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Beyond Rescue: Do We Really Need Cell Phone Coverage In The Wild Backcountry?
January 20, 2021
![One of Yellowstone's remotest corners](/content/articles/ic_1611187125_400x300_true.jpg)
As cell towers proliferate, allowing the internet and social media to penetrate remote landscapes, how come the public wasn't asked if it's a good idea?
Read MoreDeadly CWD Reaches Outskirts Of Bozeman
December 9, 2020
![The Mad Cow Disease of deer arrives](/content/articles/ic_1607574312_400x300_true.jpg)
Montana confirms dreaded cousin of Mad Cow detected in Gallatin, Paradise and northern Madison deer. Wyoming, meanwhile, will keep feedgrounds open
Read MoreGriz 399 And Cubs Pay A Harrowing Visit To The Jackson Hole Suburbs
October 28, 2020
![Getting big fast: 399 and cubs](/content/articles/ic_1603944169_400x300_true.jpg)
Bruin mama, considered most famous in the world, ventures into a danger zone, leaving human fans on pins and needles
Read MoreHow Much Is Enough: As Bozeman, Gallatin Valley And Big Sky Boom, What Is The Future Of Water?
October 15, 2020
![The East Gallatin near Story Mill in Bozeman](/content/articles/ic_1602794537_400x300_true.jpg)
Water shapes all our lives and it is the topic of free Bozeman Public Library SymBozium event. You're invited to listen to virtual discussion and ask questions
Read MoreHe Set Out For A Long Walk Down Roadkill Highway
October 12, 2020
![Scott Poindexter on the road](/content/articles/ic_1602549171_400x300_true.jpg)
Scott Poindexter is crossing the country to raise awareness for wildlife crossings. During a pit stop in Greater Yellowstone, he assessed the grim toll
Read MoreMaintaining Forward Progress With The Great Bear
September 15, 2020
![What's the next step in this remarkable success story?](/content/articles/ic_1600207814_400x300_true.jpg)
Randy Newberg is host of some of the most popular hunting shows on social media in America. He reflects on stalking wapiti in grizzly country and Montana's strategy for guiding bruin conservation
Read MoreThe Big-Hearted Wolf
July 23, 2020 // Wolves
![Meet a non fairy tale lobo](/content/articles/ic_1595516060_400x300_true.jpg)
Ted Kerasote reviews Rick McIntyre's paen to lobos 'The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing The Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog'
Read MoreDevils Tower Vs. Bear Lodge: How A Name Shapes The Way Westerners Approach Holy Ground
June 16, 2020
![Bear Lodge a.k.a. Devils Tower](/content/articles/ic_1592350899_400x300_true.jpg)
Just because one culture dismisses the sacredness of a site does that mean it isn't? A young climber reflects on native reverence for a monolith that mountaineers regard as a fine place to play
Read More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Big Sky And The Human Appetite For Consuming Wildness
May 15, 2020
![Snow reveals landscape fragmentation at Big Sky](/content/articles/ic_1589562550_400x300_true.jpg)
Big Sky is considered one of the biggest environmental challenges in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and its impacts are spilling into the wild Gallatins
Read More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Some Call The Porcupine And Buffalo Horn 'Holy Land'
May 14, 2020
![High above the Buffalo Horn](/content/articles/ic_1589472099_400x300_true.jpg)
As animal highways important to Yellowstone Park, Bart Koehler says they are also the Gallatins' beating wild heart—and deserve protection
Read More‘Unbroken Wilderness:’ The Quest To Save The Wild Gallatins
May 12, 2020
![The Gallatins: wilder than most US national parks](/content/articles/ic_1589329825_400x300_true.jpg)
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 MoreDigging Out: When Surviving Two Avalanches Is Just The Start Of Dealing With Trauma
April 18, 2020
![Setting out on the fateful morning](/content/articles/ic_1603777985_400x300_true.jpg)
Ken Scott was buried for more than an hour, unable to move. He had lost hope. In part two of his story, he writes about the anguish in learning to breath again
Read MoreThe West In A Time Of Conflict: The Bundys, Public Lands And Covid-19
March 30, 2020
![Cliven Bundy](/content/articles/ic_1585603001_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain Journal columnist Rebecca Watters interviews Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book 'American Zion' |
How I Survived Two Consecutive Avalanches
March 22, 2020
![Rescuers in the first moments of reaching Ken Scott](/content/articles/ic_1583700128_400x300_true.jpg)
Buried for more than an hour and resigned to the worst, a skier recounts his dramatic rescue. It's a tale especially important for those headed into the backcountry
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