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Yellowstone's New Chief Breaks The Silence
July 17, 2018 // Hunting, Leadership, Wildlife, Yellowstone
In a Mountain Journal exclusive, Cameron Sholly talks Dan Wenk, Ryan Zinke's controversial moves and taking the helm of America's oldest national park
Read MoreRyan Zinke Scores A Pyrrhic Victory In Yellowstone
June 14, 2018
After ousting Dan Wenk over bison, Interior Secretary now must decide: will he stand behind his controversial National Park Service Director?
Read MoreA Daughter's Ritual To Make Peace With Her Mother's Death
May 7, 2018
After losing her elder to dementia, this client of Timothy Tate finds relief in dreams and fire
Read MoreThe Dakota/Lakota Don't Wait For Godot, Instead They Have Hawks
May 2, 2018
Poet Lois Red Elk writes about avian messengers
Read MoreZinke’s Meddling With National Parks Reveals His (Lack Of) Character
May 1, 2018
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's latest controversial action could claim Yellowstone superintendent as a casualty
Read MoreLee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand
April 12, 2018
Mike Mansfield called Metcalf the state's greatest senator. In part 2 of Ed Kemmick's series, he also stood out as a no-apology conservationist
Read MoreWeakening Wilderness Act Is Antithetical To Principle Of Landmark Law
April 10, 2018
Writer Michael Dax says efforts by hardcore recreation user groups to undermine wilderness protection are self-serving and short-sighted
Read MoreThe Mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Is 40
April 9, 2018
In this two-part tribute, writer Ed Kemmick celebrates not only landmark wilderness in Greater Yellowstone but Lee Metcalf, the senator who made it happen
Read MoreFor Yellowstone And America, Climate Change Brings Our Moment Of Truth
March 20, 2018
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem sits at the epicenter of a huge disruption from rising temperatures. Skiing will be the first of many major casualties
Read MoreThe Yellowstone Caldera Is Aflutter With Recent Shakes, Rattles and Rolls
February 21, 2018
The ground beneath Yellowstone continues to be aswarm with earthquakes. Learn why.
Read MoreAmid Partisan Jousting And Talk Of Government Shutdown, Why National Parks Matter
January 19, 2018 // Yellowstone
One teenager's desperate pilgrimage to see Old Faithful erupt is reminder of why we need grown adults making decisions in Congress
Read MoreThe Guy We All Wanted To Know—And Count As Our Friend
January 18, 2018
David J. Swift dies in Jackson Hole and we remember his everlasting spirit
Read MoreYellowstone Investigates Illegal Release of 52 Park Bison From Quarantine
January 17, 2018 // Bison, Yellowstone
Park officials say criminal trespass undermines effort to get animals transplanted on native reservations
Read MoreTrading Away Wildness For Oil And Tax Breaks
December 26, 2017 // Opinion, Public Lands
A respected Wyoming conservationist schools a U.S. senator after he votes to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy development
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