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Up North There's Concern About Skinny Grizzlies And Declining Salmon
November 11, 2019
Another reminder that all grizzly foods aren't equal. When you lose one, as has been shown in Greater Yellowstone, it can disorder things at an ecosystem level
Read MoreA Doctor Plumbs The Depths Of Ivan Doig's Illness And Asks: 'Did He Have An Epiphany?'
October 5, 2019
Robert Patrick, a Doig fan and end-of-life-physician, writes of what he found in the famous author's journals
Read MoreTerminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End
October 5, 2019
Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart
Read MoreActually, Most Americans Support The Endangered Species Act
August 28, 2019
Despite claims by the Trump Administration and some politicians that the public desperately wanted the ESA reformed, that isn't what citizens say in surveys
Read MoreWyoming's Bet On Coal Is Now Busting The State
July 9, 2019
Cursing at the wind? The more that its elected officials dig in their heels for coal, the further behind Wyoming falls in people and durable job creation
Read MoreNew Wyoming Hunting Group Takes The Old Guard To Task
May 17, 2019
Mountain Pursuit, founded by former journalist and fifth-generation Wyomingite Rob Shaul, expresses outrage over, among other things, the brutal treatment of coyotes and decline of fair chase in hunting
Read MoreUnnatural Disaster: Will America’s Most Iconic Wild Ecosystem Be Lost To A Tidal Wave Of People?
February 14, 2019 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
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.
Read MoreDems Winning House Means Major Pushback To Trump's Anti-Environment, Anti-Science Agenda
November 7, 2018
Still, the Democratic National Committee remains clueless in dealing with rural West and heartland
Read MoreStacking The Deck? House Democrats Say GOP Giving Industry Too Much Influence On Capitol Hill
November 1, 2018 // Climate Change, Congress, Politics, Science
New report says fossil fuel interests dominate hearings on issues affecting American West
Read MoreTR IV: Meet A Real Theodore Roosevelt Conservationist
August 12, 2018 // Conservation, Leadership, Ryan Zinke, Wildlife
Great grandson of 'the old lion' calls moderate Republicans 'an endangered species'
Read MoreHouse Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk
June 22, 2018 // Leadership, National Park Service, Politics, Yellowstone
Ranking minority member of House Natural Resources Committee wants Interior Secretary to reveal why he is forcing Yellowstone superintendent out
Read MoreMaking Teddy Roosevelt Mad Not Proud: Trump and Zinke Score A Witless Triumph In Utah
December 5, 2017
The U.S. President And His Interior Secretary Demonstrate A Clueless Understanding Of Economics Driving The New West.
Read MoreChasing Summits And Running Toward The Sun
October 31, 2017 // Community, Community Change
One week after Timothy Tate wrote provocatively about tragedy in the mountains, the MoJo columnist pens another on humility—and the ethic of using, but not using up, the places that personally inspire
Read MoreWilderness: America's Second-Best Idea Is Under Attack—Unfortunately By Some Recreationists
September 6, 2017 // Wilderness
In this second part of an ongoing series on wilderness in America, MoJo columnist Franz Camenzind shines a light on efforts in Congress to roll back federal protection for wilderness. One of the main surprising instigators, he says, are mountain bikers masquerading as conservationists.
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