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Twilight Of The Yellowstone Winterkeepers
December 24, 2022 // Yellowstone
![Portrait of Steven Fuller by Neal Herbert/National Park Service](/content/articles/ic_1515017835_400x300_true.jpg)
With 50 years of solitude, Steven Fuller is a living legend in Yellowstone and an endangered 21st-century icon
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December 11, 2022
![Only three Lower 48 states boast grizzlies and wolves in their border](/content/articles/ic_1670803133_400x300_true.jpg)
Greater Yellowstone stands apart for its large mammals and other species. Dorothy Bradley says only habitat protection will spare it
Read MoreYellowstone: Icon of Infamy or Convenient Scapegoat?
December 5, 2022
![A family of Sheepeaters (Tukudika) photographed west of Yellowstone in 1871](/content/articles/ic_1669958245_400x300_true.jpg)
Montana writer Todd Burritt pens a scathing review of Megan Kate Nelson's portrayal of America's first national park in her book 'Saving Yellowstone'
Read MoreWhy 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
![The "balance" between private land development and conservation is landing hard on some of America's most famous wildlife populations](/content/articles/ic_1666893445_400x300_true.jpg)
The only way Greater Yellowstone, America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, stands a chance of being saved is if there's a game plan. Glaringly, none now exists
Read MoreGrizzlies Around Yellowstone Are Entering A Big Squeeze
May 16, 2022
![Grizzly 399 and four cubs, with whom she recently parted company](/content/articles/ic_1652730892_400x300_true.jpg)
Past research shows bears are sensitive to small amounts of habitat intrusion by recreation and development. But what's the impact now as both of those go boom?
Read MoreLate Spring Dance: Life, Death And Renewal In Yellowstone
May 7, 2022
![Young wapiti doing the jig of life](/content/articles/ic_1528769464_400x300_true.jpg)
Steve Fuller, winterkeeper of America's oldest national park, takes note of Yellowstone's most dramatic season
Read MoreSearching For The 'Other Bob' Behind Dylan
April 25, 2022
![Dylan playing at the Civil Rights March in Washington DC, summer 1963](/content/articles/ic_1650841067_400x300_true.jpg)
In 1968, writer Toby Thompson set out for Hibbing, Minnesota on a quest to find out how Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan. He met the legend's high school sweetheart who inspired a Dylan song
A Winterkeeper's Reflections On Yellowstone's State Of Ambient Beings
January 29, 2022
![For half a century winter has been Steve Fuller's muse](/content/articles/ic_1643498839_400x300_true.jpg)
In a stirring presentation of fantastical imagery, Steve Fuller shows why—and how—Yellowstone becomes wonderland when temperatures fall, the snow flies and water turns to ice
Read MoreThe Climber-Conservationist Who Literally Put Greater Yellowstone On The Map
December 28, 2021
![Rick Reese atop Mount Moran](/content/articles/ic_1640745246_400x300_true.jpg)
As advocates for the Yellowstone region go, Rick Reese ranks right up there with the most impactful of all time. His legacy is written in the abundant wildlife and healthy landscapes we value today
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September 12, 2021 // Grizzly Bears
![A grizzly in Glacier National Park](/content/articles/ic_1631497478_400x300_true.jpg)
As Jessianne Castle reports in this story from wild country around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, it's how humans behave that can keep people and bears safe
Read MoreThe Tyranny Of Individualism As Destroyer Of Communities And Wild Places
August 10, 2021
![How Gardiner rebuilds after fire: Is it a harbinger for Greater Yellowstone?](/content/articles/ic_1628638238_400x300_true.jpg)
How a fire in a Yellowstone gateway town reminds that anti-regulation is killing the kind of thinking needed to preserve the best of Greater Yellowstone. Lee Nellis weighs in
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 MoreFishing's 'Hero Pose': How Do The Fish Feel?
March 23, 2021
![Smile, hold the fish and count your breath](/content/articles/ic_1616480730_400x300_true.jpg)
In MoJo's The Week That Is, we have a lively conversation about efforts to be kinder to fish when we pull them from the water and mug for the camera
Read MoreFour Bold Ideas To Save Greater Yellowstone (And Certain To Make Some Squirm)
March 15, 2021
![Nature and former ag lands going, going gone](/content/articles/ic_1615777372_400x300_true.jpg)
Lee Nellis first wrote in Mountain Journal about the failures of conservation. Now he wants to provoke a real discussion about how not to become Colorado. Are we ready to take aversive action?
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