Mountain Journal: Our beat is America's Wildest Ecosystem
2 days ago · Mountain Journal features articles on Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the American West covering wildlife, ecosystems, art, and American western lands public policy.
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
Mountain Journal public-interest articles on public land issues in the American west including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
11 hours ago · Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
About Mountain Journal | Yellowstone & American West
EVERY DAY, OUR REPORTING STARES INTO THE EYES OF WILDNESS. Mountain Journal is headquartered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the wildest region in the Lower 48 states and a nexus for understanding the interrelationships between people and nature in the American West.Greater Yellowstone, as a region, is considered a global icon, destination, and bellwether for thinking about the ...
Fighting for Survival
Jan 15, 2025 · The great bear bifurcates the modern world too; a stakeholder in the realms of politics and biology. The January 8 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcement rejecting state petitions to delist the grizzly from Endangered Species Act protections and creating a new multi-state recovery region came a dozen days before the end of President Joe Biden’s administration.
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
Nov 6, 2023 · In Part 3 of our interview series with the past four superintendents of Yellowstone, Suzanne Lewis, the first and thus far only woman to lead America's first national park, talks fishing, bison, snowmobiles, and the visitation capacity Yellowstone has …
Study Models Impact of Elk Feeding on CWD and Herd Health
5 days ago · A new study released this month by the U.S. Geological Survey reveals critical insights into chronic wasting disease management on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming. Wyoming state and federal agencies supplementally feed elk and bison on the refuge during winter months, but concerns around ...
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
In 1871, a federal expedition led by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden conducted a detailed geological survey of the Yellowstone area leading to the first geological map and convincing Congress to establish Yellowstone as America's first national park.
The Power of Storytelling
Jan 2, 2025 · The night’s featured film, Upper Yellowstone River, focuses on Paradise Valley where pressures including increased recreation, population growth and a historic flooding event in June 2022 have impacted the river and surrounding community.The film shares the voices of ranchers, watershed advocates, local business owners and tribal members, and also spotlights the work of the Upper Yellowstone ...
The Heartbeat of Wild Places - Mountain Journal
Feb 4, 2024 · Apex predators often encounter each other and compete for resources deep in the heart of wildness—Montana’s Yellowstone National Park, for example, or here in Glacier National Park on this 2010 trip—places retaining much or all of their carnivorous megafauna.