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Howling, To Your Heart's Content
April 3, 2020
![Painting title "Van Gogh Never Howled To The Moon."](/content/articles/ic_1585929936_400x300_true.jpg)
Westerners aren't singing like Caruso from their balconies; they're greeting each other like a pack of fellow lonesome lobos
Read MoreCoronavirus On The Doorstep: The Pandemic Reaches America’s Isolated Flyover
April 2, 2020
![Doctor from another time fighting a pandemic](/content/articles/ic_1585335980_400x300_true.jpg)
In a real-life potboiler, Sarah DeOpsomer pens a personal journal about Covid-19's arrival in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and waiting for her own (positive) test results to come in
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' |
When The Government Tries To Think Big
March 29, 2020
![Bison in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley](/content/articles/ic_1585514075_400x300_true.jpg)
Thirty years ago, the Greater Yellowstone's first attempt at having a grand vision to protect the ecosystem turned into a whimper. What happened? A first-hand account from a civil servant who was there
Read MoreHow Can 'We' Better Live In Panic-Stricken Times?
March 28, 2020
![Words at Story Mill Park in Bozeman](/content/articles/ic_1585414600_400x300_true.jpg)
It's normal to feel stressed out and alone, so what can we do about it? Timothy Tate, Bozeman psychotherapist, shares a few thoughts about creating the transformation we need
Read MoreTom Brokaw Says More Than Ever We Need A National Leader
March 25, 2020
![How would FDR address nation about coronavirus?](/content/articles/ic_1585168194_400x300_true.jpg)
Legendary NBC newsman and longtime Greater Yellowstone resident reflects on values of 'The Greatest Generation'
Read MoreOf God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals
March 24, 2020
![A cowboy petroglyph?](/content/articles/ic_1585089358_400x300_true.jpg)
In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism
Read MoreWith 'Cold Country' A New Writing Star Is Born
March 24, 2020
![Is 'Cold Country' headed to the big screen?](/content/articles/ic_1585072522_400x300_true.jpg)
Behind the pages: Charlie Denison interviews Montana writer Russell Rowland about a novel set in Paradise Valley
Read MoreDoes Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Not Understand Coronavirus Threat?
March 23, 2020
![Wolf and grizzly watchers in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1585001366_400x300_true.jpg)
Critics condemn Trump's top public land cabinet minister for telling people to visit Yellowstone and other parks during a pandemic. UPDATE: Yellowstone and Grand Teton closed Tuesday, March 24 until further notice
Read MoreHow 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
Read MoreLove Of Pets, People And Safety In A Time Of Coronavirus
March 22, 2020 // Dogs
![Ted Kerasote and Pukka](/content/articles/ic_1584900186_400x300_true.jpg)
Western towns are dog-crazy hamlets. As award-winning author Ted Kerasote notes, we need to think carefully about their social interactions, too
Read MoreInside The Storm
March 20, 2020
!["Everything will be fine," the banner says.. "Thanks doctors and nurses."](/content/articles/ic_1584722466_400x300_true.jpg)
A young Italian sends a warning to his contemporary Millennial and Gen Z peers in the Northern Rockies
Read MoreCan This Pause Make Us Smarter About How We Protect Yellowstone?
March 18, 2020
![The Upper Yellowstone Valley](/content/articles/ic_1584573974_400x300_true.jpg)
The ecosystem holding America's first national park is facing whirlwind changes. The slowdown could be the wake-up call we need.
Read MoreShoveling Out: The Art And Danger Of Being A Yellowstone Snowsmith
March 17, 2020
![When snow is measured in meet, shoveling out is an epic feat](/content/articles/ic_1584475724_400x300_true.jpg)
In the isolation of America's first national park, Steve Fuller and other winterkeepers carry on their age-old task of preventing roofs from collapsing
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