Mountain Journal: Our Beat is America's Wildest Ecosystem
WEB2 days ago — Daring to Leap: Meet Paris Harris. One Chicago woman is digging a new line to become America’s first Black female smokejumper. Mountain Journal features articles on Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the American West covering wildlife, ecosystems, art, and American western lands public policy.
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WEBAugust 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short. Application period for projects mitigating vehicle-wildlife collisions closes Sept. 4. Mountain Journal public-interest articles on public land issues in the American west including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
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WEBMountain 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 persistence of ...
Are Bison Numbers in Yellowstone Sustainable?
WEB1 day ago — by Pete Bengeyfield. The National Park Service recently released its environmental impact statement concerning the numbers of bison they will manage for in the future. Its “preferred alternative” calls for between 4,500 and 6,000 bison in Yellowstone National Park. When bison numbers reach 6,000, NPS will initiate control actions, mainly ...
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WEBAug 14, 2017 — On behalf of the board of Mountain Journal, we want to welcome you.Mountain Journal will explore a confluence as expressed through the converging influences of Greater Yellowstone’s landscape and natural environment, politics, lifeways and art. Wildlife diversity and the abundance of large, free-roaming native species are what sets Greater Yellowstone apart, making it a bellwether not merely ...
My Yellowstone Mauling And Mountaintop Rescue: An Exclusive …
WEBSep 2, 2019 — We sighted our first grizzlies at 6:04 a.m. on June 27, 1977. The day had begun with sunlight chasing a long shadow across an alpine lake far below. We were in the Gallatin River headwaters of northwest Yellowstone National Park, 9,900 feet above sea level. Sitting at the top of the world, my graduate student, Bruce, and I were high with ...
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WEBThen, after a few seasons backpacking and skiing in Switzerland, she and her family moved west. In Missoula, Montana, a forest fire leveled their home and surrounding mountain canyon, impelling them on to the Wyoming's Tetons. In nearly 30 years in Jackson Hole, she taught skiing and kayaking, rode horses and climbed––all the JH stuff.
A True New West Grizzly Bear Dilemma - Mountain Journal
WEBJan 12, 2023 — Holly and Charley May sit with their three children and dog, Maverick, on the side of the Tom Miner Basin county road watching grizzly bears in the distance in September, 2022. The Mays are from Livingston, Montana, and for six years they’ve kept an annual tradition to see the bears each fall. even more …
In The Bull's Eye: A Human Swarm Is Overwhelming The Yellowstone Region
WEBJul 20, 2021 — The Yellowstone region was hit hard by Covid-19 and associated lockdowns. The national parks closed their gates and experienced little visitation for several months. In Teton County, Wyoming, sales tax revenues—an indicator of the level of visitation—plummeted 23 percent from the previous spring. Even Jackson Hole’s notoriously expensive ...
The Heartbeat of Wild Places - Mountain Journal
WEBFeb 4, 2024 — Wolves, bears, coyotes, ravens, eagles, jays, magpies, wolverines, smaller weasels, and many others all benefit from the kills lions make. Even plants grow thicker and lusher from the nitrogen released back into the soil from a decomposing animal. The heartbeat of the wild pulsates within this economy of reciprocity.