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'They Still See Us': A New Poem by Lois Red Elk
May 7, 2020
The Dakota/Lakota poet writes of walking the paths of the four directions with humility and honor
Read MoreOne of America's Biggest Wildlife Conservation Issues You Need To Know About
May 6, 2020
Stretching between Yellowstone National Park and Bozeman, the Gallatins are the only mountains rimming Yellowstone without significant wilderness protection. Will the Forest Service show vision?
Read MoreAmerica's Big Open Was Anything But Lonely Or Empty
May 1, 2020
Along with indigenous people, native animals large and small once covered North America's prairies—and in some places, they could again.
Read MoreRon Marlenee Was A Proud Burr In The Hiking Boots Of Environmentalists
April 30, 2020
The former Montana Congressman who died this week could be prickly but he delighted in delivering zingers and representing rural people
Read MoreCelebrating The Power Of A Word: H-A-B-I-T-A-T
April 22, 2020
In this Earth Day tribute, conservationist and American safari guide Phil Knight puts Greater Yellowstone in global perspective
Read MoreGame Farms Should Warrant Greater Scrutiny In Age Of Disease Pandemics
April 21, 2020
In this op-ed, Wayne Pacelle calls out a controversial industry, profiting off of captive wildlife, that has been linked to spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
Read MoreStop The Stalling: Montana Ought To Have A Public Bison Herd
April 15, 2020
In this op-ed, conservationist Jim Bailey says doing what's right for a state wildlife icon needs to prevail
Read MoreAre America's Greatest Wildlife Migrations Being Sacrificed To Fossil Fuels?
April 14, 2020
Writer and ecologist Franz Camenzind investigates why some of Greater Yellowstone's biggest animal wonders are imperiled. Part 1 in an ongoing series Epic Journeys—Views from the Front Lines of America's Greatest Wildlife Migrations
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease: America's Homegrown Contagion That Lumbers On Four Hooves
April 12, 2020
Forget, for a moment, Covid-19 and bats. Epidemiologists say we need to take seriously this wildlife version of Mad Cow rapidly spreading across the country. First in a new investigative series
Read MoreWhat Can Greater Yellowstone Learn From Africa? (Remembering Garth Owen-Smith 1944-2020)
April 11, 2020
From sport hunting iconic species to giving local communities ownership over wildlife, Namibia may do things that drive some American conservationists crazy, but it has slowed and reversed the decimation of wildlife
Read MoreThe Spirit World Is Never Apart
April 7, 2020
How does poet Lois Red Elk find grounding in challenging times? By honoring the soulful sustenance of the creator's gifts
Read MoreCoronavirus On The Doorstep: The Pandemic Reaches America’s Isolated Flyover
April 2, 2020
In a real-life potboiler, Sarah DeOpsomer pens a personal journal about Covid-19's arrival in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and waiting for her own (positive) test results to come in
Read MoreThe West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19
March 30, 2020
| Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion' |
When The Government Tries To Think Big
March 29, 2020
Thirty years ago, the Greater Yellowstone's first attempt at having a grand vision to protect the ecosystem turned into a whimper. What happened? A first-hand account from a civil servant who was there
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