After a mother grizzly with three cubs is shot in Wyoming, critics wonder why the person, who invoked self-defense, didn't use bear spray?
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When An Off-Duty Game Warden Kills A Grizzly
November 1, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
Chasing Summits And Running Toward The Sun
October 31, 2017 // Community, Community Change
One week after Timothy Tate wrote provocatively about tragedy in the mountains, the MoJo columnist pens another on humility—and the ethic of using, but not using up, the places that personally inspire
Read MoreTo Live Or Die In Bear Country: Counting The Seconds In Your Grizzly Moment Of Truth
October 29, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting
Mountain Journal Takes A Deep Dive Into Grizzly Attacks, Bear Spray, And What You Need To Know.
Read MoreLessons From A Hunter Twice Attacked By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting
Todd Orr's misadventure with a sow grizzly offers insight for anyone—hunter or hiker—heading into bear country. Biggest take home: bear spray works
Read MoreStanding In Reverence Of Yellowstone's Grand Canyon—And Thomas Moran
October 26, 2017 // Big Art of Nature
Okay, so I realize it’s an audacious thing to even dare to paint a
landmark. I get it. In his first
outing, Thomas Moran...
Read MoreLessons Learned From A Hunter Attacked Twice By A Grizzly Bear
October 26, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife
The Incident Involving Todd Orr In The Madison Mountains Offers Insights For Those Chasing Big Game And Adventure In Bear Country
Read MoreIs The Silencer Gun Controversy Leaving Us More Tone Deaf?
October 26, 2017 // Hunting, Public Lands
Franz Camenzind Teases Apart One Disquieting Piece Of A Very Bad Anti-Conservation Bill In Congress
Read MoreCitizen Crawford Asks: Is Bozeman Becoming A Banana Republic For A New Breed Of Investor-Saviors?
October 26, 2017
Downtown Bozeman, Montana Businessman And MoJo Columnist Tim Crawford Says The City Made A Mockery Of Citizen Democracy With Its Black-Olive Decision
Read MoreTory Taylor's Search For The Elusive Sheepeaters
October 25, 2017 // Book Review, Culture, The New West
In His New Book, The Retired Outfitter/Guide From Dubois, Wyoming Picks Up The Trail Of Greater Yellowstone's Oldest And Most Mysterious Mountain Inhabitants
Read MoreTwo Meditations On Mni Sose, Water, Mother Earth and Standing Rock
October 24, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Water
Mountain Journal's Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk Reed Unveils A New Work Focussed On Mni Sose, The Missouri River
Read MoreA Tribute To The Ancient Ones High On The Mountain
October 23, 2017 // Climate Change, Endangered Species, Public Lands
What does a forest tell us about our past and future? Scientist Jesse Logan pays tribute to the vanishing whitebark pine and shares what it foreshadows for America's wildest ecosystem in the Lower 48
Read MoreWhither The Mighty Wolverine?
October 22, 2017 // Endangered Species, Public Lands, Wildlife
Few in number and scattered sparsely across huge geographic areas, wolverines are still hanging on in Greater Yellowstone. But for how long? Rebecca Watters says they need a human strategy to insure their persistence.
Read MoreHolding The Line On Wild: Is The U.S. Forest Service Up To The Challenge?
October 19, 2017 // Forest Service, Outdoor Recreation, Wilderness
Susan Marsh spent her career protecting wilderness and trying to manage human pressures on America's public lands. Now this veteran of the Forest Service ponders whether her storied agency has the courage to confront the increasing impacts of outdoor recreation.
Read MoreVisual Delights Spring From Wildfires Past In A Forest Reborn
October 17, 2017 // Big Art of Nature
As has often happened in her quest to paint one new watercolor every day, artist Sue Cedarholm goes looking for one thing and finds another.
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