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In The Winter Of Life, Dreams Prepare Us For What May Come
March 14, 2019 // Community, Community Change
Getting old need not be a season of dread. As Timothy Tate says, it can be an opportunity to embrace who we are
Read MoreWhat’s Up With 'The Green New Deal' And What Does It Mean For The West?
March 13, 2019 // Climate Change, Economy
Lance Olsen boils down a familiar old battle to its basics as sabers rattle among coal interests in Wyoming and Montana
Read MoreThe Perils Of Going Along To Get Along
March 13, 2019 // Climate Change, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Leadership, Outdoor Recreation, Politics, The New West, Wildlife
What does it say about us when we have leaders who don't have the courage to act?
Read MoreThe Power Of Words: How We Use Language To Justify Our Consumption Of Nature
March 11, 2019 // Public Lands, Wildlife, Wyoming
MoJo columnist Susan Marsh waxes on how we 'harvest' living things to avoid admitting we're taking their lives
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 MoreWallowing Unhappily In Yellowstone
February 25, 2019 // Bison, Yellowstone
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
Read MoreIs Pat Clayton The Finest Fish Photographer In America?
February 20, 2019 // Conservation, Fine Art, Yellowstone
With a sense of urgency, feisty spirit and an incredible eye, this talented witness turns wild trout and salmon into art muses for conservation
Read MoreUnnatural Disaster: Will America’s Most Iconic Wild Ecosystem Be Lost To A Tidal Wave Of People?
February 14, 2019 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
A MoJo Special Report: Can the wild Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem survive the coming hurricane of human population growth? As part of Mountain Journal's ongoing investigative series, "Greater Yellowstone: The Big Picture," Todd Wilkinson examines significant issues shaping the future of America's most iconic wildland ecosystem. This story focuses on the accelerating impacts of human development.
Read MoreAn Ancient Rural Culture Deals With Wolves Halfway Around The World
February 13, 2019 // Ecosystem Protection, Wolves
MoJo columnist Rebecca Watters returns from a research mission to Mongolia where she tracked lobos, leopards and wolverines
Read MoreWhy More Heat Means The End Of The Predictable World As We Know It
February 13, 2019
By not confronting the causes of climate change, we're setting ourselves up for huge economic and ecological impacts. A comprehensive analysis by Lance Olsen on this and the Green New Deal
Read MoreSo Help Us God: When Faith Is Used As A Blunt Weapon
February 6, 2019
With climate change, public land issues and other important matters before House Resources Committee, will lawmakers swear to God that they'll be seeking the truth?
Read MoreMan Who Killed Wolf Inside Grand Teton Pleads Guilty
February 6, 2019
Is fined $5000, receives probation and prohibited from killing wolves for a year. Also calls attention to larger issue of sport hunts allowed near national park borders
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