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Bridging the Divide: How to decrease wildlife-vehicle collisions
October 26, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch

More than 1 million vehicles use US Highway 191 to enter Yellowstone. With a quarter of all crashes involving wildlife, what's to be done? A new traffic and wildlife corridor study hopes to shed some light on solutions.
Read MoreMapping Our Values
October 20, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch

With 122,000 residents, Gallatin County is the fastest growing county in Montana. A working group recently unveiled its Sensitive Lands Protection Plan aiming to guide county growth.
Read MoreYellowstone Grizzlies and the Controversy Over Food
October 18, 2023 // OPINION: Essay

Between human interaction and a changing climate, are grizzly bears getting
enough to eat?
Read MoreA 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?
August 8, 2023

To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
Read MoreHow Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Could Be Delisted And Remain Protected
July 18, 2023

States are pushing hard to remove America's most famous grizzly population from federal protection. The primary reason is obvious. Why aren't we doing the same with bald eagles?
Read MoreIn Montana, Four Different Polls Say Citizens Seriously Unhappy About Sprawl
July 5, 2023

North of Yellowstone, no-zoning signs fly like protest flags but residents of beautiful Park County are deeply concerned lack of planning is causing the loss of places they love
Read MoreLooking Past The Cliches of 'Western Art'
June 18, 2023

In her new award-winning book 'Montana Modernists,' Michele Corriel declares that artists from the West are so much more than frontier portrayals of cowboys and Indians
Read MoreWhy Insurance Companies Are Pulling Out Of Fire-Prone Areas in California
June 15, 2023

An emergency management expert advises on how to reduce risk. Her top suggestion: make smarter land use choices and limit development in risky areas
Read MoreTo Stop A Grizzly And How Bear Spray Saved A Life
June 6, 2023

When a grizzly bear charged Keegan David, he had seconds to
react. He shared his story with Mountain Journal.
How A Citizen Is Raising Awareness About Threat Of Grand Targhee Expansion
June 1, 2023

Howie Garber’s new book touches on the beauty of wildness
through a photographer’s lens
Solving the Mystery of Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’
May 26, 2023

John Maclean’s foreword to Hemingway’s early masterpiece in the recently published ‘Centennial Edition'
Read MoreFamous Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 Wows Again, But Now What?
May 18, 2023

Emerging with her 18th cub as part of a historic legendary life, 399 is 27, long in the tooth and still transforming our perceptions of grizzlies. Now it's our turn to be on best behavior
Read MoreThe Doggoned Truth—Domestic Canines Are Not Wildlife’s Best Friends
May 4, 2023

The science is clear that our canine friends are seriously disrupting wild ecosystems, but why do we keep turning a blind eye? Do we want wildlife to persist?
Read MoreThe Gray Ghosts Of Change: Can The Grizzly 'Bear Tree' Be Saved?
April 3, 2023

The whitebark pine tree is receiving federal protection at same time states are pushing to remove grizzlies from imperiled list. A story about how fate of trees and bears is intertwined