Mountain Journal: Our Beat is America's Wildest Ecosystem
WEB4 days ago · The Gateway Conservation Alliance filed a lawsuit against Montana citing environmental concerns over recent amendments to Opencut Mining Act. 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 2, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch. FWP says it euthanized Grizzly 769, removing its head and paws after multiple conflicts in Gardiner, Maiden Basin. Mountain Journal public-interest articles on public land issues in the American west including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
About Mountain Journal | Yellowstone & American West
WEBMountain Journal is headquartered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the wildest region in the Lower 48 states and a nexus for understanding the inter-relationships 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 ...
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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 ...
Homeward Bound - Mountain Journal
WEBJan 19, 2024 · The Wyoming Migration Initiative at the University of Wyoming in November released the documentary Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations, which details how Grand Teton’s mule deer migrate to lower elevations during the region’s harsh winter season. The crew documenting the muleys’ complex migratory behavior was filming in Grand Teton National Park last winter when a ...
Montana unveils first wolf management plan update in 20 years
WEBNov 16, 2023 · This year’s wolf quota was reduced from 450 to 313 following slight population decreases since 2020. Nearly 250 wolves were killed in Montana during the 2021-22 hunting and trapping season. The updated proposal outlines Montana FWP's monitoring tools and management strategies but does not dictate future harvesting quotas.
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
WEBIn 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 …
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.
Yellowstone Confronts Its Past - Mountain Journal
WEBOct 11, 2021 · Yellowstone as homeland. As represented by the symbolic installation of a tipi this year, differing values converge upon the doorstep of Yellowstone. As the first national park in the world moves toward its 150th anniversary in 2022, indigenous tribes, artists and the National Park Service are working together to highlight the ancient—and ...
More People, More Griz Does Not Have To Mean More Conflict
WEBSep 12, 2021 · Historic conflict arose as a result of aggressive bears trying to get human foods, but since the 1980s, human injuries are most commonly the result of surprise encounters in the backcountry. During the first half of 2021, Yellowstone hosted nearly 1.6 million visitors, up from 719,000 in 2020 and 1.35 million in 2019.