Beholding The Golden Green Goose That Hatched One Of The Richest Counties in America

January 2, 2018

by Mark Newcomb

Moulton Barn in Grand Teton National Park, Photo courtesy National Park Service

Teton County, Wyo. Commissioner Mark Newcomb examines the cost—and dividends— of protecting a wild American ecosystem

Of Coke Bottle Glasses, Diapauses And Hope For Brighter Days

January 1, 2018

by Marshall Cutchin

Original photo by Pat Clayton (fisheyeguyphotography.com)

An angling guru's wish: Let us all develop extra-sensory perception—and greater empathy— in 2018

Speaking The Ancient Lexicon Of North America

January 1, 2018 // Culture

by Lois Red Elk-Reed

Salish cedar root basket, image courtesy Burke Museum (www.burkemuseum.org)

In two poems for the new year, Lois Red Elk offers MoJo readers the chance to expand their human vocabulary

Trading Away Wildness For Oil And Tax Breaks

December 26, 2017 // Opinion, Public Lands

by Ann Harvey

Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A respected Wyoming conservationist schools a U.S. senator after he votes to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy development

Let Heaven And Nature Sing: Merry Christmas From Mountain Journal

December 24, 2017

by Mountain Journal

An Elk Antler Arch At Christmas, Jackson, Wyoming, painting by Sue Cedarholm

At Yuletide, Sue Cedarholm paints a glowing elk antler archway in Jackson, Wyoming's downtown square

Beholding Creation: Counting Birds At Christmas

December 23, 2017 // Culture, Wildlife

by Susan Marsh

MoJo's Intrepid Nature Columnist Susan Marsh Carries On A Grand American Holiday Tradition

Wenk: Tell People What They Need To Hear, Not What They Want To Hear

December 18, 2017 // Leadership, Yellowstone

by Dan Wenk

Yellowstone Supt. Dan Wenk (photo courtesy National Park Service)

In speech at MSU, Yellowstone Park Supt. Dan Wenk issues a challenge saying time to save the ecosystem is now

The Killing Fields Await Yellowstone Bison Once Again In Montana

December 15, 2017 // Yellowstone

by Todd Wilkinson

More than 10,000 Yellowstone bison have been killed based on a faulty premise. Like the worry over Chronic Wasting Disease, this controversy has connections to Wyoming's feedgrounds

The Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease

December 11, 2017

by Todd Wilkinson

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?

Poems About Mato And The Power Of Bear Medicine

December 3, 2017 // Culture, Public Lands, Wildlife

by Lois Red Elk-Reed

"Bear", a sculpture by Haida carver William Ronald Reid Jr. (1920-1998) at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology. Image courtesy Wikipedia

Perfect for the approaching solstice, MoJo Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk shares two works about how a great nation and a beloved elder dream of bruins

What Does It Mean To Be An Animal Person?

November 22, 2017 // Hunting

by Mountain Journal

Study after study confirms that sentience (emotions, connection and intelligence) flows across species.

Marc Bekoff, a leading figure in the American animal rights movement, sounds off on Wyoming's proposed hunt of grizzly bears and emerging science revealing the emotions and intelligence of non-human beings

Chronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone

November 16, 2017 // Chronic Wasting Disease, Public Lands, Wildlife, Yellowstone

by Todd Wilkinson

Part 3 in Mountain Journal's ongoing series on Chronic Wasting Disease. With ultra-deadly CWD now in Montana wildlife for first time, critics say public officials are demonstrating irresponsibility by having no coordinated plan for confronting the disease