Is a Chronic Wasting Disease 'super-spreader' event possible in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem? Experts say Wyoming, federal agencies have created conditions ripe for disaster
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Deadly CWD Reaches Outskirts Of Bozeman
December 9, 2020
Montana confirms dreaded cousin of Mad Cow detected in Gallatin, Paradise and northern Madison deer. Wyoming, meanwhile, will keep feedgrounds open
Read MoreYellowstone Primer: America's Inviolate Nature Preserve Forever Under Siege
December 8, 2020
As the country's first national park approaches its 150th birthday in 2022, Earle Layser reminds how its magic never gets a rest
Read MoreIs High-Flying Bozeman, Montana Losing The Nature Of Its Place?
November 24, 2020
Analysis: Is this capital city of Greater Yellowstone, along with Gallatin County, becoming the poster children for how not to develop a wild corner of the American Serengeti?
Read MoreGriz 399 And Cubs Pay A Harrowing Visit To The Jackson Hole Suburbs
October 28, 2020
Bruin mama, considered most famous in the world, ventures into a danger zone, leaving human fans on pins and needles
Read MoreWhat Does 'Last Best Place' Mean in 2020?
August 20, 2020
Timothy Tate suspects that the famed phrase, coined for Montana by Bill Kittredge and Annick Smith, stands for values now under siege
Read MoreA Wolverine Named Olive
June 12, 2020
What her story and that of others tells us about the impacts of recreation on sensitive species
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease: America's Homegrown Contagion That Lumbers On Four Hooves
April 12, 2020
Forget, for a moment, Covid-19 and bats. Epidemiologists say we need to take seriously this wildlife version of Mad Cow rapidly spreading across the country. First in a new investigative series
Read MoreWhat Can Greater Yellowstone Learn From Africa? (Remembering Garth Owen-Smith 1944-2020)
April 11, 2020
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
Read MoreAmmon Bundy Claims Covid-19 Safety Guidelines Exploited By Government To Attain More Power
April 5, 2020
Betsy Gaines Quammen wrote a book about the Bundys. In Part 2 of an interview with Rebecca Watters, she discusses militants, the search for truth and conservation-minded Mormons
Read MoreThe West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19
March 30, 2020
| Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion' |
Will The West's Wildest Heart Still Beat On?
January 29, 2020
New report on Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by scholar Robert Keiter identifies major challenges threatening its health
Read More25 Years Of Re-living With Wolves In Yellowstone
December 23, 2019
Park Service veteran Norm Bishop tried to prepare citizens in the Yellowstone region for wolves. Today he reflects on what we've learned as Colorado considers bringing Canis lupus back
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease Reaches Wild Elk In Montana
November 25, 2019
For the first time ever, CWD has been confirmed in Montana wapiti. How might it affect America's most iconic concentration of big game animals?
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