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Howling, To Your Heart's Content
April 3, 2020
![Painting title "Van Gogh Never Howled To The Moon."](/content/articles/ic_1585929936_400x300_true.jpg)
Westerners aren't singing like Caruso from their balconies; they're greeting each other like a pack of fellow lonesome lobos
Read MoreOf God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals
March 24, 2020
![A cowboy petroglyph?](/content/articles/ic_1585089358_400x300_true.jpg)
In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism
Read MoreIn Home Land
November 28, 2019
![Crow leaders in 1881](/content/articles/ic_1685633324_400x300_true.jpg)
Long before the Absaroka-Beartooths became a federal wilderness and before Yellowstone was called 'wonderland,' they were home ground to the Crow. An essay by Shane Doyle
Read MoreUp North There's Concern About Skinny Grizzlies And Declining Salmon
November 11, 2019
![A coastal grizzly feasts on salmon](/content/articles/ic_1573513645_400x300_true.jpg)
Another reminder that all grizzly foods aren't equal. When you lose one, as has been shown in Greater Yellowstone, it can disorder things at an ecosystem level
Read MoreRuckus Over A National Hiking Trail: A MoJo Interview With Writer And Conservationist Rick Bass
June 25, 2019
![View of the Yaak Valley](/content/articles/ic_1561484918_400x300_true.jpg)
Should the Pacific Northwest Trail be re-routed in the Yaak Valley to insure habitat for an imperiled population of grizzlies remains protected?
Read MoreBig Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness
May 14, 2019
![One wild corner of the Gallatin Range](/content/articles/ic_1557885915_400x300_true.jpg)
Founder of Patagonia joins former U.S. Interior Secretary and dozens of eminent scientists who say capital "W" essential to safeguarding wildlife in core of Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreCarrying The Banner For Wilderness
May 10, 2019
![The Palisades Wilderness Study Area](/content/articles/ic_1557498374_400x300_true.jpg)
Wyoming Wilderness Association turns 40 and four dynamic young women are reinvigorating the wilderness spirit when so much is on the line in Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreIn Hostile Times, Civil Servants Deserve Sympathy, Not Bashing
October 3, 2018
![Van Tighem in the Canadian Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1538688335_400x300_true.jpg)
Kevin van Tighem, who once served as superintendent in Canada's equivalent of Yellowstone, has harsh words for the deteriorating tenor of social media
Read MoreGrizzly Or Black Bear?
July 30, 2018 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife
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As Wyoming moves toward its first trophy hunt of grizzlies in 44 years, it's a question that looms large. Is its "test" enough?
Read MoreDo You Live In What David Brooks Dubbed 'A Latte Town'?
May 8, 2018
![Screenshot taken from 'Pleasantville' movie trailer (New Line Cinema)](/content/articles/ic_1525804404_400x300_true.jpg)
The Conservative commentator's remarkable prescience in describing Bobos' quest to dwell in paradise
Read MoreA Life In Wonderland
February 23, 2018 // Yellowstone
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Yellowstone's legendary "winter keeper" Steven Fuller takes readers on an intimate exploration of the world's first national park. Every few days he serves up a new dispatch here
Read MoreAn Interlude With Yellowstone's Haunting Mountain Foxes
January 18, 2018
![Yellowstone is home to a remnant subspecies of mountain fox. Photo by Steven Fuller](/content/articles/ic_1516318303_400x300_true.jpg)
In a realm known for its big animals, winterkeeper Steve Fuller delights in charismatic mesofauna
Read MoreThe Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
December 11, 2017
![Photo courtesy NPS / Jacob W. Frank](/content/articles/ic_1513044052_400x300_true.jpg)
Part 4 in Mountain Journal's series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the threat it poses to America's wildest ecosystem. By killing predators, are states that still cling to Little Red Riding Hood shooting themselves in the foot?
Read MoreTo Live Or Die In Bear Country: Counting The Seconds In Your Grizzly Moment Of Truth
October 29, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting
![When seconds matter, are you ready?](/content/articles/ic_1618007938_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain Journal Takes A Deep Dive Into Grizzly Attacks, Bear Spray, And What You Need To Know.
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