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Feeling Through Fire: Part 2 - 'Melancholic Beauty'

September 18, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

The powerful emotion of wildfire expressed through art
In Part 2 of our series, a Brooklyn painter and Montana’s Poet Laureate grapple with their crafts and the power of wildland fire.
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BLM Amends Management Plans for Sage-Grouse Habitat

September 12, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The greater sage-grouse population has seen staggering decline over the past 60 years
Mounting concerns over population numbers prompt reevaluation of protections across 10 western states.
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Daring to Leap: Meet Paris Harris

September 10, 2024 // NEWS: Feature

Paris Harris lays down prescribed fire
One Chicago woman is digging a new line to become America’s first Black female smokejumper.
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Virtual Fences: A Promising Tool for Conservation and Ranching

September 9, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Solar-powered signal towers and GPS collars on cattle can replace barbed-wire fencing
Bozeman workshop and Crazy Mountain project explore the potential in virtual fencing technology.
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Wyoming Researcher Receives Aldo Leopold Award

August 29, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Dr. Matthew Kauffman in his element
The American Association of Mammalogists recognized Matthew Kauffman for his lasting conservation contributions through migration studies.
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Restoring Wildlife Connectivity Across the High Divide

August 29, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Removing fences in the Great Divide area between Yellowstone and the Crown of the Continent
Throughout the High Divide, century-old fencing is coming down to improve migration corridors for pronghorn, elk and other wildlife.
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Feeling Through Fire: Part 1 - Mixed Emotions

August 27, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

In the moment: A lone firefighter on the 2021 Woods Creek Fire in Montana
In Part 1 of our series, wildland firefighters explore the emotional contradictions of fire and a job that demands more than just 16-hour days.
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Scientific Conference on Greater Yellowstone Comes to Big Sky

August 26, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Monitoring the changing climate will be among the many GYE topics covered at the conference
Conservation stakeholders converge Sept. 3-5 to share research and advance conservation awareness and efforts in the GYE.
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Seeing Green: How to Make Friends with a Plant

August 22, 2024 // OPINION: Column

Take the time to get to know your neighbors
In her latest essay, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh writes about her relationships with flora and how to avoid ‘plant blindness.’
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Wilderness Proposal in Gallatin, Madison Ranges Sparks Debate

August 19, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Hyalite Peak in the Gallatin Range
A new bill hopes to establish 124,000 acres of Wilderness in the Gallatin and Madison ranges adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. Is it enough to protect wildlife?
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Montana Lays Plans for Federally Funded Wildlife Overpass

August 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes along with Montana DOT are planning a wildlife overpass along Highway 93
Application period for projects mitigating vehicle-wildlife collisions closes Sept. 4
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Nonprofit Sues Montana DEQ Over Gallatin Mine Approval

August 13, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The site of the Black Pit in Gallatin Gateway, Montana
The Gateway Conservation Alliance filed a lawsuit against Montana citing environmental concerns over recent amendments to Opencut Mining Act.
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As Feds Delay Decision on Grizzly Protections, Montana and Wyoming Threaten Lawsuits

August 8, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The grizzly bear was placed under protection of the Endangered Species Act in 1975
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pushed its decision timeline to January 2025. States want an update by the end of October.
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Yellowstone Bison Plan Looks to Balance Interests

August 6, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Bison walk through the Roosevelt Arch in Yellowstone National Park
While conservation groups have largely praised the new plan to govern bison populations within Yellowstone, Montana’s governor and its ag community are concerned about conflicts when those animals leave park boundaries.
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