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Wake For A Climber

May 22, 2019

Following the tragic loss of young climber Jess Roskelley, Timothy Tate explores the connection between loss and the sacredness of living a life true to oneself
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Is Development On Private Land in Jackson Hole Causing The Community To Burst At Its Seams?

May 6, 2019

An aerial view Jackson, Wyoming
Award-winning writer Susan Marsh, a former Forest Service naturalist and wildlands manager, expresses worry that is on the minds of many in her famous valley
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Heeding The Trade-Offs Of Recreation-Based Growth Near Yellowstone

April 24, 2019

Summer hikers in the high country
Gallatin County, Montana is one of the fastest-growing non-urban counties in America but is there a plan to deal with the deluge?
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To Go—And Perish—Where Others Fear To Tread

April 22, 2019

MoJo columnist Timothy Tate, a psychotherapist and consultant to The North Face adventure team, examines why some court risk and others get exhilaration by watching others take chances
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Reason For Optimism On Earth Day 2019?

April 22, 2019

An environment half empty or full?
Despite major environmental challenges, Brian Yablonski writes in this op-ed that there are many reasons to reject doom and gloom—and embrace hope
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Conservationists Sue To Halt Artificial Feeding At National Elk Refuge

March 18, 2019 // Wildlife

Elk on a feed line in Jackson Hole
With Chronic Wasting Disease likely already on refuge, action is claimed as necessary to prevent disastrous disease outbreak amongst America's most famous elk herd
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Wallowing Unhappily In Yellowstone

February 25, 2019 // Yellowstone

What do you see in the eye of a bison?
Cursed cars: a Millennial tourist, among the record-breaking masses, admits to being profoundly disappointed by his front country experience in America's first national park
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Protector's Heart: From The Mouth Of A Young Woman, Hope

January 21, 2019

Fourteen-year-old Florence Doyle
Wisdom of Youth: Teenager Florence Doyle brings powerful remembrance from Indian Country at 2019 Women's March
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Ignoring Costs Of Growth, Climate Change, Rooted In The Same Mentality Of Denial

December 11, 2018 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly

How will this view be in 20 years?
Tim Crawford says healthy landscapes are the underpinning of good living in Bozeman and all of the rural West
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Of Moose, Climate Change And Feckless Politicians

November 1, 2018

A rare moose in Hayden Valley
MoJo columnist Tim Crawford says true leaders say what we need to know, even if we don't want to hear it. And we need to elect them.
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Another Cost Of Growth: Will Voters In Bozeman Approve A Tax Hike For Better Public Safety Facilities?

October 18, 2018 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly

Where is the growth sidewalk leading?
Tim Crawford says the fire and police departments need new digs because of the development boom, but many citizens are already feeling overtaxed
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Let's Not Denude 'The Valley Of Flowers'

September 26, 2018

Bridger Mountains
Timothy Tate asks: is it possible for mountain towns to grow without losing their soul?
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Denial No More: Bozeman's Boom Is Coming At A Steep Cost To People, Community

August 31, 2018 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly

A Bozeman view by drone
If growth produces "winners," then who and what are the "losers"?
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Ryan Zinke Scores A Pyrrhic Victory In Yellowstone

June 14, 2018

Ryan Zinke at Yellowstone's doorstep
After ousting Dan Wenk over bison, Interior Secretary now must decide: will he stand behind his controversial National Park Service Director?
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