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A Yellowstone Wolf-Watching Guide Wonders Aloud: What Century Are We Living In?
August 5, 2021
![Montana, Idaho aim to decimate wolves, again](/content/articles/ic_1628190412_400x300_true.jpg)
In this op-ed, Phil Knight says that given new laws in Montana and Idaho designed to decimate wolf numbers, it's time to restore federal protection for lobos
Read MoreMaking Hay Over The West's Draconian Water Laws
August 4, 2021
![Good to the last drop, but for whom?](/content/articles/ic_1628085261_400x300_true.jpg)
Cartoonist John Potter asks: does it really make common sense to de-water streams and prioritize alfalfa-growing for cows when severe drought affects many more species?
Read MoreIn This Wolf Man, There Are Enduring Echoes Of Aldo
July 29, 2021
![The historic day wolves were restored to Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1627570644_400x300_true.jpg)
Greater Yellowstone-based scientist Mike Phillips receives Leopold Award, highest honor given by The Wildlife Society for having an impactful career in conservation
Read MoreThis Generation Will Be Judged By Whether It Let Salmon Runs Go Extinct
July 27, 2021
![Dammed rivers have pushed salmon to the brink](/content/articles/ic_1627414453_400x300_true.jpg)
Chris Wood, the national leader of Trout Unlimited, writes in this guest essay that salmon and steelhead can recover if given a chance. But time is running out
Read MoreIn The American West, These New Job Prospects Are Burning Hot
July 21, 2021
![Optimists always see the glass as half full](/content/articles/ic_1626904452_400x300_true.jpg)
In his latest MoJo cartoon, John Potter suggests that less precipitation, rising temps and super droughts are making current notions of 'forest health' obsolete
Read MoreIn The Bull's Eye: A Human Swarm Is Overwhelming The Yellowstone Region
July 20, 2021
![Greater Yellowstone is a bull's eye for growth](/content/articles/ic_1626794579_400x300_true.jpg)
Amid unprecedented development and outdoor recreation pressure, three experts say new strategies urgently needed to save America's most famous wildlife ecosystem
Read MoreSlaying Wolves To 'Save' The Elk?
July 14, 2021
![More elk today than in nearly 200 years](/content/articles/ic_1626273162_400x300_true.jpg)
As Montana and Idaho move to re-decimate their wild wolf populations, MoJo cartoonist John Potter calls out their faulty argument
Read MoreDear Senator Johnson
July 8, 2021
![Maybe the senator ought to come West?](/content/articles/ic_1625794385_400x300_true.jpg)
Want to know what cartoonist John Potter thinks about the Wisconsin lawmaker's claim that climate change is a bunch of BS? As the West scorches, Potter offers a reply
Read MoreDead Griz Along Yellowstone River Now Subject Of Poaching Investigation
June 30, 2021
![Griz 394 now subject of poaching probe](/content/articles/ic_1625111985_400x300_true.jpg)
The body of Grizzly 394, a 25-year-old male, attracted lots of human photo ops in Gardiner but now is a criminal case after someone removed its head and claws, officials say
Read MoreThe Climate Change Neros Of Capitol Hill
June 30, 2021
![Can you guess the member of Congress who is Potter's target?](/content/articles/ic_1625025907_400x300_true.jpg)
For those elected officials who continue to deny the scientific facts about climate change, John Potter believes a reckoning is coming and history will judge them harshly
Read MoreWith Color, Flato Has A Magic Touch
June 29, 2021
![Paradise Valley Cloud by Malou Flato](/content/articles/ic_1624997258_400x300_true.jpg)
Artist Malou Flato, known nationally for her mixed media explorations of nature, shines in a new showing of oil paintings devoted to Paradise Valley, Montana
Read MoreBeloved Beasts Is A Perfect Read For The West—And Our Time
June 24, 2021
![Nijhuis: We've rallied before—and we can again](/content/articles/ic_1624519794_400x300_true.jpg)
New important book by Michelle Nijhuis tracks evolution of American conservation and arrives at this conclusion: there is still hope but we have to act now
Read MoreBears Again Paying The Price When People Behave Badly
June 23, 2021
![How again is Felicia a "problem" bear?](/content/articles/ic_1624456412_400x300_true.jpg)
John Potter wonders aloud: what teaching moment is being squandered as wildlife managers heavy-handedly respond to grizzly bear mother "Felicia" and cubs on Wyoming's Togwotee Pass?
Read MoreJohn Heminway: American Master Of Dramatic Earthly Storytelling
June 15, 2021
![Heminway on the trail of elephant poachers](/content/articles/ic_1623776477_400x300_true.jpg)
From writing for legendary Wyoming outdoorsman Curt Gowdy to exposing elephant ivory poachers on film, John Heminway fights for wildness by telling the truth
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