Mountain Journal collaborates with students from Whitman College's "Semester in the West" who share their thoughts about issues shaping an iconic region
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Western Epiphanies: Lessons From The Largest Mobile Classroom In America
October 15, 2018 // Whitman College Semester In The West
Gallatin Range Deserves Wilderness Protection: An Ecologist's Op Ed
September 6, 2018
George Wuerthner says one of Greater Yellowstone's most important wildlife areas is unprotected
Read MoreThe American West's Uncivil War: Assessing Watt, Zinke, Future Generations
June 3, 2018
A MoJo interview with Don Snow. Part 3: how we got here and where the environmental movement goes next
Read MoreThe American West's Uncivil War: When Northern Lights Burned Bright
May 28, 2018
In part two of MoJo's interview with Don Snow, he talks about living in the age of kakistrocracy. Is it the death knell of public lands?
Read MoreWildness Is All Around Us—Savor And Protect Yours
May 27, 2018
Yet only a certain caliber of landscapes support the wild life found in Greater Yellowstone and few other places on earth. How do we safeguard it?
Read MoreZinke’s Meddling With National Parks Reveals His (Lack Of) Character
May 1, 2018
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's latest controversial action could claim Yellowstone superintendent as a casualty
Read More"Made In America": Ryan Zinke's New Committee With Myriad Hidden Agendas
April 15, 2018
In this op-ed, natural resource advocate Katie Christiansen points out how, time and again, the Interior Secretary gives conservation short-shrift
Read MoreLee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand
April 12, 2018
Mike Mansfield called Metcalf the state's greatest senator. In part 2 of Ed Kemmick's series, he also stood out as a no-apology conservationist
Read MoreOf Young Men And Reform School
April 1, 2018
In this age of firearm proliferation, how do we stop tragedy and who decides if a troubled teen can be healed?
Read MoreA Wildlife Tour Guide Speaks Out Against Destruction Of Yellowstone Bison
November 19, 2017
In This Guest Essay, Conservationist Phil Knight Criticizes Treatment of America's Official National Mammal In Montana
Read MoreGrizzlies Deserve More Than Bullets
September 23, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Opinion
Phil Knight saw his first Yellowstone grizzly 35 years ago. After watching bear numbers climb, he says recovery should not be celebrated by subjecting them to sport hunting.
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