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Greater 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.
Read MoreA Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017
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
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
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 // 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