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Chronic Wasting Disease Reaches Wild Elk In Montana
November 25, 2019
For the first time ever, CWD has been confirmed in Montana wapiti. How might it affect America's most iconic concentration of big game animals?
Read MoreClose Encounters Of The Avian Kind
November 21, 2019
As Phil Knight writes, human-animal curiosity and contact extends both ways
Read MoreSalmon: A Debate Over Dams And The Cause Of A Great Fish's Decline
November 21, 2019
Pacific Northwest salmon populations are collapsing. What is the best way to resuscitate them? Two experts debate.
Read MoreHave You Heard The Tales Of A Trickster Spider And Porcupine?
November 7, 2019
In this season of transition, Lois Red Elk reminds how humankind is reflected in the stories of wamakhashka
Read MoreOn Having Fun And Passing The Test of Ecological Sustainability
November 4, 2019
A veteran Forest Service backcountry specialist reflects on how her agency is dealing with growing human pressure
Read MoreLiving In A Community Means Politicians Having The Courage To Take Media And Citizen Questions
October 26, 2019
Every elected leader faces a choice: tell the truth and do what's right for country and civility or deepen the divide
Read MoreWhen E in Environmentalist Stands For Empathy
October 21, 2019
MoJo columnist Jordan Payne says righteousness alone won't convince young people to support landscape protection
Read MoreWyoming Keeps Falling Behind While Jackson Hole Thrives—Why?
October 17, 2019
Compared to her Rocky Mountain neighbors, the state is the only one losing people. Wyoming's leaders have some soul-searching to do
Read MoreIf The Challenges Facing Jackson Hole Can't Be Fixed, Then What's The Fate Of Greater Yellowstone?
October 14, 2019
Will "collaboration as usual" save America's most iconic ecosystem or it is time for new leaders touting a braver new vision?
Read MoreStanding Rock Reflections: What Is Progress?
October 6, 2019
Lois Red Elk writes about protest and the tormented ghost of a soldier who helped take her homeland
Read MoreA Doctor Plumbs The Depths Of Ivan Doig's Illness And Asks: 'Did He Have An Epiphany?'
October 5, 2019
Robert Patrick, a Doig fan and end-of-life-physician, writes of what he found in the famous author's journals
Read MoreTerminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End
October 5, 2019
Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart
Read MoreShould Carrying Bear Spray Be Required For Big Game Hunters In Grizzly Country?
October 3, 2019
Just as life vests are required for boaters and wearing orange for rifle hunters, Mike Bader says bear spray ought to be compulsory too
Read MoreNational Flashpoint: The Gallatin Range Is Ground Zero For Americans Talking About Wilderness
September 30, 2019
History shows those pushing for mountain bikes in wilderness have no factual traction. Read this excerpt of Todd Burritt's book on Greater Yellowstone
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