Two Metrics Point At Tail-spinning Economy In Jackson Hole

April 19, 2020

by Jonathan Schechter

Jackson Hole a barometer for Greater Yellowstone economy

Jonathan Schechter, a noted data wonk and local elected official, looks at airport traffic and newspaper ads to gain a sense of Covid-19's impacts on a main tourism hub in Greater Yellowstone

What Can Greater Yellowstone Learn From Africa? (Remembering Garth Owen-Smith 1944-2020)

April 11, 2020

by Mountain Journal

From sport hunting iconic species to giving local communities ownership over wildlife, Namibia may do things that drive some American conservationists crazy, but it has slowed and reversed the decimation of wildlife

Howling, To Your Heart's Content

April 3, 2020

by Todd Wilkinson

Painting title "Van Gogh Never Howled To The Moon."

Westerners aren't singing like Caruso from their balconies; they're greeting each other like a pack of fellow lonesome lobos

Coronavirus On The Doorstep: The Pandemic Reaches America’s Isolated Flyover

April 2, 2020

by Sarah DeOpsomer

Doctor from another time fighting a pandemic

In a real-life potboiler, Sarah DeOpsomer pens a personal journal about Covid-19's arrival in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and waiting for her own (positive) test results to come in

The West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19

March 30, 2020

by Rebecca Watters

Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion'

Of God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals

March 24, 2020

by Betsy Gaines Quammen

In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism

Shoveling Out: The Art And Danger Of Being A Yellowstone Snowsmith

March 17, 2020

by Steven Fuller

When snow is measured in meet, shoveling out is an epic feat

In the isolation of America's first national park, Steve Fuller and other winterkeepers carry on their age-old task of preventing roofs from collapsing

When Green-up Arrives, Do You Suffer From 'Plant Blindness'?

February 12, 2020

by Susan Marsh

For naturalist Susan Marsh, winter is a great season for reflecting on what's out of sight and mind—and how each of us can appreciate new worlds

Experts Say The Magna Carta Of American Environmental Law Is Under Siege

January 12, 2020 // Conservation, Ecosystem Protection, EPA, Public Lands

by Todd Wilkinson

Special Report: The National Environmental Policy Act benefits the lives of all Americans every day. So why is the Trump Administration weakening It?

The Yellowstone Winterkeeper Cometh, Again

December 30, 2019

by Steven Fuller

A Fuller family member on the fractured ice of Yellowstone Lake

Legendary 'winterkeeper' Steven Fuller returns with his MoJo column about life in American wonderland

Are We Giving The Wild Gallatins The Visionary Protection They Really Deserve?

December 29, 2019

by Joseph Scalia III

The Buffalo Horn drainage in the Wild Gallatins

By the wildlife they hold, the Gallatin Mountains are wilder than most national parks in the Lower 48. So why are the Forest Service and enviro groups balking at more extensive protections?

When Ambition Leads Where Angels Fear To Tread

November 14, 2019

by Timothy Tate

As an advisor to The North Face, psychotherapist Timothy Tate discusses wellness within the context of outdoor adventure athletes. What can the rest of us learn?