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Standing Rock Reflections: What Is Progress?
October 6, 2019
Lois Red Elk writes about protest and the tormented ghost of a soldier who helped take her homeland
Read MoreA Doctor Plumbs The Depths Of Ivan Doig's Illness And Asks: 'Did He Have An Epiphany?'
October 5, 2019
Robert Patrick, a Doig fan and end-of-life-physician, writes of what he found in the famous author's journals
Read MoreTerminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End
October 5, 2019
Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart
Read MoreNational Flashpoint: The Gallatin Range Is Ground Zero For Americans Talking About Wilderness
September 30, 2019
History shows those pushing for mountain bikes in wilderness have no factual traction. Read this excerpt of Todd Burritt's book on Greater Yellowstone
Read More'Outside Ourselves' Should Be Read By Every Outdoor Recreationist
September 30, 2019
Todd Burrit, former wilderness ranger, goes on a long wander in Greater Yellowstone and emerges as a protector
Read MoreSoliloquy For The Fall: Nature Is A Place Where Non-conformists Can Find Themselves
September 29, 2019
Susan Marsh riffs eloquently on connecting to place, loss of place and what's worth saving. Are we in Greater Yellowstone listening?
Read MoreAmericans Love Public Lands And Species Conservation But How Do We Pay For Them?
September 26, 2019
Opinion: John Goodell says a new bill, "The Recovering America's Wildlife Act," offers a game-changing path forward. What you need to know
Read MoreWhere Grizzlies Still Barely Hang On—In Their Own Yaak Time
September 23, 2019
For writer Rick Bass, dignity can be measured where nature is allowed to persist without impetuous interference. Another installment in our Sounds Of Silence series.
Read MoreMetamorphosis: When Prominent Users Of Nature Become Advocates For Its Protection
September 19, 2019
A young environmental writer interviews two heroes, Conrad Anker and Craig Mathews, about their own evolution as defenders
Read MorePaying Forward Wildness In A World Consumed By Self-Interest
September 11, 2019
Timothy Tate treks into the Yellowstone backcountry and ruminates on an ethic present in three generations
Read MoreOn Sacred Autumn Sundays
September 10, 2019
Mike Person, a Montana-born lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, finds peace where trout dwell
Read MoreStandby Snow: Chronicles of a Heatwave, Chapter One
September 6, 2019
Mountain Time Arts takes on climate change by making it visceral, not abstract, for Greater Yellowstoneans
Read MoreIt's Time To Get The Lead Out Of Hunting Ammo
September 5, 2019
Eliminating lead bullets isn't anti-hunting, experts say; it's being pro-human and wildlife health. Franz Camenzind asks: what sportsman would be opposed to that?
Read MoreThe Mighty Return Of Tatanka
September 4, 2019
Poet Lois Red Elk writes of buffalo dreams becoming fulfilled and rumbling spirits finding a way home
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