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.
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The Big Picture: Thinking About Greater Yellowstone's Elephants In The Room
October 5, 2017 // Climate Change, Science, Public Lands, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Wildlife, Politics
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
Read MoreA Good Life Writing After Years In The Forest Service
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Conservation, Culture
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 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 MoreColumnist Rebecca Watters Navigates Nature Without Borders
August 14, 2017 // Climate Change, Columnists, Conservation, Wildlife, Ecosystem Protection
Aldo Leopold advised the virtues of thinking like a mountain. Rebecca Watters invites us to ponder wildness from the perspective of a climate-challenged creature, the wolverine.
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