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Big Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness
May 14, 2019
![One wild corner of the Gallatin Range](/content/articles/ic_1557885915_400x300_true.jpg)
Founder of Patagonia joins former U.S. Interior Secretary and dozens of eminent scientists who say capital "W" essential to safeguarding wildlife in core of Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreFewer Elk Counted This Year On Yellowstone's Famous Northern Range—But What Does It Mean?
April 5, 2019
![It's been a trough winter for elk](/content/articles/ic_1554488793_400x300_true.jpg)
Annual wapiti survey: apart from wolves and other wildlife meat eaters, a formidable predator is winter
Read MoreThe Artful Angler
January 23, 2019
![Mike Gurnett and giant fly](/content/articles/ic_1548037219_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![A grizzly in the northern Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1543376986_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![How tame the backcountry?](/content/articles/ic_1539547977_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![The Centennial Mountains of Montana](/content/articles/ic_1534269448_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Clovis-era hunters in Montana](/content/articles/ic_1529076938_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Will coal soon rise from its deathbed?](/content/articles/ic_1528669166_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Grizzly and wolf](/content/articles/ic_1528218450_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Photo courtesy Flickr user: Douglas LeMoine](/content/articles/ic_1527462653_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![A Yellowstone grizzly on a bison](/content/articles/ic_1525360710_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Daughter Abbey on a trip home](/content/articles/ic_1517349736_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Ted Turner Photo by Todd Wilkinson](/content/articles/ic_1517267261_400x300_true.jpg)
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
![Photo courtesy NPS / Jacob W. Frank](/content/articles/ic_1513044052_400x300_true.jpg)
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?
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