Award-winning writer Susan Marsh, a former Forest Service naturalist and wildlands manager, expresses worry that is on the minds of many in her famous valley
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Is Development On Private Land in Jackson Hole Causing The Community To Burst At Its Seams?
May 6, 2019
Kids Get Climate Change, So Why Won't Adults Adjust Lifestyles To Give Them A More Livable Future?
May 5, 2019
MoJo columnist Lance Olsen says the world's youth have ample reasons to question the selfishness of their elders
Read MoreThe Blessing Of Being Alive: Lois Red Elk Returns!
April 25, 2019
Montana's acclaimed poet of the prairie beholds the patterns of nature and finds solace in the power of turtle
Read MoreHeeding The Trade-Offs Of Recreation-Based Growth Near Yellowstone
April 24, 2019
Gallatin County, Montana is one of the fastest-growing non-urban counties in America but is there a plan to deal with the deluge?
Read MoreReason For Optimism On Earth Day 2019?
April 22, 2019
Despite major environmental challenges, Brian Yablonski writes in this op-ed that there are many reasons to reject doom and gloom—and embrace hope
Read MoreNatural Truths: Channeling The Wisdom of Aldo Leopold
April 19, 2019
Seventy years after A Sand County Almanac was published, what would 'the godfather of modern ecological thinking' say about battles over predators, recreation and environmental justice?
Read MoreGreater Yellowstoneans Know How To Co-Exist With The Icons Of Wildness
April 9, 2019
First grizzly-human encounter reminds us of value of bear spray and the long odds of getting attacked
Read MoreFewer Elk Counted This Year On Yellowstone's Famous Northern Range—But What Does It Mean?
April 5, 2019
Annual wapiti survey: apart from wolves and other wildlife meat eaters, a formidable predator is winter
Read MoreTom Mangelsen’s Legacy Images Speak To A Life Shooting In The Wild
April 3, 2019
Renowned Jackson Hole photographer inspires masses, including famous friends, to rally in defense of nature. His work now featured in national museum tour
Read MoreJohn Heyneman Returns To Home Range
April 1, 2019
Wyoming rancher Heyneman, who grew up near Fishtail, Montana, has a personal family connection to the legendary Padlock Ranch and once left a big impression on Wallace Stegner
Read MoreIs American Prairie Reserve Taking The West Back To The Future?
March 25, 2019
With a grand vision for rewilding native species in eastern Montana, APR is spurring a huge debate over bison, private property rights, federalism and the survival of rural communities
Read MoreNaturalist Says Outdoor Recreation Can Have Huge Impacts On Wildlife
March 20, 2019 // Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife
Mountain bikers and hikers with dogs can bring huge spatial intrusions into wildlife habitat
Read MoreConservationists Sue To Halt Artificial Feeding At National Elk Refuge
March 18, 2019 // Chronic Wasting Disease, Ecosystem Protection, Wildlife
With Chronic Wasting Disease likely already on refuge, action is claimed as necessary to prevent disastrous disease outbreak amongst America's most famous elk herd
Read MoreSome Call Her 'The Owl Whisperer'
March 18, 2019 // Art, Photography, Wildlife
Ashleigh Scully is a rising Millennial star in wildlife photography. Enjoy a Mountain Journal interview with the conservation-minded phenom