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Is David Vela The Next Chief Of The National Park Service?
July 3, 2018 // Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, National Park Service
Grand Teton park superintendent rumored to be top pick. Would be first Hispanic-American to oversee agency
Read MoreThe American West's Uncivil War: Assessing Watt, Zinke, Future Generations
June 3, 2018
A MoJo interview with Don Snow. Part 3: how we got here and where the environmental movement goes next
Read MoreIn Tom Miner Basin, Horse As Extension Of Place And Self
May 20, 2018
For Julie Anderson, horses bring a grounding perspective in life in the wild Gallatins north of Yellowstone. Enjoy Louise Johns' new column and Western women and equines
Read MoreHow Do We 'Make Meaning' Of Places Like Yellowstone?
April 26, 2018
Meghan Gupta, an undergrad at Yale, sends a message to herself in middle age
Read MoreSlower Motion: The Joy Of Dilly-Dally In An Age Of Speed
April 23, 2018
Susan Marsh asks: how much of nature registers if we are zooming through it?
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 MoreA Life In Wonderland
February 23, 2018 // Yellowstone
Yellowstone's legendary "winter keeper" Steven Fuller takes readers on an intimate exploration of the world's first national park. Every few days he serves up a new dispatch here
Read MoreYellowstone Winterkeeper Remembers His Famous Story In National Geographic
January 29, 2018 // Yellowstone
Forty years ago, Steven Fuller wrote a story for National Geographic on the park's cold extreme isolation. Now he takes a look back
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 MoreA Brave Speech For Our Time: Why Public-Interest Journalism Matters For America And The Wild West
January 17, 2018
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona gives a rousing speech on the importance of watchdog media. It plays a vital role in protecting America's last best ecosystem in the Lower 48.
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 MoreChronic Wasting Disease Strikes Montana And Continues Its March On Yellowstone
November 16, 2017 // Chronic Wasting Disease, 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
Read MoreWhen An Off-Duty Game Warden Kills A Grizzly
November 1, 2017 // Grizzly Bears, Hunting, The New West
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?
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.
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