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‘Unbroken Wilderness:’ The Quest To Save The Wild Gallatins
May 12, 2020
For this American mountain range vital to Yellowstone's world-class wildlife, Bart Koehler reflects on why protecting it is one of the most important conservation issues in the West
Read MoreAmerica's Big Open Was Anything But Lonely Or Empty
May 1, 2020
Along with indigenous people, native animals large and small once covered North America's prairies—and in some places, they could again.
Read MoreWith Fate of Iconic Mountains Uncertain, Members of Gallatin Forest Partnership Make Their Case
February 17, 2020
Interest groups believe their plan offers a real chance to secure permanent protection for the Wild Gallatins
Read MoreLetter From A Role Model—How To Save Wildlife And People
January 21, 2020
In Gorongosa National Park, her country's iconic equivalent of Yellowstone, Gabriela Curtiz becomes the first woman tourism guide in local history. Part 1 in her ongoing series, "Gaby's Journey"
Read MoreAre We Giving The Wild Gallatins The Visionary Protection They Really Deserve?
December 29, 2019
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?
Read MoreGreat Storytelling: It Pulls At Our Heartstrings And Holds Communities Together
December 22, 2019
MoJo interviews Scott McMillion, publisher/owner of Montana Quarterly, praised as one of the best regional magazines still made of paper in America
Read MoreA Grand New Book Honors One Of The Mightiest Places In The American West
November 28, 2019
'Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness' is a must-have trove of words pictures and maps
Read MoreOn Having Fun And Passing The Test of Ecological Sustainability
November 4, 2019
A veteran Forest Service backcountry specialist reflects on how her agency is dealing with growing human pressure
Read MoreTerminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End
October 5, 2019
Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart
Read MoreNational Flashpoint: The Gallatin Range Is Ground Zero For Americans Talking About Wilderness
September 30, 2019
History shows those pushing for mountain bikes in wilderness have no factual traction. Read this excerpt of Todd Burritt's book on Greater Yellowstone
Read More'Outside Ourselves' Should Be Read By Every Outdoor Recreationist
September 30, 2019
Todd Burrit, former wilderness ranger, goes on a long wander in Greater Yellowstone and emerges as a protector
Read MoreBig Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness
May 14, 2019
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 MoreSome Call Her 'The Owl Whisperer'
March 18, 2019 // Photography, Wildlife
Ashleigh Scully is a rising Millennial star in wildlife photography. Enjoy a Mountain Journal interview with the conservation-minded phenom
Teddy Loved NoDak: Land Of Prairie Light, Space And Multitudes Of Migrating Avians
December 3, 2018
Before the Bakken made fortunes and a mess of the landscape, Jackson Hole naturalist Susan Marsh discovered a different kind of majesty
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