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In The American West, These New Job Prospects Are Burning Hot
July 21, 2021
![Optimists always see the glass as half full](/content/articles/ic_1626904452_400x300_true.jpg)
In his latest MoJo cartoon, John Potter suggests that less precipitation, rising temps and super droughts are making current notions of 'forest health' obsolete
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 MoreSo, You're Non-White And You Really Want To Work For The US Forest Service?
July 14, 2021
![The Forest Service says it is trying to be more inclusive](/content/articles/ic_1626302788_400x300_true.jpg)
Melody Mobley, the first African-American woman forester in the storied land management agency, offers suggestions following a career punctuated by adversity
Read MoreSlaying Wolves To 'Save' The Elk?
July 14, 2021
![More elk today than in nearly 200 years](/content/articles/ic_1626273162_400x300_true.jpg)
As Montana and Idaho move to re-decimate their wild wolf populations, MoJo cartoonist John Potter calls out their faulty argument
Read MoreTate: Growth Is Rapidly Changing Our Communities And We Do Not Feel Fine
July 12, 2021
![A WPA poster promoting Montana in the 1930s](/content/articles/ic_1625758909_400x300_true.jpg)
By day he is a practicing therapist; for 40 years he's been a citizen in Bozeman. Timothy Tate sees many Greater Yellowstone towns losing their identity
Read MoreDear Senator Johnson
July 8, 2021
![Maybe the senator ought to come West?](/content/articles/ic_1625794385_400x300_true.jpg)
Want to know what cartoonist John Potter thinks about the Wisconsin lawmaker's claim that climate change is a bunch of BS? As the West scorches, Potter offers a reply
Read MoreDeer Spirit
July 5, 2021
![Sketch of white-tailed deer running](/content/articles/ic_1625495038_400x300_true.jpg)
A new poem from Lois Red Elk about how Lakota/Dakota dream culture and channeling the spirit of nature allows us to connect with the ones we love, even when far away
Read MoreUnexpected Switchback: When A Jaunt Up Disappointment Peak Was Anything But
July 1, 2021
![Sometimes important pathways circle back on themselves](/content/articles/ic_1625178625_400x300_true.jpg)
As Julie Fustanio writes, you never know who you'll meet in the Tetons. Sometimes the encounters deliver more than grand views but a better joyous perspective on life
Read MoreDead Griz Along Yellowstone River Now Subject Of Poaching Investigation
June 30, 2021
![Griz 394 now subject of poaching probe](/content/articles/ic_1625111985_400x300_true.jpg)
The body of Grizzly 394, a 25-year-old male, attracted lots of human photo ops in Gardiner but now is a criminal case after someone removed its head and claws, officials say
Read MoreThe Climate Change Neros Of Capitol Hill
June 30, 2021
![Can you guess the member of Congress who is Potter's target?](/content/articles/ic_1625025907_400x300_true.jpg)
For those elected officials who continue to deny the scientific facts about climate change, John Potter believes a reckoning is coming and history will judge them harshly
Read MoreCease Fire Now: Should Public Lands Be Places Where Politics Are Checked At The Trailhead?
June 25, 2021
![Our shared love of nature ought to unite us, right?](/content/articles/ic_1624627586_400x300_true.jpg)
Chris Hunt escaped to a river to fly fish. Back at camp, he met a citizen who was there at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then, around a campfire, all hell nearly broke loose
Read MoreBeloved Beasts Is A Perfect Read For The West—And Our Time
June 24, 2021
![Nijhuis: We've rallied before—and we can again](/content/articles/ic_1624519794_400x300_true.jpg)
New important book by Michelle Nijhuis tracks evolution of American conservation and arrives at this conclusion: there is still hope but we have to act now
Read MoreBears Again Paying The Price When People Behave Badly
June 23, 2021
![How again is Felicia a "problem" bear?](/content/articles/ic_1624456412_400x300_true.jpg)
John Potter wonders aloud: what teaching moment is being squandered as wildlife managers heavy-handedly respond to grizzly bear mother "Felicia" and cubs on Wyoming's Togwotee Pass?
Read MoreWired Differently: Young Americans And Wildland Conservation
June 21, 2021
![Young people have their own definitions of wild nature](/content/articles/ic_1624328037_400x300_true.jpg)
Professor Don Snow, life-long student of the West, reflects on the generational divides in thinking about nature—what's an improvement and what might not be
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