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Outdoor Recreation Equals Conservation: Debunking The Myth
April 5, 2022
![Why does Greater Yellowstone still have all of its wildlife?](/content/articles/ic_1649196270_400x300_true.jpg)
A developer's proposal to build a 'glampground' on the banks of the famous Gallatin River stokes controversy and calls messaging used by American conservation groups about recreation into question
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
Read More'A Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map' Is A Great Read
December 14, 2021
![From exploring wildlands to saving them, Ridgeway continues his own evolution](/content/articles/ic_1639456727_400x300_true.jpg)
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 MoreYellowstone Wolf 302 Latest Star In Rick McIntyre's Lobo Trifecta
September 30, 2021 // Wolves
![For Wolf 302, being a savvy hunter was matter of life or death](/content/articles/ic_1633048016_400x300_true.jpg)
It's not easy surviving as a wolf in America's oldest national park—and this doesn't even include the perils that loom for wolves from humans once they cross the northern border into Montana
Read MoreMontana Defiantly Puts Yellowstone Wolves In Its Crosshairs
September 9, 2021 // Montana, Wolves, Yellowstone
![A member of Yellowstone's Delta Pack](/content/articles/ic_1631214833_400x300_true.jpg)
In unprecedented move, new hunting and trapping regulations would allow every wolf coming into state from America's first national park to be killed as a trophy
Read MoreJohn Heminway: American Master Of Dramatic Earthly Storytelling
June 15, 2021
![Heminway on the trail of elephant poachers](/content/articles/ic_1623776477_400x300_true.jpg)
From writing for legendary Wyoming outdoorsman Curt Gowdy to exposing elephant ivory poachers on film, John Heminway fights for wildness by telling the truth
Read MoreIs 'Wildland Conservation' That Does Not Emphasize Wildlife Really Conservation?
April 28, 2021
![Well-known artists, writers fill volume edited by Katie Christiansen](/content/articles/ic_1620225425_400x300_true.jpg)
Delightful new 'Artist's Field Guide To Yellowstone' offers inspiring reasons to care about protecting wildlife in Lower 48's famous bioregion
Read MoreElk River Writers Workshop Brings Stellar Guest Faculty To Paradise Valley
March 29, 2021
![Workshop Director CMarie Fuhrman in the elements](/content/articles/ic_1617028610_400x300_true.jpg)
The 2021 conference, set for Chico Hot Springs, will explore not only the craft of writing but contemporary issues. An interview with the Elk River Writers Workshop Director CMarie Fuhrman
Read MoreWhat Does River Conservation Really Mean?
February 16, 2021
!["In the Stillness of Dawn," a painting by Brent Cotton](/content/articles/ic_1613458994_400x300_true.jpg)
The Week That Is: If you ask river protectors you're likely to get different answers. Is growing recreation pressure a problem?
Read MoreJohn Potter Brings New Nature Cartoon To Mountain Journal
February 3, 2021
![Potter and friend in Red Lodge](/content/articles/ic_1612340501_400x300_true.jpg)
Each Wednesday, in "It's All Relative," the Montana fine artist will explore issues shaping Greater Yellowstone and the West with sardonic truth
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Climate Guru: 'I Worry About Our Wild Ecosystems'
January 26, 2021
![The wild and vulnerable West](/content/articles/ic_1611646142_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo interviews Dr. Cathy Whitlock about coming climate change impacts on nature and rural communities in West
Read MoreNative vs. Wild
January 13, 2021
![Trout: is it only fishing opportunity that matters?](/content/articles/ic_1610590613_400x300_true.jpg)
Hunters reject non-native species, even if they are wild, but why not all anglers when it comes to fish? Trout conservationist Bob Mallard dives into the issue
Read More"Public Trust" Is A Film About America's Natural Heritage That Will Rile You
October 16, 2020
![The Sheenjek River flows from ANWR](/content/articles/ic_1602880688_400x300_true.jpg)
Patagonia made a film about America's great natural asset—our public lands—and it is raising a ruckus. We interview the Montana journalist who appears in it. You can also see the film here, now.
Read MoreWolf As Avatar: When A Lobo 'Stepson' Takes Over The Pack
September 30, 2020 // Wolves
![Meet Mighty Wolf 21](/content/articles/ic_1601494922_400x300_true.jpg)
Ted Kerasote review Rick McIntyre's 'The Reign of Wolf 21,' a dramatic sequel to the Yellowstone naturalist's critically-acclaimed debut about the most famous lobos on earth
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