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October 18, 2018 // Photography, Ranching, Together We Go: Women and Horses
![A Johnson woman gathers a horse](/content/articles/ic_1539841099_400x300_true.jpg)
At the U-Cross Ranch near Roy, Nicole Johnson teaches her daughters to find strength in the saddle
Read MoreAnother Cost Of Growth: Will Voters In Bozeman Approve A Tax Hike For Better Public Safety Facilities?
October 18, 2018 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
![Where is the growth sidewalk leading?](/content/articles/ic_1539832078_400x300_true.jpg)
Tim Crawford says the fire and police departments need new digs because of the development boom, but many citizens are already feeling overtaxed
Read MoreWestern Epiphanies: Lessons From The Largest Mobile Classroom In America
October 15, 2018 // Whitman College Semester In The West
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Mountain Journal collaborates with students from Whitman College's "Semester in the West" who share their thoughts about issues shaping an iconic region
Read MoreEncountering The Modern Garden Of Eden In Two Variations
October 15, 2018 // Ranching, Whitman College Semester In The West, Yellowstone
![Bull elk on lawn at Mammoth](/content/articles/ic_1539647775_400x300_true.jpg)
Noah Dunn contrasts public Yellowstone with a private ranch next door
Read MoreOp-Ed: Will Trophy Hunting Grizzlies Make The Wilds Safer?
October 14, 2018
![How tame the backcountry?](/content/articles/ic_1539547977_400x300_true.jpg)
Sportsman and former Marine David Stalling says grizzlies have been—and can be—managed without killing them for sport
Read MoreImagine Making A Wildlife Movie Whose Lessons Save Your Life
October 14, 2018
![Image from Bob Legasa's bear spray video](/content/articles/ic_1539566262_400x300_true.jpg)
Star in Bob Legasa's video about bear spray becomes hero in repelling grizzly attack
Read MoreBuy A Stunning Painting And You'll Be Supporting MoJo's Commitment To Conservation Journalism
October 10, 2018
![One of Osman's spectacular sandhills](/content/articles/ic_1539213147_400x300_true.jpg)
Bozeman artist Steve Osman is donating proceeds from the sale of works to support Mountain Journal's investigative reporting fund
Read MoreZinke Stops Proposed Mines On Yellowstone Doorstep and In Paradise Valley, Montana
October 9, 2018
![The Yellowstone River and Emigrant Peak](/content/articles/ic_1539101284_400x300_true.jpg)
But will conservationists, business community also support limits on other forms of 21st-century resource exploitation to protect ecosystem?
Read MoreIn Hostile Times, Civil Servants Deserve Sympathy, Not Bashing
October 3, 2018
![Van Tighem in the Canadian Rockies](/content/articles/ic_1538688335_400x300_true.jpg)
Kevin van Tighem, who once served as superintendent in Canada's equivalent of Yellowstone, has harsh words for the deteriorating tenor of social media
Read MoreShe, Wi Mi Ma, The Full Moon, Is Ushering Forth Change
October 1, 2018
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Lois Red Elk: the power of feminine energy isn't new; it's ancient and there in the sky
Read MoreOde To The Autumns Of Our Lives
October 1, 2018
![South Fork of the Snake River](/content/articles/ic_1538416888_400x300_true.jpg)
For naturalist Susan Marsh, fall is the season of visual warmth, and reflection on fallibility
Read MoreLet's Not Denude 'The Valley Of Flowers'
September 26, 2018
![Bridger Mountains](/content/articles/ic_1538160851_400x300_true.jpg)
Timothy Tate asks: is it possible for mountain towns to grow without losing their soul?
Read MoreReflections On The Fatal Grizzly Bear Mauling In Wyoming
September 19, 2018
![A Greater Yellowstone grizzly](/content/articles/ic_1537370127_400x300_true.jpg)
Hunting guide's death is tragic and circumstances surrounding it raise many questions. A look at the nature of human-bear incidents
Read MoreWhen Bison Bellow Like African Lions
September 19, 2018
In Jackson Hole, a half-minute vignette of rutting bulls with the Tetons rising behind
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