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As Backcountry Fills, Will Wildness Be Left Empty?
February 21, 2021
![A pair of snowmobiles that carried snowboarders into the backcountry](/content/articles/ic_1613964391_400x300_true.jpg)
In this op-ed, writer Phil Knight, a wilderness advocate for four decades, warns how Greater Yellowstone's remotest spots are being flooded by people
Read MoreWhen The Spirit Moves You, Sing A Song Called Odowan
February 5, 2021
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From Fort Peck, Lois Red Elk sends us a new poem about a sonorous hymn to mark the moment you become present in the mystery of the natural world
Read MoreJohn Potter Brings New Nature Cartoon To Mountain Journal
February 3, 2021
![Potter and friend in Red Lodge](/content/articles/ic_1612340501_400x300_true.jpg)
Each Wednesday, in "It's All Relative," the Montana fine artist will explore issues shaping Greater Yellowstone and the West with sardonic truth
Read MoreMeet Tom Sadler, MoJo's Correspondent In The US Capital City
January 21, 2021
![Tom Sadler in his element](/content/articles/ic_1611249557_400x300_true.jpg)
Monitoring what's happening in Washington DC has never been more important for policies shaping Greater Yellowstone and the West
Read MoreWhy CWD Striking Jackson Hole Elk Is A Big Deal
December 27, 2020
![Wapiti at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole](/content/articles/ic_1609117392_400x300_true.jpg)
Is a Chronic Wasting Disease 'super-spreader' event possible in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem? Experts say Wyoming, federal agencies have created conditions ripe for disaster
Read MoreBrokaw Opens Up To Big Sky Journalist
December 21, 2020
![Tom Brokaw answering questions instead of asking them](/content/articles/ic_1608569847_400x300_true.jpg)
In The New West, Todd Wilkinson interviews Joseph T. O'Connor about his interview with Tom Brokaw on topics ranging from Trump to journalism and nature
Read MoreAfter A Surreal Year Like This, How Do We Center Ourselves Again?
November 26, 2020
![John Felsing's painting 'Strange Procession'](/content/articles/ic_1606432893_400x300_true.jpg)
For many, Timothy Tate says, gaining '2020 vision' has been traumatic. Let this holiday stretch bring reflection. The best gift you can give: listening
Read MorePondering Megafauna From Here To Africa And Back
October 7, 2020
![African version of a griz](/content/articles/ic_1602125233_400x300_true.jpg)
Greater Yellowstone conservationist Phil Knight heads to the Serengeti and returns with more concern about the plight of species in our own wild neighborhood
Read MoreThe Pall Of Our Unrest
September 19, 2020
!['Ascent,' a painting by John Felsing](/content/articles/ic_1600544920_400x300_true.jpg)
Terry Tempest Williams featured in The New York Times reading her 'obituary for the land.' She implores us: Let it not be true
Read MoreWhy Wilderness Matters More Than Your Desire To Take It
August 25, 2020
![What's rarer: wild places or places to ride?](/content/articles/ic_1598391012_400x300_true.jpg)
Patagonia publishes essay from BIKE Magazine contributing editor Michael Ferrentino on our perceived right to ride where we want. Hint: He dismisses it.
Read MoreWhat Does 'Last Best Place' Mean in 2020?
August 20, 2020
![How should we deal with loss of place?](/content/articles/ic_1597963512_400x300_true.jpg)
Timothy Tate suspects that the famed phrase, coined for Montana by Bill Kittredge and Annick Smith, stands for values now under siege
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 MoreGuest Essay: Why The Gallatin Mountains Need Permanent Protection, Especially Now
June 5, 2020
![One lake in the wild Gallatins](/content/articles/ic_1591370852_400x300_true.jpg)
As a seasonal backcountry ranger-naturalist in adjacent Yellowstone, Orville "Butch" Bach has witnessed change coming to the region for decades—and fewer spots left untouched by people
Read MoreRon Marlenee Was A Proud Burr In The Hiking Boots Of Environmentalists
April 30, 2020
![The late Ron Marlenee](/content/articles/ic_1588286556_400x300_true.jpg)
The former Montana Congressman who died this week could be prickly but he delighted in delivering zingers and representing rural people
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