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In A Heating-Up West, Must Business-As-Usual Conservation Be Interrupted?
July 1, 2018 // Forest Service
Lance Olsen says the movement of protecting ecosystems needs to change its thinking if it wants to save them
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 MoreBrandborg Worried Conservation Movement Has Lost Its Edge
April 17, 2018
Dead at 93, former head of The Wilderness Society said environmental groups have forgotten how to fight the good fight
Read MorePerilous Crossings
March 1, 2018
Wildlife movement in Greater Yellowstone is extraordinary but every day with busy highways it's becoming extraordinarily more tenuous. A prominent member of the scientific Craighead family weighs in.
Read MoreDefine The Meaning Of 'Extreme' In Talking About Forest Health
February 25, 2018
Lance Olsen says politicians are peddling fairy tales to the gullible while greenhouse gases pose real peril
Read MoreWho Is Willing To Defend American Wilderness?
January 24, 2018 // Public Lands, Wilderness
As attacks on wilderness and environmental laws rage, many citizens wonder why some prominent conservation groups seem to be missing in action?
Read MoreWhat Do The Long-term Trends For Grizzlies In Lower 48 Really Look Like?
January 7, 2018 // Grizzly Bears, Wildlife
MoJo columnist Lance Olsen says climate change and human development trends create a lot of uncertainty for Great Bears south of Canada
Read MoreCharting The Rise Of A Famous Grizzly Bear Mother In Jackson Hole
October 3, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, The New West
People Forget That Before Grizzly 399 Became The World's Most Famous Bear, There Was Jackson Hole Grizzly Mama 474
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 MoreFranz Camenzind Pens "Wild Ideas"
August 14, 2017 // 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 MoreWith So Many Known Unknowns, Lance Olsen Connects Dots And Datapoints
August 14, 2017 // Endangered Species, Public Lands, Science
Missoula-based ecologist Lance Olsen keeps MoJo readers apprised of important research in the scientific literature that has implications for conservation in the Northern Rockies and beyond.
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