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Standing 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
Read More'Outside Ourselves' Should Be Read By Every Outdoor Recreationist
September 30, 2019
Todd Burrit, former wilderness ranger, goes on a long wander in Greater Yellowstone and emerges as a protector
Read MoreSoliloquy For The Fall: Nature Is A Place Where Non-conformists Can Find Themselves
September 29, 2019
Susan Marsh riffs eloquently on connecting to place, loss of place and what's worth saving. Are we in Greater Yellowstone listening?
Read MoreAmericans Love Public Lands And Species Conservation But How Do We Pay For Them?
September 26, 2019
Opinion: John Goodell says a new bill, "The Recovering America's Wildlife Act," offers a game-changing path forward. What you need to know
Read MoreDoes The E-Bike Invasion Represent A Menace To Wildlife And Character Of Public Lands?
September 25, 2019
Larry Desjardin examines impact of Interior Department executive order opening gate for e-bikes in national parks, wildlife refuges and BLM lands. Are national forests next?
Read MoreWhere Grizzlies Still Barely Hang On—In Their Own Yaak Time
September 23, 2019
For writer Rick Bass, dignity can be measured where nature is allowed to persist without impetuous interference. Another installment in our Sounds Of Silence series.
Read MoreArmed And Ready—For Safer Travel In Griz Country
September 23, 2019
Danielle Oyler teaches people how to live and recreate smarter around places where bears live. How knowledgeable are you?
Read MorePaying Forward Wildness In A World Consumed By Self-Interest
September 11, 2019
Timothy Tate treks into the Yellowstone backcountry and ruminates on an ethic present in three generations
Read MoreIt's Time To Get The Lead Out Of Hunting Ammo
September 5, 2019
Eliminating lead bullets isn't anti-hunting, experts say; it's being pro-human and wildlife health. Franz Camenzind asks: what sportsman would be opposed to that?
Read MoreThe Mighty Return Of Tatanka
September 4, 2019
Poet Lois Red Elk writes of buffalo dreams becoming fulfilled and rumbling spirits finding a way home
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