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Charting The Rise Of A Famous Grizzly Bear Mother In Jackson Hole
October 3, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, The New West
People Forget That Before Grizzly 399 Became The World's Most Famous Bear, There Was Jackson Hole Grizzly Mama 474
Read MoreThe Lords Of Yesterday Are Back And They Want America's Public Land
September 28, 2017 // Opinion, Public Lands
Barry Reiswig—a backcountry horseman, hunter, angler and former civil servant —pushes back against what he calls "the radical agenda" of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Read MoreTo Be A Man, Real Warriors Don't Have To Kill Lions
September 26, 2017 // Co-existence, Culture
America's wildest ecosystem can learn some valuable lessons about human-predator conflicts from Daniel Ole Sambu and his campaign to protect African lions
Read MoreAutumn Interlude: Painting Grizzly Bear Mother 399
September 25, 2017 // Grizzly Bears
Grizzly 399 is the most famous modern bear in the world. Sue Cedarholm paints the matriarch as she guides her cubs through Jackson Hole on a quest to sate the hunger of hyperphagia.
Read MoreWithin An Old Burn, Views Of White Turned To Black And Fading Fireweed
September 21, 2017 // Big Art of Nature
In Her Latest Installment Of Watercolor Diary, Sue Cedarholm Literally Hikes Into Wilderness From Town With Her Daughters And Finds A Fresh Scene
Read MoreA Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Conservation, Culture
Mountain Journal columnist Susan Marsh spent three decades working for the US Forest Service, working on recreation and wilderness protection in both the Gallatin National Forest of Montana and Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today she's an award-wining writer.
Read MoreFake News And Media Bias? It's Actually Me-Bias And Most Of Us Are Guilty
September 4, 2017 // Culture
In his new column, Trigger Warning, now debuting at Mountain Journal, social commentator David J Swift suggests those who embrace alternative facts can't handle the truth
Read MoreA Montana Political Giant Says Citizens Must Hold Elected Officials To Account
August 28, 2017 // Civil Society, Politics, The New West
Max Baucus, the former Ambassador to China and Longtime U.S. Senator From Montana, Says Citizens Will Get The Democracy They Deserve—If They Demand It
Read MoreEven In Paradise, Everyone Needs To Heal Something, Especially The Seemingly Invincible
August 23, 2017 // Community, Community Change
Confronting the myth of perfection, columnist Timothy Tate, a practicing psychotherapist in Bozeman, writes about "distress" accompanying radical changes in mountain communities
Read MoreCosmic Palette: Commemorating Eclipse Totality With Brushes Of Paint
August 22, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Community, Community Change, Culture, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole
In "Watercolor Diary" Day 150, Sue Cedarholm Documents The Great American Eclipse From The Floor Of Grand Teton National Park
Read MoreEpic Challenges Are Gripping Jackson Hole But For Hank Phibbs Surrender Is Not An Option
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Community, Community Change, Conservation, Jackson Hole, Politics, Wyoming
Teton County, Wyoming is one of the wealthiest per capita counties in the United States and one of the most strikingly beautiful places on earth. Yet despite its abundance of riches, Teton County is a province of widening economic disparity, tensions between nature preservation and human development, and questions shaping the soul of the community. Hank Phibbs takes us into the heart of the conversation.
Read MoreIntroducing Mountain Journal: A New Voice for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
August 14, 2017 // Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Government Accountability, News, Public Lands, Public-Interest Journalism, Science, The New West, Wildlife
MOUNTAIN JOURNAL is public-interest journalism aimed at celebrating an unparalleled region and probing a question: Can America’s last, best and most iconic wild ecosystem be saved? How we make meaning of place and search for answers here has implications for every corner of the country.
Read MoreMarshall Cutchin Brings Modern Thinking To Heraclitus' "Same River Twice"
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Water, Wildlife
Marshall Cutchin, publisher of world's largest online flyfishing webzine, joins MoJo stable of writers. You don't have to be an angler to appreciate Cutchin's incisive thoughts about the value of nature in our lives.
Read MoreFranz Camenzind Pens "Wild Ideas"
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Community, Community Change, Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Politics, Public Lands
Has the conservation leadership of Greater Yellowstone lost its edge in the face of so many emerging challenges? With a background in wildlife research, making acclaimed nature documentaries and leading a Jackson Hole-based conservation organization, Franz Camenzind has a lot to say about the state of the environmental movement.
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