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Spying The Grand Teton From Delta Lake
September 9, 2017
In her question to create a new painting every day for a year, Sue Cedarholm on Day 164, ascends to the shore of Delta Lake below the Grand Teton.
Read MoreBonded By Wild Land And Water: A Son Remembers His Dad
September 8, 2017 // Public Lands
Writer Liam Diekmann in his debut column for Mountain Journal reflects on some of the greatest gifts his Father, the late conservationist Alex Diekmann, gave him.,
Read MoreSpooked By The Ghost Forests Of Greater Yellowstone
September 6, 2017
Decades ago, Forest Service entomologist Jesse Logan feared climate change would devastate whitebark pine, an important food source for Greater Yellowstone grizzlies. Unfortunately, his prediction has proved true.
Read MoreWilderness: America's Second-Best Idea Is Under Attack—Unfortunately By Some Recreationists
September 6, 2017 // Wilderness
In this second part of an ongoing series on wilderness in America, MoJo columnist Franz Camenzind shines a light on efforts in Congress to roll back federal protection for wilderness. One of the main surprising instigators, he says, are mountain bikers masquerading as conservationists.
Read MoreFor A Generation, "The Blue Door" Was A Safe Space On Bozeman's Main Street
September 5, 2017
Psychotherapist Timothy J. Tate says the biggest downside of his community becoming the "it" place is the loss of handshake agreements.
Read MoreFake News And Media Bias? It's Actually Me-Bias And Most Of Us Are Guilty
September 4, 2017
In his new column, Trigger Warning, now debuting at Mountain Journal, social commentator David J Swift suggests those who embrace alternative facts can't handle the truth
Read MoreAmerica Desperately Needs More Bill Ruckelshauses
August 31, 2017 // EPA
Sara Flitner remembers the EPA's first chief administrator and how his approach to problem solving is badly-need today
Read MoreWilderness, America's Second-Best Conservation Idea, Is Under Attack
August 28, 2017 // Wilderness
In the first part of an ongoing MoJo series, "Modern Wilderness," explored through a variety of perspectives and voices, columnist Franz Camenzind examines what official federal "wilderness" is, the origins of The Wilderness Act and the uncommon importance wilderness in the modern world.
Read MoreEpic Challenges Are Gripping Jackson Hole But For Hank Phibbs Surrender Is Not An Option
August 14, 2017 // Jackson Hole, Politics, Wyoming
Teton County, Wyoming is one of the wealthiest per capita counties in the United States and one of the most strikingly beautiful places on earth. Yet despite its abundance of riches, Teton County is a province of widening economic disparity, tensions between nature preservation and human development, and questions shaping the soul of the community. Hank Phibbs takes us into the heart of the conversation.
Read MoreIntroducing Mountain Journal: A New Voice for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
August 14, 2017 // Government Accountability, News, Public Lands, Public-Interest Journalism, Science, The New West, Wildlife
MOUNTAIN JOURNAL is public-interest journalism aimed at celebrating an unparalleled region and probing a question: Can America’s last, best and most iconic wild ecosystem be saved? How we make meaning of place and search for answers here has implications for every corner of the country.
Read MoreCitizen Crawford Doesn't Believe In Mincing Words
August 14, 2017
Defying labels: Whether he's in his office on Main Street in Bozeman or farming in the Gallatin Valley, columnist T.H. Crawford writes as a fiscally-conservative businessman who calls himself a social progressive.
Read MoreMarshall Cutchin Brings Modern Thinking To Heraclitus' "Same River Twice"
August 14, 2017 // Water, Wildlife
Marshall Cutchin, publisher of world's largest online flyfishing webzine, joins MoJo stable of writers. You don't have to be an angler to appreciate Cutchin's incisive thoughts about the value of nature in our lives.
Read MoreFranz Camenzind Pens "Wild Ideas"
August 14, 2017 // Politics, Public Lands
Has the conservation leadership of Greater Yellowstone lost its edge in the face of so many emerging challenges? With a background in wildlife research, making acclaimed nature documentaries and leading a Jackson Hole-based conservation organization, Franz Camenzind has a lot to say about the state of the environmental movement.
Read MoreLandscape Meets Human Footprint In Lori Ryker's Switchbacks and Cairns
August 14, 2017 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
Right here, right now, Greater Yellowstoneans are building the future and declaring their values. From mentoring the West's finest budding architecture students to advising clients designing dream homes, Lori Ryker is on a quest to show the built environment is about more than just a real estate play.
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