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Montana’s Climate Kids Should Adopt Wildlife As Their Mascot
July 23, 2023
Citing the state constitution, young people in Montana sued the state over climate change. Win or lose, wildlife conservation would strengthen their case with the public
Read MoreMontana's Gallatin Valley And Wildlife Paying Big Price For Growth In Big Sky
July 18, 2023
What's happening near Gallatin Gateway, Montana is indicative, Robert Sisson says, of how developers are making profits but externalizing their costs on citizens and nature
Read MoreThis ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have
July 14, 2023
Often cast as liabilities and villains by politicians, grizzlies and wolves in Yellowstone region are bullish assets that keep delivering dividends—as long as they remain alive
Read MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
Read MoreIn Montana, Four Different Polls Say Citizens Seriously Unhappy About Sprawl
July 5, 2023
North of Yellowstone, no-zoning signs fly like protest flags but residents of beautiful Park County are deeply concerned lack of planning is causing the loss of places they love
Read MoreDo We Need New Maps To Protect Nature Or A New Land-Based 'Mythology'?
June 23, 2023
Lee Nellis, a longtime planning guru in Greater Yellowstone, responds to Lori Ryker's call for a new blueprint in thinking about development
Read MoreGrizzly 399 And Cub—An Update From Jackson Hole
June 17, 2023
At Summer Solstice and more than a month out of the den, 399 has devoted much time, Thomas Mangelsen says, to helping her cub understand the joy of play
Read MoreIn Marley's Memory, He Chooses Survival
June 12, 2023
After suffering the devastating loss of his young daughter, Brad Orsted fell into bleak darkness—then the grizzly-inhabited wild country of Greater Yellowstone led him back into the light
Read MoreTo Stop A Grizzly And How Bear Spray Saved A Life
June 6, 2023
When a grizzly bear charged Keegan David, he had seconds to
react. He shared his story with Mountain Journal.
How A Citizen Is Raising Awareness About Threat Of Grand Targhee Expansion
June 1, 2023
Howie Garber’s new book touches on the beauty of wildness
through a photographer’s lens
Solving the Mystery of Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’
May 26, 2023
John Maclean’s foreword to Hemingway’s early masterpiece in the recently published ‘Centennial Edition'
Read MoreCan Natural Character Of South Jackson Hole Endure Without Limits On People?
May 26, 2023
Claims that community must grow to fix the affordable housing crisis are not only based on faulty logic but are destroying valley's beloved sense of place, Robert Frodeman writes
Bison Calf Euthanized After ‘Intentionally Disturbed’ by Man in Yellowstone
May 23, 2023
Park incident under investigation after witnesses report seeing man push bison calf up hill from Lamar River to roadway
Read MoreFinding Greater Yellowstone ‘Magic’ On A Rocky Ridge
May 21, 2023
Wanting to name
the priceless landmarks she visits in Greater Yellowstone’s great outdoors, MoJo
columnist Susan Marsh explores the power behind magical places