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The Next Endangered Species in Hip Mountain Towns: Local People
May 19, 2021
![It's a scene repeated throughout the Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1621400836_400x300_true.jpg)
As greedy landlords convert homes and apartments into pricey short-term rentals for tourists, many longtime residents are feeling exiled from their own communities. John Potter sizes it up
Read MoreA Novel About Lobos—With The Big Bad Wolf Nowhere In Sight
May 14, 2021
![Moritsch writes fiction but not fairy tales lacking in science](/content/articles/ic_1621002756_400x300_true.jpg)
For decades, Barbara Moritsch worked as an ecologist in some of the most visited national parks. In her novel she dispels backward attitudes toward wolves
Read MoreThings That Can't Be Re-Created
May 12, 2021
![Remember the climber who hammered in bolts on petroglyphs?](/content/articles/ic_1620781579_400x300_true.jpg)
After a climber in Utah brazenly bolted a route across ancient indigenous petroglyphs, believing they were "graffiti," MoJo cartoonist John Potter says it spells only one thing
Read More"Antler Scouts" Enter A Brave New Era
May 11, 2021
![Every year bull elk shed their antlers](/content/articles/ic_1620750992_400x300_true.jpg)
Julie Fustanio reports from Jackson Hole on the annual frenzy of gathering shed wildlife antlers, the covid effect and scouting bringing equality to girls
Read MoreMatho's Message And The Enduring Spirit of Bear Nation
May 9, 2021
![Grizzly Mother 399 and four cubs swim the Snake](/content/articles/ic_1620600667_400x300_true.jpg)
Lois Red Elk shares a brand new poem inspired by the journey of Jackson Hole Grizzly 399, an enduring symbol of motherhood and sentience in the world
Read MoreAre There Enough Park Rangers To Go Around?
May 5, 2021
![Rangers on the front lines of crushing visitation](/content/articles/ic_1620222608_400x300_true.jpg)
With record crowds poised to descend on Yellowstone and Grand Teton, cartoonist John Potter laments how rangers every year have to do more with less
Read MoreOf Nature, Grief And Mending A Broken Heart
May 3, 2021
![We're humble but never alone in wildness](/content/articles/ic_1620002378_400x300_true.jpg)
In a moving reflection, Susan Marsh writes about losing her husband, dealing with sorrow, government service and trying to rally for the wild things that matter
Read MoreIs 'Wildland Conservation' That Does Not Emphasize Wildlife Really Conservation?
April 28, 2021
![Well-known artists, writers fill volume edited by Katie Christiansen](/content/articles/ic_1620225425_400x300_true.jpg)
Delightful new 'Artist's Field Guide To Yellowstone' offers inspiring reasons to care about protecting wildlife in Lower 48's famous bioregion
Read MoreThe Adventures Of Modern Conquistadors
April 21, 2021
![Sharing intel for fame and glory](/content/articles/ic_1618989066_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo cartoonist John Potter laments how social media and the egos of human 'explorers' are sullying the last best wild places
Read MoreCan Sprawl Be Tamed To Protect Wildlife And Ag Lands? Liberty Says Yes, But....
April 15, 2021
![For elk, the southern Gallatin Valley is an obstacle course](/content/articles/ic_1618533708_400x300_true.jpg)
In Part 2 of MoJo's interview with national planning guru Robert Liberty, we discuss urban growth boundaries. How might they work in Greater Yellowstone?
Read MoreWill Jackson Hole Grizzly 399—And Four Cubs— Emerge From The Den At 25?
April 14, 2021
![She never asked to be a star](/content/articles/ic_1618366001_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo cartoonist John Potter reminds: As the whole world waits, let's not forget what it's like for this venerable bear mama, a quarter century old, whose own greatest threat is....humans behaving badly
Read MoreMeditations On A Congress Of Owls
April 13, 2021
![Three siblings about to face the world](/content/articles/ic_1618331325_400x300_true.jpg)
When a pair of Great Horned owls set up nest along a busy road, Tim Crawford was there to photograph—and celebrate—them. Be it human or natural community, he says it's important to give a hoot
Read MorePondering Climate Change In A Red State Already Known For Its Melting Glaciers
April 11, 2021
![Sperry Glacier in retreat in Glacier National Park](/content/articles/ic_1618254644_400x300_true.jpg)
Even when state leadership is lacking, scientists say in this op-ed, progress can still be made in confronting impacts by focussing on local issues with local expertise
Read MoreWhat Toll On Wildness When Humans Want It All?
April 7, 2021
![A peak encounter between local and visitor](/content/articles/ic_1617850216_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo's The Week That Is: When it comes to recreational impacts, we have to look ourselves in the mirror—and that's probably why we deny we are displacing wildlife
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