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Plummeting Morale In The Forest Service: Why It Should Matter To Americans Who Love Nature
March 27, 2018
Another tour de force piece from Susan Marsh on a once proud federal public land agency
Read MoreRoar: Random Musings From A Montana Hook And Bullet Conservationist—Part I
March 26, 2018
MoJo columnist T. H. Crawford, lifelong hunter and African safarian, shares thoughts on Trump Administration's International Wildlife Conservation Council
Read More#MeToo In A Culture Of Good Old Boys
March 7, 2018
Susan Marsh says Forest Service created ripe conditions for backlash
Read MoreMy Golden Weeping Willow—Finding Grounding In The Spectacular Ordinary
February 1, 2018 // Co-existence
Naturalist Susan Marsh opens her old journal and muses on boredom, beauty, impermanence and the lament of a favorite tree cut down
Read MoreOf Dads And Mountain Daughters
January 30, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Culture
A foundational relationship in a woman’s life, its impacts lasting a lifetime
Read MoreThe Essential Role Of Eco-Capitalism In Saving The Best That Remains
January 29, 2018 // Conservation, Private Lands, The New West
Greater Yellowstone's rich tapestry will be won—or lost—based on what businesspeople do next
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 Story Of A River Otter Found Dead In A Snare
January 15, 2018
Wyoming naturalist Susan Marsh says it's high time that society had an adult conversation about the real impacts of fur trapping
Read MoreBeholding Creation: Counting Birds At Christmas
December 23, 2017 // Culture, Wildlife
MoJo's Intrepid Nature Columnist Susan Marsh Carries On A Grand American Holiday Tradition
Read MoreEveryone Has An Opinion About Government But Many Citizens Would Flunk Civics
December 11, 2017
In this provocative column by Susan Marsh, she wonders aloud: If citizens are so ignorant about lots of things, are we expecting too much in asking them to know and care about public lands, wildlife and nature?
Read MoreWhat Does It Take To Create A Conservationist?
November 6, 2017
Retired Forest Service Wilderness Manager Susan Marsh contemplates what inspires wilderness users to become wilderness protectors.
Read MoreHolding The Line On Wild: Is The U.S. Forest Service Up To The Challenge?
October 19, 2017 // Forest Service, Outdoor Recreation, Wilderness
Susan Marsh spent her career protecting wilderness and trying to manage human pressures on America's public lands. Now this veteran of the Forest Service ponders whether her storied agency has the courage to confront the increasing impacts of outdoor recreation.
Read MoreThe Big Picture: Thinking About Greater Yellowstone's Elephants In The Room
October 5, 2017 // Climate Change, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Politics, Public Lands, Science, Wildlife
The deepening impacts of climate change and human population pressure are just two of the titanic forces shaping the future of America's most iconic wildland ecosystem. Are we capable of confronting the threats happening right before our eyes? Do we see them? First part in an ongoing series called Greater Yellowstone: The Big Picture.
Caretaking America's Wild Homefront
October 3, 2017 // Forest Service, Public Lands
For Susan Marsh, who donned a Forest Service uniform, mountains were her medicine and protecting wilderness a way of giving back to her country
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