‘Decades-in-the-making’ $100 million purchase adds 640 acres to Grand Teton National Park, while protecting a key Greater Yellowstone wildlife
migration corridor.
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Feds Buy Kelly Parcel, Conserving Last of Unprotected Land in GTNP
January 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
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The Year of the Wolves
January 3, 2025 // FEATURE: History
Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
Read MoreA Life With Wolves
December 18, 2024 // Book Review
Biologist’s debut memoir weaves gripping adventure into a conservation success story.
Read MoreUnpacking a ‘Uniquely Mysterious’ Development Proposal in Paradise Valley
December 10, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Challenge Federal Logging Project in Western Montana
December 10, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
Clark Fork Face Project in Montana’s Garnet Range prompts lawsuit against BLM over wildlife habitat concerns.
Read MoreThe Man Behind the Snowpack
December 3, 2024 // MoJo Interview
Eric Larson knows how critical water is in the West. As
winters get warmer, the snowpack data Larson and his colleagues collect may benefit
everything from ranchers and climate scientists to reservoir managers and wildlife.
The Search for Meaning. Hint: It’s not Something we Find
November 27, 2024 // OPINION: Column
In times of
despair, we have a choice. Let’s choose wisely this holiday season.
USDA’s Wildlife Services Under Microscope for Killing Grizzlies
November 25, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Montana federal judge rules the agency violated NEPA, orders EIS to analyze how its wildlife management practices
affect grizzly bear connectivity.
The Battle Over Grizzlies and Grazing in Paradise
November 4, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Nine
conservation groups file lawsuit against USFS in federal court, claiming grazing allotments in Paradise Valley could
affect grizzly bear survival and connectivity.
Grizzly 399: The Monarch of Conservation
October 30, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
A national park wildlife guide reflects
on the life of the most famous grizzly bear in history.
Feeling Through Fire, Part 3: Seeking Truth in an Emotional Blaze
October 10, 2024 // MoJo Special Series
Two journalists and their attempt to unearth the truth behind wildfire. Part 3 in our series exploring our emotional relationship to wildfire.
Read MoreAre Bison Numbers in Yellowstone Sustainable?
October 2, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
About 4,500 bison live in
Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service says it plans to manage
for up 1,500 more but a former hydrologist writes in this op-ed that bison are already
destroying park streams. Here’s what he says the Park Service should do.
'Walking Among Giants': A Writer’s Introduction to the Grizzly Bear
September 23, 2024
In the
prologue to his new book, Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange discusses how he came to love North
America’s mighty bears.
Feeling Through Fire, Part 2: 'Melancholic Beauty'
September 18, 2024 // MoJo Special Series
In Part 2 of our series, a Brooklyn painter and
Montana’s Poet Laureate grapple with their crafts and the power of wildland
fire.