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A Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Conservation, Culture
Mountain Journal columnist Susan Marsh spent three decades working for the US Forest Service, working on recreation and wilderness protection in both the Gallatin National Forest of Montana and Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today she's an award-wining writer.
Read MoreLois Red Elk Writes About Ponies—And Remembers Her Horseman Father
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Culture
Of My Father and Horses: Lois Red Elk, Mountain Journal's poet in residence, debuts a brand new poem and shares an older one from her acclaimed volume "Why I Return to Makoce"
Read MoreRoadkill: An Emergency Responder, Absent A Gun, Is Handed A Grim Task
September 18, 2017 // Wildlife
When an elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is struck by a car, it forces Steve Primm to reflect on the perilous intersections between migratory wildlife, highways and people.
Read MoreWilderness: America's Second-Best Idea Is Under Attack—Unfortunately By Some Recreationists
September 6, 2017 // Wilderness
In this second part of an ongoing series on wilderness in America, MoJo columnist Franz Camenzind shines a light on efforts in Congress to roll back federal protection for wilderness. One of the main surprising instigators, he says, are mountain bikers masquerading as conservationists.
Read MoreThe Voice Of Lois Red Elk-Reed Hails From The Real Old Old West
September 5, 2017 // Culture
From working on multiple fronts to preserve her culture to advising Hollywood on its portrayals of native people, Lois Red Elk-Reed, of Fort Peck, Montana, has gained acclaim as an "organic poet".
Read MoreAmerica Desperately Needs More Bill Ruckelshauses
August 31, 2017 // EPA
Sara Flitner remembers the EPA's first chief administrator and how his approach to problem solving is badly-need today
Read MoreLesson From The Great Eclipse: When We Stand In Awe Of Nature, We Become Better Citizens
August 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Science, The New West
One profound lesson from the great eclipse of 2017: Science says that people who spend more time reverentially in the great outdoors are happier, kinder and more generous
Franz Camenzind Pens "Wild Ideas"
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Community, Community Change, Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, Politics, Public Lands
Has the conservation leadership of Greater Yellowstone lost its edge in the face of so many emerging challenges? With a background in wildlife research, making acclaimed nature documentaries and leading a Jackson Hole-based conservation organization, Franz Camenzind has a lot to say about the state of the environmental movement.
Read MoreGuest Opinion: Former Civil Servant Claims There's A Hidden Agenda Behind Public Lands Rhetoric
August 10, 2017
Amid the political high drama in Washington, a former civil servant warns of a well-orchestrated agenda to strip American citizens of public lands they own in the West. Barry Reiswig of Cody, Wyoming, who spent most of three decades with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, speaks out.
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