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A Piece of the Conservation Puzzle
November 7, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Alaska Basin addition to the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Montana's Centennial Valley](/content/articles/ic_1699384006_400x300_true.jpg)
Missouri Headwaters Conservation
Area could provide an additional tool for private landowners and protect 250,000 acres from subdivision and sprawl.
Read MoreThe Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 2: Dan Wenk
November 6, 2023 // Interview Series
![Former Superintendent Dan Wenk speaking at the Albright Visitor Center in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1698956782_400x300_true.jpg)
In Part 2 of our interview series with the past four superintendents of America's first national park, Dan Wenk recalls the joy and challenges in running Yellowstone, and his controversial departure.
Read MoreTo Protect a Section of Precious Land
November 3, 2023 // OPINION: Essay
![The spectacular view from the Kelly parcel looking southwest](/content/articles/ic_1699049439_400x300_true.jpg)
Why would Wyoming put a
wildlife-rich 640-acre land parcel up for auction? Hint: Big money.
Ecosystem Engineers: Wyoming Beavers Deployed to Repair Wetlands
November 2, 2023 // NEWS: In Short
![Beavers are expert dam builders, and their industrious behavior helps repair eroded streambeds by trapping sediments and slowly raising water levels](/content/articles/ic_1698950354_400x300_true.jpg)
In Wyoming, land managers are relocating ‘nuisance’ beavers to enhance riparian areas. Their dams can even curb wildfires.
Read MoreDan Stahler: Yellowstone Wolf Project's New Alpha
October 27, 2023 // MoJo Profile
![Dan Stahler recently took over as lead wolf biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project and is following some big footprints](/content/articles/ic_1698450666_400x300_true.jpg)
The new lead biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project has big shoes to fill. He’s taking cues on resilience from mentors, science and the wildlife he studies.
Read MoreThe Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 1: Cameron Sholly
October 24, 2023 // Interview Series
![Cam Sholly is entering year six as superintendent of Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1698185168_400x300_true.jpg)
In the first of this MoJo interview series with four superintendents of America’s first national park, Cam Sholly discusses wildlife, visitation, Covid and the 2022 floods
Yellowstone Grizzlies and the Controversy Over Food
October 18, 2023 // OPINION: Essay
![Grizzly 211 ambles across the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1697672814_400x300_true.jpg)
Between human interaction and a changing climate, are grizzly bears getting
enough to eat?
Read MoreDayton Duncan on Tragedy, Hope and Duality in New PBS Doc ‘The American Buffalo’
October 15, 2023 // MoJo Interview
![King of the range: The bison, America's National Mammal](/content/articles/ic_1697398311_400x300_true.jpg)
The acclaimed writer and filmmaker discusses his latest collaboration, "The American Buffalo," a two-part film with Ken Burns premiering on PBS Oct. 16 and 17
Read MoreSeen from Above
October 11, 2023 // Opinion
![Author Thomas Turiano: climb to a point of prominence and your sphere of awareness will grow](/content/articles/ic_1697059644_400x300_true.jpg)
Mountain
climbing, sense of place, and, after 15 years out of print, the second edition
of Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone
In Memory of Greater Yellowstone Conservation Leader Hank Phibbs
October 6, 2023 // News
![Hank Phibbs of Jackson Hole passed away on Oct. 4](/content/articles/ic_1696617701_400x300_true.jpg)
Phibbs was a deft attorney, gifted musician, avid outdoorsman and longtime advocate of Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreWeighing new options for Yellowstone bison, NPS records 12,500 comments
October 5, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Bison roam the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1696543929_400x300_true.jpg)
Deadline for public comment on new bison management plan is Oct. 10
Read MoreFinding our MoJo
October 2, 2023
![We've heard the call and are gearing up.](/content/articles/ic_1696268942_400x300_true.jpg)
As Mountain Journal ramps up coverage, a letter from its Interim Executive Director and Managing Editor
Read MoreMOJO RISING
September 21, 2023
![The dawn of a new day.](/content/articles/ic_1695323160_400x300_true.jpg)
A letter to readers from the Mountain Journal Board of Directors
Read MoreA 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?
August 8, 2023
![A greater version of Yellowstone fit for the 21st century?](/content/articles/ic_1691537596_400x300_true.jpg)
To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
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