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Did You Hear About The Griz That Wandered Down Bear Canyon?

October 23, 2020

Griz are only a few miles from downtown Bozeman
Well, not only did it cause a commotion in Bozeman, it's forcing reflection on how human pressure is squeezing the life out of wildlife habitat
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A Montana Judge Ousts The Nation's Public Lands Chief. Now What?

October 23, 2020

The Uncompahgre Plateau
Some want his decisions tossed, too. William Perry Pendley's "acting" status as Bureau of Land Management head calls into question rulings on monuments, drilling and wildlife conservation
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An Influential Voice In US Flyfishing Decries 'Rivergeddon 2020'

October 20, 2020

Who is coming to the defense of nature?
Sure, covid has caused a crush of anglers to descend on trout waters but Kirk Deeter says too much, even when it generates commerce, isn't good for nature or the experiences we treasure
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"Public Trust" Is A Film About America's Natural Heritage That Will Rile You

October 16, 2020

The Sheenjek River flows from ANWR
Patagonia made a film about America's great natural asset—our public lands—and it is raising a ruckus. We interview the Montana journalist who appears in it.  You can also see the film here, now.
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How Much Is Enough: As Bozeman, Gallatin Valley And Big Sky Boom, What Is The Future Of Water?

October 15, 2020

The East Gallatin near Story Mill in Bozeman
Water shapes all our lives and it is the topic of free Bozeman Public Library SymBozium event. You're invited to listen to virtual discussion and ask questions
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The Awakening: How Hope Was Reborn In Gorongosa

October 13, 2020

PBS features miracle of Gorongosa
This African  version of Yellowstone bounces back and is featured in new PBS series. MoJo interviews Greg Carr who helped make the miracle happen
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He Set Out For A Long Walk Down Roadkill Highway

October 12, 2020

Scott Poindexter on the road
Scott Poindexter is crossing the country to raise awareness for wildlife crossings. During a pit stop in Greater Yellowstone, he assessed the grim toll
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Dejection! When Getting Cut From The Team Shatters Hope

October 11, 2020

At some point, all playing days end
Bozeman's Eddy Prugh played alongside and earned praise from Danny Mwanga, the top player in US college soccer, but still had to survive the short-sightedness of a coach. He didn't
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Has 'Collaborative Conservation' Reached Its Limits?

October 5, 2020

Will Teton Valley fill in like Bozeman and southern Jackson?
A veteran rural land use planner says we need a new narrative to save the wild American West and the essence of local communities
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When White People Stopped Indigenous Elk Hunts In Jackson Hole

October 1, 2020

Two Crow riders
Frontier racism and injustice prompted legal action that still ripples across America involving native hunting and fishing rights.  Red Lodge writer John Clayton takes a deep dive
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'The Modern West' Explores Struggles Small Towns Face To Survive

September 29, 2020

Bannack, Montana now a ghost town
Wyoming Public Media podcast enters second season with provocative line-up of stories ranging from modern ghost towns to race and communities confronting globalism
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American Shadowland: How Do We Stop The New Uncivil War?

September 24, 2020

What resides in our national psychic shadow?
As two Americas protest against each other, Timothy Tate in this op-ed says the only remedy is to confront the national shadow we've created. And it starts with each of us looking inward at ourselves
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The Pall Of Our Unrest

September 19, 2020

'Ascent,' a painting by John Felsing
Terry Tempest Williams featured in The New York Times reading her 'obituary for the land.' She implores us: Let it not be true
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What Real Wildness Looks Like

September 19, 2020

Griz pursues a bull elk
A grizzly bear preys on a bull elk in Yellowstone. Rare to see, it's one of the things that makes Greater Yellowstone extraordinary
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