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Wilderness: 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 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 Late Summer Hike In The Tetons Leads To "Rock of Ages"
August 29, 2017 // Big Art of Nature
In Watercolor Diary, Sue
Cedarholm is painting a new place every day. In day 155, she ventures into the
Tetons’ Hanging Canyon to spy Rock of Ages
A Montana Political Giant Says Citizens Must Hold Elected Officials To Account
August 28, 2017 // Civil Society, 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 // Community, Community Change
Confronting the myth of perfection, columnist Timothy Tate, a practicing psychotherapist in Bozeman, writes about "distress" accompanying radical changes in mountain communities
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
Epic Challenges Are Gripping Jackson Hole But For Hank Phibbs Surrender Is Not An Option
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Community, Community Change, Conservation, Jackson Hole, Politics, Wyoming
Teton County, Wyoming is one of the wealthiest per capita counties in the United States and one of the most strikingly beautiful places on earth. Yet despite its abundance of riches, Teton County is a province of widening economic disparity, tensions between nature preservation and human development, and questions shaping the soul of the community. Hank Phibbs takes us into the heart of the conversation.
Read MoreFranz 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 MoreDavid J Swift Comes Out Of Retirement To Deliver MoJo Social Commentary
August 14, 2017 // Columnists, Community, Community Change, Culture, Jackson Hole, Politics
Longtime Jackson Hole photographer, writer and musician David J Swift brings his critical eye and punchy rhetorical pugilism to MoJo.
Read MoreMindset: Timothy Tate Analyzes The Psyches Of Mountain Towns
August 14, 2017 // Bozeman, Civil Society, Columnists, Community, Community Change
We live in a region of hopes, dreams, reinvention, greed, magnanimity and hardship playing out on landscapes visible and within. Provocatively, Timothy Tate applies the lessons he's learned as a practicing therapist to psychoanalyzing the mental state of mountain communities.
Read MorePainter Mimi Matsuda Provides Visual Fodder for MoJo's First "You Write The Caption" Contest
August 14, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, 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.
Read MoreSue Cedarholm Is Creating One New Painting, Every Day, For A Year
June 1, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Columnists, Culture
Through her column, "Watercolor Diary," the Jackson Hole artist will share vignettes about her interludes outdoors.
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