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House Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk
June 22, 2018 // Leadership, National Park Service, Politics, Yellowstone
Ranking minority member of House Natural Resources Committee wants Interior Secretary to reveal why he is forcing Yellowstone superintendent out
Read MoreRyan Zinke Scores A Pyrrhic Victory In Yellowstone
June 14, 2018
After ousting Dan Wenk over bison, Interior Secretary now must decide: will he stand behind his controversial National Park Service Director?
Read MoreLee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand
April 12, 2018
Mike Mansfield called Metcalf the state's greatest senator. In part 2 of Ed Kemmick's series, he also stood out as a no-apology conservationist
Read MoreWeakening Wilderness Act Is Antithetical To Principle Of Landmark Law
April 10, 2018
Writer Michael Dax says efforts by hardcore recreation user groups to undermine wilderness protection are self-serving and short-sighted
Read MoreThe Mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Is 40
April 9, 2018
In this two-part tribute, writer Ed Kemmick celebrates not only landmark wilderness in Greater Yellowstone but Lee Metcalf, the senator who made it happen
Read MoreA Life In Wonderland
February 23, 2018 // Yellowstone
Yellowstone's legendary "winter keeper" Steven Fuller takes readers on an intimate exploration of the world's first national park. Every few days he serves up a new dispatch here
Read MoreWho Is Willing To Defend American Wilderness?
January 24, 2018 // Public Lands, Wilderness
As attacks on wilderness and environmental laws rage, many citizens wonder why some prominent conservation groups seem to be missing in action?
Read MoreThe Language Of Snow As A Vocabulary Of Place
January 22, 2018 // Yellowstone
For Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller, special words describe the park's frozen world
Read MoreThe Hayden: Yellowstone's Great Sensuous Valley
January 14, 2018 // Yellowstone
For winterkeeper Steven Fuller, this vast vale in the middle of America's first national park always delivers geographic center
Read MoreGeorge Carlson's Perpetual State Of Wonder
October 9, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, MoJo Profile
George Carlson is considered one of the best contemporary nature painters in the world. Mountain Journal visited the American master at his studio and took a deep dive into his reverence for wild landscapes
Read MoreWilderness: America's Second-Best Idea Is Under Attack—Unfortunately By Some Recreationists
September 6, 2017 // Wilderness
In this second part of an ongoing series on wilderness in America, MoJo columnist Franz Camenzind shines a light on efforts in Congress to roll back federal protection for wilderness. One of the main surprising instigators, he says, are mountain bikers masquerading as conservationists.
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