When Cultures Collide

July 30, 2019

by John Goodell

From the Battle of Pierre's Hole to a debate over an offensive high school mascot, Teton Valley is a perfect place for historical reflection

Stopping A Yellowstone Hetch-Hetchy: When Private Interests Nearly Put Parts Of America's First National Park Under Water

July 28, 2019

by John Taliaferro

Yellowstone Lake, site of a defeated dam

In this excerpt from John Taliaferro's new book on George Bird Grinnell, local efforts to exploit Yellowstone remind us again that past is prelude

How Lost Words Translate Into Lost Worlds

July 18, 2019

by Susan Marsh

It goes by the Snake but has other names

Place names matter, even when describing the ineffable and especially if monikers provide cover for cultural amnesia

Big Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness

May 14, 2019

by Todd Wilkinson

Founder of Patagonia joins former U.S. Interior Secretary and dozens of eminent scientists who say capital "W" essential to safeguarding wildlife in core of Greater Yellowstone

Tom Mangelsen’s Legacy Images Speak To A Life Shooting In The Wild

April 3, 2019

by Todd Wilkinson

Renowned Jackson Hole photographer inspires masses, including famous friends, to rally in defense of nature. His work now featured in national museum tour

Some Call Her 'The Owl Whisperer'

March 18, 2019 // Photography, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

Ashleigh Scully is a rising Millennial star in wildlife photography. Enjoy a Mountain Journal interview with the conservation-minded phenom

In The Winter Of Life, Dreams Prepare Us For What May Come

March 14, 2019

by Timothy Tate

Thomas Cole's "The Voyage of Life—Old Age"

Getting old need not be a season of dread. As Timothy Tate says, it can be an opportunity to embrace who we are

What’s Up With 'The Green New Deal' And What Does It Mean For The West?

March 13, 2019

by Lance Olsen

Lance Olsen boils down a familiar old battle to its basics as sabers rattle among coal interests in Wyoming and Montana

Public Health Official: Chronic Wasting Disease Seems Bound To Infect People

March 6, 2019 // Hunting, Jackson Hole, Wildlife

by Todd Wilkinson

Thousands of wapiti at National Elk Refuge

"CWD is gonna be a helluva wildlife problem even if disease doesn't reach livestock and humans," Osterholm says. He criticizes Wyoming for continuing to operate controversial elk feedgrounds

Is Pat Clayton The Finest Fish Photographer In America?

February 20, 2019 // Fine Art, Yellowstone

by Todd Wilkinson

With a sense of urgency, feisty spirit and an incredible eye, this talented witness turns wild trout and salmon into art muses for conservation

Why More Heat Means The End Of The Predictable World As We Know It

February 13, 2019

by Lance Olsen

Warming is being hastened by feedback loops

By not confronting the causes of climate change, we're setting ourselves up for huge economic and ecological impacts. A comprehensive analysis by Lance Olsen on this and the Green New Deal

So Help Us God: When Faith Is Used As A Blunt Weapon

February 6, 2019

by Todd Wilkinson

With climate change, public land issues and other important matters before House Resources Committee, will lawmakers swear to God that they'll be seeking the truth?