With
regional snowpack at record lows and average temperatures well above normal,
how are local wildlife coping with the unusual winter?
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Homeward Bound
January 19, 2024 // NEWS: Film Review
![Mule deer migrate hundreds of miles to winter grounds from Grand Teton National Park](/content/articles/ic_1705708815_400x300_true.jpg)
A new documentary released by the Wyoming Migration Initiative chronicles the travel and travails of Grand Teton mule deer.
Read MoreIn Cadence: ‘Mni Wiconi’ and the Great Observers
January 16, 2024 // OPINION: Essay
![The Yellowstone River runs north from Yellowstone National Park nearly 700 miles to its confluence with the Missouri](/content/articles/ic_1705427188_400x300_true.jpg)
Recalling the 2016 Standing Rock demonstrations protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, a Lakota woman reflects on the rhythm and power of water.
Read More2023 a ‘Good Food Year’ for Yellowstone Grizzlies
January 11, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![In October 2023, Grizzly Bear 566 weighed in at a whopping 716 pounds, three shy of the Greater Yellowstone record](/content/articles/ic_1704988622_400x300_true.jpg)
Last fall, Grizzly 566
weighed in at a near record-breaking 700 pounds, Mountain Journal spoke with a grizzly expert for the latest in health
and population trends for bears in Greater Yellowstone.
The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 4: Mike Finley
January 9, 2024 // Interview Series
![Mike Finley served the National Park Service for 32 years, including a trifecta of superintendent posts at three national parks](/content/articles/ic_1704820328_400x300_true.jpg)
In the final installment
of MoJo’s interview series with four Yellowstone superintendents, Mike Finley pulls
no punches discussing the issues in our national parks.
The Future of Drought in Montana
January 5, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![A barren wheatfield in Malta, Montana, after it was raided by migratory grasshoppers that thrive in drought conditions](/content/articles/ic_1704492124_400x300_true.jpg)
Following a three-year
planning process, Montana released an updated Drought Management Plan, seeking
to foster drought resilience in the state and recognizing climate change as a
driving factor.
50 Years: How the Endangered Species Act Influenced Greater Yellowstone
January 2, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Bald eagles were finally listed under the ESA in 1978](/content/articles/ic_1704232347_400x300_true.jpg)
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Endangered Species Act, Mountain Journal looks at the landmark legislation’s
impact on some of Greater Yellowstone’s keystone species.
A Remarkable Year
December 26, 2023 // OPINION: Essay
![The Teton range and the peaceful solitude of a closing year](/content/articles/ic_1703619517_400x300_true.jpg)
In her poignant essay, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh reminds us of the important things in life as she reflects on the past year: to be bold, to be gracious, and to remember that the more we give, the more we receive.
Read MoreWhere the Rudder Meets the Road
December 22, 2023 // NEWS: Feature
![Our roads have disrupted wildlife migrations and ecosystems in ways we didn’t understand when we built them](/content/articles/ic_1703262976_400x300_true.jpg)
In his
new book, Crossings, author Ben Goldfarb charts a course through the
complicated intersection of roads and ecology.
Two Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds in Limbo Amid CWD Concerns
December 21, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![Wyoming Game and Fish manages 22 elk feedgrounds across the state](/content/articles/ic_1703197628_400x300_true.jpg)
As Wyoming Game and Fish assesses the viability of two Wyoming elk feedgrounds, concerns over the spread of chronic wasting disease at forefront.
Read MoreGuardrails on Growth in Paradise
December 18, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Absaroka range rises in the distance above Livingston, Montana](/content/articles/ic_1702924192_400x300_true.jpg)
As
land-use conflicts near a tipping point in Paradise Valley and surrounding locales, Park County Commissioners vote to
update the county's Growth Policy
The 'Unprecedented' Decline of a Wyoming Pronghorn Herd
December 15, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Heavy snows, coupled with a lethal bacteria rare to Wyoming, hit the state's Sublette pronghorn herd hard last winter](/content/articles/ic_1702667967_400x300_true.jpg)
A brutal winter and
rare respiratory bacteria killed thousands of pronghorn on one of the nation's
longest migration routes. Now what?
New Research Suggests Montana FWP Wolf Count High
December 14, 2023 // NEWS: Feature
![Wolf reintroduction efforts in Greater Yellowstone beginning in 1995 were successful. As Montana weighs its new wolf management plan, numbers are in question](/content/articles/ic_1702600869_400x300_true.jpg)
Bozeman-based researcher says agency's model for counting wolves is wrong. FWP disagrees citing a lack of peer review.
Read MoreBLM Bans Lethal ‘Cyanide Bombs’ Used to Kill Predators
December 14, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![The EPA authorizes various federal and state agencies to use M-44 cyanide devices to kill canids, including wolves and coyotes](/content/articles/ic_1702573410_400x300_true.jpg)
The ban, in place on 245 million acres for a minimum of five years, comes after M-44 cyanide devices killed non-target species including domestic dogs and injured humans.
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