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The Strength Of Great Trees Is Grounded In Deep Roots
January 9, 2022
![An old cottonwood reflected in the water](/content/articles/ic_1641692118_400x300_true.jpg)
Poet Lois Red Elk reminds that the obvious things we savor about place, wildlife and community have deeper underpinnings in the earth
Read MoreIn The Bull's Eye: A Human Swarm Is Overwhelming The Yellowstone Region
July 20, 2021
![Greater Yellowstone is a bull's eye for growth](/content/articles/ic_1626794579_400x300_true.jpg)
Amid unprecedented development and outdoor recreation pressure, three experts say new strategies urgently needed to save America's most famous wildlife ecosystem
Read MoreDead Griz Along Yellowstone River Now Subject Of Poaching Investigation
June 30, 2021
![Griz 394 now subject of poaching probe](/content/articles/ic_1625111985_400x300_true.jpg)
The body of Grizzly 394, a 25-year-old male, attracted lots of human photo ops in Gardiner but now is a criminal case after someone removed its head and claws, officials say
Read MoreWith Color, Flato Has A Magic Touch
June 29, 2021
![Paradise Valley Cloud by Malou Flato](/content/articles/ic_1624997258_400x300_true.jpg)
Artist Malou Flato, known nationally for her mixed media explorations of nature, shines in a new showing of oil paintings devoted to Paradise Valley, Montana
Read MoreCovid Reflections: Before The World Shut Down Sarah DeOpsomer Got Sick
March 28, 2021
![A string of covid masks in southwest Montana](/content/articles/ic_1616980154_400x300_true.jpg)
A year after the pandemic reached the interior West and brought the globe to a standstill, this Bozeman resident survived her own brush with the virus. Now she looks back
Read MoreNo, Human Development Does Not "Create" Wildlife Corridors
February 18, 2021
![Canmore, Alberta could be Bozeman, Big Sky or Jackson, Wyo](/content/articles/ic_1613694395_400x300_true.jpg)
In op-ed, former superintendent of Canada's oldest national park calls out development scheme that has many parallels in Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreLong Journey To A Masterpiece
December 13, 2020
!["Cold Night on the Yellowstone" by Jake Mosher](/content/articles/ic_1607902198_400x300_true.jpg)
Bozeman photographer Jake Mosher wins prestigious prize for his portrayal of Yellowstone River following enigmatic path that led him back to nature's beauty
Read MoreWhen White People Stopped Indigenous Elk Hunts In Jackson Hole
October 1, 2020
![Two Crow riders](/content/articles/ic_1601602671_400x300_true.jpg)
Frontier racism and injustice prompted legal action that still ripples across America involving native hunting and fishing rights. Red Lodge writer John Clayton takes a deep dive
Read MoreA Showdown Over Elk In Paradise?
July 30, 2020
![Worries over elk and disease in Paradise Valley](/content/articles/ic_1596128108_400x300_true.jpg)
New report illuminates clash between ranchers and disease-carrying elk that has huge implications for a famous Montana valley, migrating wildlife and a scenic corridor to Yellowstone
Read MoreGiving Grizzlies Their Legal Voice
July 19, 2020
![A mother grizzly and cub](/content/articles/ic_1595213049_400x300_true.jpg)
Robert Aland, a tax attorney from Chicago, credits bears with turning him into a citizen advocate for nature—as he believes all residents, even part-timers, should be
Read MoreListed Again: Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Federally Protected And Won't Be Trophy Hunted
July 14, 2020
![Griz 399: matriarch poster child for her species](/content/articles/ic_1594693976_400x300_true.jpg)
What the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its high-profile ruling and what it means for the most iconic population of bears in the world
Read MoreWhat If The Lakota Had Wiped Lewis And Clark Off The Map?
June 15, 2020
![Lewis and Clark heading into indigenous homelands](/content/articles/ic_1592265019_400x300_true.jpg)
It could have happened. A descendent in the same blood line as Crazy Horse reflects on the Corps of Discovery staying alive and William Clark's racist attitudes
Read MorePalms On Buffalo Skull: With Maka Unci, We Are Never Alone
June 4, 2020
![Buffalo horns: do they offer a dilemma or direction?](/content/articles/ic_1591282870_400x300_true.jpg)
Two poems to usher in summer by Lois Red Elk (Dakota/Lakota) as we contemplate the wisdom of Taku Wakan
Read MoreChasing The Dream: The Impact Of Parents
May 17, 2020
![Who wants success more: kids or parents?](/content/articles/ic_1589762402_400x300_true.jpg)
As a soccer player in Bozeman, Montana, Eddy Prugh knew his chances of playing D-1 (and going pro) were a long shot. Then he realized he had to leave—the country!
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