More than 10,000 Yellowstone bison have been killed based on a faulty premise. Like the worry over Chronic Wasting Disease, this controversy has connections to Wyoming's feedgrounds
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The Killing Fields Await Yellowstone Bison Once Again In Montana
December 15, 2017 // Yellowstone

Sunrise At Glory In A Time Of Climate Change
December 12, 2017

Painter Sue Cedarholm's watercolor features Jackson Hole's most beloved local winter landmark—and thoughts of what is yet to come
Read MoreThe Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
December 11, 2017

Part 4 in Mountain Journal's series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the threat it poses to America's wildest ecosystem. By killing predators, are states that still cling to Little Red Riding Hood shooting themselves in the foot?
Read MoreEveryone Has An Opinion About Government But Many Citizens Would Flunk Civics
December 11, 2017

In this provocative column by Susan Marsh, she wonders aloud: If citizens are so ignorant about lots of things, are we expecting too much in asking them to know and care about public lands, wildlife and nature?
Read MoreMaking Teddy Roosevelt Mad Not Proud: Trump and Zinke Score A Witless Triumph In Utah
December 5, 2017

The U.S. President And His Interior Secretary Demonstrate A Clueless Understanding Of Economics Driving The New West.
Read MoreA Mountain Town Man Hits The Wall Of A Midlife Crisis
December 4, 2017

In Part 2 of Timothy Tate's series "When Peter Pan Enters Middle Age", Walt hits the couch behind The Blue Door
Read MorePoems About Mato And The Power Of Bear Medicine
December 3, 2017 // Public Lands, Wildlife

Perfect for the approaching solstice, MoJo Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk shares two works about how a great nation and a beloved elder dream of bruins
Read MoreThe World We Ski Across Is Flat
December 1, 2017

With her latest painting in Watercolor Diary, Sue Cedarholm reminds us that our moments on the slopes are linked to the works of others on the other side of the world.
Read MoreBowing To The Silver King
November 28, 2017

Mountain Journal's fly-fishing columnist Liam Diekmann carries the spirit of his patriarch in search of tarpon
Read MoreWhat Does It Mean To Be An Animal Person?
November 22, 2017 // Hunting

Marc Bekoff, a leading figure in the American animal rights movement, sounds off on Wyoming's proposed hunt of grizzly bears and emerging science revealing the emotions and intelligence of non-human beings
Read MoreIs Greater Yellowstone Really Ready To Confront Its Future?
November 22, 2017 // Public Lands, Ranching, The New West

From concerns about population growth and climate change to wildlife diseases and rising levels of recreation, FutureWest hosts a symposium focused on the future of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Read MoreWhen Peter Pan Enters Middle Age
November 21, 2017

So full of vim and vigor in their youth, men in many mountain towns live lives based on athletic achievement, independence and focus on self—and then middle age delivers a crushing blow of reality
Read MoreA Wildlife Tour Guide Speaks Out Against Destruction Of Yellowstone Bison
November 19, 2017

In This Guest Essay, Conservationist Phil Knight Criticizes Treatment of America's Official National Mammal In Montana
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone
November 16, 2017 // Public Lands, Wildlife, Yellowstone

Part 3 in Mountain Journal's ongoing series on Chronic Wasting Disease. With ultra-deadly CWD now in Montana wildlife for first time, critics say public officials are demonstrating irresponsibility by having no coordinated plan for confronting the disease
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