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Lessons Learned From A Hunter Attacked Twice By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife
The Incident Involving Todd Orr In The Madison Mountains Offers Insights For Those Chasing Big Game And Adventure In Bear Country
Read MoreIs The Silencer Gun Controversy Leaving Us More Tone Deaf?
October 26, 2017 // Hunting, Public Lands

Franz Camenzind Teases Apart One Disquieting Piece Of A Very Bad Anti-Conservation Bill In Congress
Read MoreTwo Meditations On Mni Sose, Water, Mother Earth and Standing Rock
October 24, 2017 // Water

Mountain Journal's Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk Reed Unveils A New Work Focussed On Mni Sose, The Missouri River
Read MoreHolding The Line On Wild: Is The U.S. Forest Service Up To The Challenge?
October 19, 2017 // Forest Service, Outdoor Recreation, Wilderness

Susan Marsh spent her career protecting wilderness and trying to manage human pressures on America's public lands. Now this veteran of the Forest Service ponders whether her storied agency has the courage to confront the increasing impacts of outdoor recreation.
Read MoreAmerica's National Elk Refuge: A ‘Miasmic Zone Of Life-Threatening Diseases'
October 17, 2017 // Public Lands, Science, Wildlife

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is known internationally for its wildlife. With the arrival of Chronic Wasting Disease looming, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak would be western Wyoming and the home to America's "national elk herd". Part 2 in Mountain Journal's series looking at the coming wildlife plague.
Read MoreA Cow Elk Crosses The Snake
October 10, 2017

For painter Sue Cedarholm, autumn is the golden time in Jackson Hole. Bugling bull elk heighten the brassy feel of the season.
Read MoreGeorge Carlson's Perpetual State Of Wonder
October 9, 2017 // MoJo Profile

George Carlson is considered one of the best contemporary nature painters in the world. Mountain Journal visited the American master at his studio and took a deep dive into his reverence for wild landscapes
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone's Coming Plague
October 8, 2017 // Public Lands, Science, Wildlife

Mountain Journal's special multi-part series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the potential dangers it poses to Greater Yellowstone's unparalleled wildlife and the specter of risk to human health. Part 1: Greater Yellowstone's Coming Plague
Read MoreAn Amorous Bull Moose, Rejected During The Rut
October 4, 2017

In her latest edition of Watercolor Diary, Sue Cedarholm portrays a Jackson Hole bull moose in the middle of the rut.
Read MoreCharting The Rise Of A Famous Grizzly Bear Mother In Jackson Hole
October 3, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, The New West

People Forget That Before Grizzly 399 Became The World's Most Famous Bear, There Was Jackson Hole Grizzly Mama 474
Read MoreCaretaking America's Wild Homefront
October 3, 2017 // Forest Service, Public Lands

For Susan Marsh, who donned a Forest Service uniform, mountains were her medicine and protecting wilderness a way of giving back to her country
Read MoreThe Lords Of Yesterday Are Back And They Want America's Public Land
September 28, 2017 // Opinion, Public Lands

Barry Reiswig—a backcountry horseman, hunter, angler and former civil servant —pushes back against what he calls "the radical agenda" of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Read MoreAutumn Interlude: Painting Grizzly Bear Mother 399
September 25, 2017 // Grizzly Bears

Grizzly 399 is the most famous modern bear in the world. Sue Cedarholm paints the matriarch as she guides her cubs through Jackson Hole on a quest to sate the hunger of hyperphagia.
Read MoreGrizzlies Deserve More Than Bullets
September 23, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Opinion

Phil Knight saw his first Yellowstone grizzly 35 years ago. After watching bear numbers climb, he says recovery should not be celebrated by subjecting them to sport hunting.
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