How To Save, Build and Protect A Better Community

May 1, 2019

by Mountain Journal

Living in the golden age—and paying it forward

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To Go—And Perish—Where Others Fear To Tread

April 22, 2019

by Timothy Tate

MoJo columnist Timothy Tate, a psychotherapist and consultant to The North Face adventure team, examines why some court risk and others get exhilaration by watching others take chances

Reason For Optimism On Earth Day 2019?

April 22, 2019

by Brian Yablonski

Despite major environmental challenges, Brian Yablonski writes in this op-ed that there are many reasons to reject doom and gloom—and embrace hope

Natural Truths: Channeling The Wisdom of Aldo Leopold

April 19, 2019

by Todd Wilkinson

Seventy years after A Sand County Almanac was published, what would 'the godfather of modern ecological thinking' say about battles over predators, recreation and environmental justice?

Some Call Her 'The Owl Whisperer'

March 18, 2019 // Art, Photography, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

Ashleigh Scully is a rising Millennial star in wildlife photography. Enjoy a Mountain Journal interview with the conservation-minded phenom

The Power Of Words: How We Use Language To Justify Our Consumption Of Nature

March 11, 2019 // Public Lands, Wildlife, Wyoming

by Susan Marsh

MoJo columnist Susan Marsh waxes on how we 'harvest' living things to avoid admitting we're taking their lives

Public Health Official: Chronic Wasting Disease Seems Bound To Infect People

March 6, 2019 // Chronic Wasting Disease, Hunting, Jackson Hole, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

Thousands of wapiti at National Elk Refuge

"CWD is gonna be a helluva wildlife problem even if disease doesn't reach livestock and humans," Osterholm says. He criticizes Wyoming for continuing to operate controversial elk feedgrounds

Can Greater Yellowstone’s Wildlife Survive Industrial Strength Recreation?

March 6, 2019 // development, Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

A contrast between two different organizations—one devoted to tackling real issues shaping our region, the other running away from hard discussions about growing impacts of industrial-strength recreation

Boom-time Frenzy: What Kind Of Prosperity Destroys The Foundation It Is Built Upon?

February 26, 2019 // Big Sky, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Jackson Hole, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

Never mind Greater Yellowstone's super volcano, there's already an epic explosion occurring in some corners of the ecosystem. And it's called growth

Could This Be Your Writing Studio?

February 25, 2019

by Mountain Journal

First-ever Greater Yellowstone Fellowship Offers $3500 to creatively explore America's most iconic ecosystem

Wallowing Unhappily In Yellowstone

February 25, 2019 // Bison, Yellowstone

by Sean Cummings

Cursed cars: a Millennial tourist, among the record-breaking masses, admits to being profoundly disappointed by his front country experience in America's first national park

Unnatural Disaster: Will America’s Most Iconic Wild Ecosystem Be Lost To A Tidal Wave Of People?

February 14, 2019 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly

by Todd Wilkinson

At current conservative growth estimates, Bozeman, Montana will be Minneapolis-proper-sized in 40 years.

A MoJo Special Report: Can the wild Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem survive the coming hurricane of human population growth? As part of Mountain Journal's ongoing investigative series, "Greater Yellowstone: The Big Picture," Todd Wilkinson examines significant issues shaping the future of America's most iconic wildland ecosystem. This story focuses on the accelerating impacts of human development.