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When Green-up Arrives, Do You Suffer From 'Plant Blindness'?
February 12, 2020
For naturalist Susan Marsh, winter is a great season for reflecting on what's out of sight and mind—and how each of us can appreciate new worlds
Read MoreLiving In A Community Means Politicians Having The Courage To Take Media And Citizen Questions
October 26, 2019
Every elected leader faces a choice: tell the truth and do what's right for country and civility or deepen the divide
Read MoreGreta Thunberg And America's Dark Shadows Of Denial With Climate Change
October 13, 2019
When adults see the young Swede, Timothy Tate says, they catch a glimpse of their own childrens' anger staring back from the future
Read MoreStanding Rock Reflections: What Is Progress?
October 6, 2019
Lois Red Elk writes about protest and the tormented ghost of a soldier who helped take her homeland
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 MoreNature Helps Kids Have Compassion For The World
August 13, 2019
In a time of rising social anxiety and mass violence, empathy seems in short supply. Exposure to wild places can revive it
Read MorePublic Health Official: Chronic Wasting Disease Seems Bound To Infect People
March 6, 2019 // Chronic Wasting Disease, Hunting, Jackson Hole, Wildlife
"CWD is gonna be a helluva wildlife problem even if disease doesn't reach livestock and humans," Osterholm says. He criticizes Wyoming for continuing to operate controversial elk feedgrounds
Read MoreCan Greater Yellowstone’s Wildlife Survive Industrial Strength Recreation?
March 6, 2019 // development, Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife
A contrast between two different organizations—one devoted to tackling real issues shaping our region, the other running away from hard discussions about growing impacts of industrial-strength recreation
Read MoreBoom-time Frenzy: What Kind Of Prosperity Destroys The Foundation It Is Built Upon?
February 26, 2019 // Big Sky, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Jackson Hole, Wildlife
Never mind Greater Yellowstone's super volcano, there's already an epic explosion occurring in some corners of the ecosystem. And it's called growth
Read MoreThe War Veteran Who Had A Dream—In Which He Was Visited By A Midget
February 21, 2019 // Community, Community Change
By courting the images that come to us during sleep and drawing upon their messages, our dreams within can help us achieve more meaningful, peaceful outer lives
Read MoreDems Winning House Means Major Pushback To Trump's Anti-Environment, Anti-Science Agenda
November 7, 2018
Still, the Democratic National Committee remains clueless in dealing with rural West and heartland
Read MoreEncountering The Modern Garden Of Eden In Two Variations
October 15, 2018 // Ranching, Whitman College Semester In The West, Yellowstone
Noah Dunn contrasts public Yellowstone with a private ranch next door
Read MoreRemembering Ed Marston
September 3, 2018 // Media
Former publisher of High Country News helped make it 'a voice for the American West'
Read MoreLearning, To Care Deeply For Mother Nature
August 14, 2018 // Centennial Valley, Environmental Education
In Montana's Centennial Valley, the Taft-Nicholson Center opens minds for life by immersing students in the wild unknown
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