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Fake News And Media Bias? It's Actually Me-Bias And Most Of Us Are Guilty
September 4, 2017
In his new column, Trigger Warning, now debuting at Mountain Journal, social commentator David J Swift suggests those who embrace alternative facts can't handle the truth
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 MoreA Montana Political Giant Says Citizens Must Hold Elected Officials To Account
August 28, 2017 // Politics, The New West
Max Baucus, the former Ambassador to China and Longtime U.S. Senator From Montana, Says Citizens Will Get The Democracy They Deserve—If They Demand It
Read MoreEven In Paradise, Everyone Needs To Heal Something, Especially The Seemingly Invincible
August 23, 2017
Confronting the myth of perfection, columnist Timothy Tate, a practicing psychotherapist in Bozeman, writes about "distress" accompanying radical changes in mountain communities
Read MoreIntroducing Mountain Journal: A New Voice for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
August 14, 2017 // Government Accountability, News, Public Lands, Public-Interest Journalism, Science, The New West, Wildlife
MOUNTAIN JOURNAL is public-interest journalism aimed at celebrating an unparalleled region and probing a question: Can America’s last, best and most iconic wild ecosystem be saved? How we make meaning of place and search for answers here has implications for every corner of the country.
Read MoreIn Divided West, Sara Flitner Guides All Sides Toward The Radical Middle
August 14, 2017 // Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sara Flitner grew up a rancher's daughter in a conservative part of Wyoming and then went on to become mayor of the state's most progressive small town. Along the way, she became a professional conflict resolution specialist. In her column, she shares her ideas on problem solving and bringing people together.
Jesse Logan Explores GYE Backcountry In From Granite To Grizzlies
August 14, 2017 // Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears, Public Lands, Science
Just as you can't separate the forest from its trees, you can't extract one strand of the web without stretching, stressing or breaking another. From his basecamp home in Paradise Valley, halfway between Yellowstone and Livingston, retired forest researcher Jesse Logan shares insights about climate change that's already upon us.
Read MorePainter Mimi Matsuda Provides Visual Fodder for MoJo's First "You Write The Caption" Contest
August 14, 2017 // Mountain Journal Caption Contest, wildlife art
Bozeman artist Mimi Matsuda is a former Yellowstone ranger who enjoys having humans ponder nature from wildlife's point of view. One of her paintings is featured in MoJo's regular "you write the caption" contest.
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