoor recreation pressure and bad laws
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 MoreHow Do We Continue The Miracle Of US Grizzly Conservation?
November 6, 2021
Fate of Jackson Hole Grizzly 399, human-bear co-existence and Montana laws hostile to grizzlies will be discussed in virtual town hall Monday night by Servheen, Hilty and Mangelsen. You're invited
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 MoreEvolution Of A Young Climate Activist
October 23, 2021
Two Lilys: A high school reporter who is going places interviews a contemporary who isn't content to sit on the sidelines. She's taking action
Read MoreYellowstone Confronts Its Past
October 11, 2021
Homeland and crossroads for at least 27 indigenous tribes, Yellowstone as a place has an ancient human history—one seldom acknowledged in its first 150 years as a park
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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