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Out His Picture Window A Glimpse Into The Post-Holocene
January 10, 2018 // Yellowstone
Every day, Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller shares space with survivors from the Ice Age
Read MoreWhat Do The Long-term Trends For Grizzlies In Lower 48 Really Look Like?
January 7, 2018 // Climate Change, Grizzly Bears, Wildlife
MoJo columnist Lance Olsen says climate change and human development trends create a lot of uncertainty for Great Bears south of Canada
Read MoreSpeaking The Ancient Lexicon Of North America
January 1, 2018 // Culture
In two poems for the new year, Lois Red Elk offers MoJo readers the chance to expand their human vocabulary
Read MoreThe Midlife Crisis Trilogy: To Live Or Die
December 28, 2017 // Community, Community Change
In the conclusion of Timothy Tate's series 'When Peter Pan Enters Middle Age', Walt faces his moment of truth
Read MoreThe Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
December 11, 2017
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 MoreMaking Teddy Roosevelt Mad Not Proud: Trump and Zinke Score A Witless Triumph In Utah
December 5, 2017
The U.S. President And His Interior Secretary Demonstrate A Clueless Understanding Of Economics Driving The New West.
Read MoreA Mountain Town Man Hits The Wall Of A Midlife Crisis
December 4, 2017 // Community, Community Change
In Part 2 of Timothy Tate's series "When Peter Pan Enters Middle Age", Walt hits the couch behind The Blue Door
Read MoreBowing To The Silver King
November 28, 2017
Mountain Journal's fly-fishing columnist Liam Diekmann carries the spirit of his patriarch in search of tarpon
Read MoreWhen Peter Pan Enters Middle Age
November 21, 2017 // Community, Community Change
So full of vim and vigor in their youth, men in many mountain towns live lives based on athletic achievement, independence and focus on self—and then middle age delivers a crushing blow of reality
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone
November 16, 2017 // Chronic Wasting Disease, Public Lands, Wildlife, Yellowstone
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
Read MoreWhy Don't We Shoot Bald Eagles For Sport And Fun?
November 7, 2017 // Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
Some Argue The Reason We Remove Animals From Federal Protection Is To Hunt Them. Are They Right?
Read MoreWhen An Off-Duty Game Warden Kills A Grizzly
November 1, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
After a mother grizzly with three cubs is shot in Wyoming, critics wonder why the person, who invoked self-defense, didn't use bear spray?
Read MoreTo Live Or Die In Bear Country: Counting The Seconds In Your Grizzly Moment Of Truth
October 29, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting
Mountain Journal Takes A Deep Dive Into Grizzly Attacks, Bear Spray, And What You Need To Know.
Read MoreLessons From A Hunter Twice Attacked By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting
Todd Orr's misadventure with a sow grizzly offers insight for anyone—hunter or hiker—heading into bear country. Biggest take home: bear spray works
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