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Fewer Elk Counted This Year On Yellowstone's Famous Northern Range—But What Does It Mean?
April 5, 2019
Annual wapiti survey: apart from wolves and other wildlife meat eaters, a formidable predator is winter
Read MoreThe Artful Angler
January 23, 2019
Life after government: Mike Gurnett celebrates wildlife in metal after being a spokesman for the natural world
Read MoreThe Golf Course Grizzly: First Hope Of Biological Connectivity For Bruins?
November 27, 2018
Scientists have long supposed grizzly populations between ecosystems might link up. David Stalling wonders when it will happen.
Read MoreOp-Ed: Will Trophy Hunting Grizzlies Make The Wilds Safer?
October 14, 2018
Sportsman and former Marine David Stalling says grizzlies have been—and can be—managed without killing them for sport
Read MoreLearning, To Care Deeply For Mother Nature
August 14, 2018 // Centennial Valley, Environmental Education
In Montana's Centennial Valley, the Taft-Nicholson Center opens minds for life by immersing students in the wild unknown
Read MoreWhy Wildlife Moves
June 15, 2018
Ecologist Lance Craighead digs into 13,000 years of natural history and ponders what climate change means for Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreTraps Of Our Own Making: Climate Change, Blame And Denial
June 10, 2018
Lance Olsen lays out the undeniable scientific evidence that elected officials cannot ignore
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Ursus arctos and Canis lupus
June 5, 2018
What does making space for bears and wolves on the landscape say about us?
Read MoreWildness Is All Around Us—Savor And Protect Yours
May 27, 2018
Yet only a certain caliber of landscapes support the wild life found in Greater Yellowstone and few other places on earth. How do we safeguard it?
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Griz On Bison
May 3, 2018
Yellowstone senior biologist Doug Smith went flying for wolves and found this scene
Read MoreOf Dads And Mountain Daughters
January 30, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Culture
A foundational relationship in a woman’s life, its impacts lasting a lifetime
Read MoreThe Essential Role Of Eco-Capitalism In Saving The Best That Remains
January 29, 2018 // Conservation, Private Lands, The New West
Greater Yellowstone's rich tapestry will be won—or lost—based on what businesspeople do next
Read MoreThe Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
December 11, 2017
Part 4 in Mountain Journal's series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the threat it poses to America's wildest ecosystem. By killing predators, are states that still cling to Little Red Riding Hood shooting themselves in the foot?
Read MoreWhen An Off-Duty Game Warden Kills A Grizzly
November 1, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
After a mother grizzly with three cubs is shot in Wyoming, critics wonder why the person, who invoked self-defense, didn't use bear spray?
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