As animal highways important to Yellowstone Park, Bart Koehler says they are also the Gallatins' beating wild heart—and deserve protection
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One 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 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 MoreWhen The War Finally Comes (to America's First National Park)
April 4, 2020
Ready for survivalism, are you? Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller indelicately dismantles the End-Times fantasy. There is no place humans can run to escape ourselves
Read MoreLove Of Pets, People And Safety In A Time Of Coronavirus
March 22, 2020 // Dogs
Western towns are dog-crazy hamlets. As award-winning author Ted Kerasote notes, we need to think carefully about their social interactions, too
Read MoreAfter Yellowstone, Dreams Of Rewilding Scotland With Wolves And Lynx?
February 26, 2020
In the absence of predators, deer numbers exploded. After environmentalist George Monbiot killed one for population control, animal rights activists howled
Read MoreCalling Nature Writers, Poets And Videographers
February 12, 2020
Layser creative writing and journalism fellowship offers $3500 to person who wants to tell Greater Yellowstone stories. Application deadline is March 11, 2020
Read MoreBe Active, Reject Despair: Conflict Is Always A Catalyst For Positive Change
January 13, 2020
Receiving honorary doctorate, Mike Clark tells college graduates American democracy at turning point; meanwhile, Diana Blank bestowed with MSU President's Medallion
Read MoreBig Green Mike: Now You Can Also Call Him Dr. Clark
November 22, 2019
Former head of Greater Yellowstone Coalition and current MoJo board member Mike Clark to receive honorary doctorate from MSU
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 MoreMy Yellowstone Mauling And Mountaintop Rescue: An Exclusive Excerpt
September 2, 2019
In his new memoir, 'One of Us,' bear biologist Barrie Gilbert recounts his own brutal grizzly attack and the reasons behind his passion for large landscape conservation
Read MoreWhy A Group In Jackson Hole, Devoted To Unbridled Adventure, Conservation And Diversity, Is Under Fire
July 23, 2019
SHIFT can still have real impact but only if it is willing to shift itself
Read MoreGeorge Bird Grinnell: His Impact As "The Father of American Conservation" Written Across Today's West
July 22, 2019
John Taliaferro's "Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West" is epic, entertaining and important
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