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Within An Old Burn, Views Of White Turned To Black And Fading Fireweed
September 21, 2017

In Her Latest Installment Of Watercolor Diary, Sue Cedarholm Literally Hikes Into Wilderness From Town With Her Daughters And Finds A Fresh Scene
Read MoreA Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017

Mountain Journal columnist Susan Marsh spent three decades working for the US Forest Service, working on recreation and wilderness protection in both the Gallatin National Forest of Montana and Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today she's an award-wining writer.
Read MoreLois Red Elk Writes About Ponies—And Remembers Her Horseman Father
September 20, 2017

Of My Father and Horses: Lois Red Elk, Mountain Journal's poet in residence, debuts a brand new poem and shares an older one from her acclaimed volume "Why I Return to Makoce"
Read MoreBrian Jarvi’s “African Menagerie” Shows How Fine Art Can Move The Masses
September 19, 2017

Unprecedented Wildlife Painting Featuring 209 Species Was Partially Inspired By Thinking About Greater Yellowstone.
Read MoreSelling Off The Historic Playground To Pay For Growth
September 14, 2017

Mountain Journal columnist and downtown Bozeman businessman Tim Crawford says growth doesn't pay for itself. And there's no better example than Bozeman public school officials potentially selling off a beloved historic playground to meet budget shortfalls.
Read MoreIn The Modern World, Why Do We Hunt And Fish?
September 13, 2017 // Hunting

Marshall Cutchin, a lifelong sportsman and founder of the largest online angling magazine in the world, ponders the big philosophical questions relating to hunting and fishing.
Read MoreHow the Rest Of America Looks To Us From The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
September 13, 2017 // The New West

New Yorker Magazine Cartoonist Saul Steinberg Once Offered Manhattan's View Of The American West As A "Flyover". Now Mountain Journal, Thanks To The Work Of Illustrator Rick Peterson, Gets Even.
Read MoreSearching To Find The Soul Of Community In The Welter Of A Boom
September 12, 2017 // Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly

To save the best of what remains in Montana's Gallatin Valley, Lori Ryker says leaders and citizens must start thinking holistically—Now.
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 MoreThe Voice Of Lois Red Elk-Reed Hails From The Real Old Old West
September 5, 2017

From working on multiple fronts to preserve her culture to advising Hollywood on its portrayals of native people, Lois Red Elk-Reed, of Fort Peck, Montana, has gained acclaim as an "organic poet".
Read MoreWhat Motivates Some Millennials To Try To Do Good In The World?
August 31, 2017

The 21st-century will be shaped by the Millennial generation, which is inheriting both opportunities and challenges from their predecessors. In his regular column, "My Father's Son" for Mountain Journal and MidCurrent, Liam Diekmann of Bozeman, Montana, lends some insight into Millennial values.
Read MoreA Montana Political Giant Says Citizens Must Hold Elected Officials To Account
August 28, 2017 // Politics, The New West

Max Baucus, the former Ambassador to China and Longtime U.S. Senator From Montana, Says Citizens Will Get The Democracy They Deserve—If They Demand It
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