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Top Story: Paying Forward Wildness In A World Consumed By Self-Interest
What's the essence of your journey?
Timothy Tate treks into the Yellowstone backcountry and ruminates on an ethic present in three generationsRead More
On Sacred Autumn Sundays
A daydream for Mike Person
Mike Person, a Montana-born lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, finds peace where trout dwellRead More
Standby Snow: Chronicles of a Heatwave, Chapter One
Standby Snow tackles fire and melting glaciers
Mountain Time Arts takes on climate change by making it visceral, not abstract, for Greater YellowstoneansRead More
It's Time To Get The Lead Out Of Hunting Ammo
A bald eagle feasts on a carcass
Eliminating lead bullets isn't anti-hunting, experts say; it's being pro-human and wildlife health. Franz Camenzind asks: what sportsman would be opposed to that?Read More
The Mighty Return Of Tatanka
A bison in Yellowstone
Poet Lois Red Elk writes of buffalo dreams becoming fulfilled and rumbling spirits finding a way homeRead More
From Griz Attack Survivor To Advocate: Barrie Gilbert's Wild Journey
A Greater Yellowstone grizzly
Book review: Researcher's new riveting memoir takes us back to a fateful day in 1977 when mauling in Gallatin Mountains of Yellowstone brought him global attentionRead More
My Yellowstone Mauling And Mountaintop Rescue: An Exclusive Excerpt
Barrie Gilbert
In his new memoir, 'One of Us,' bear biologist Barrie Gilbert recounts his own brutal grizzly attack and the reasons behind his passion for large landscape conservationRead More
Actually, Most Americans Support The Endangered Species Act
Despite claims by the Trump Administration and some politicians that the public desperately wanted the ESA reformed, that isn't what citizens say in surveysRead More
Mike Yochim Literally Writes This Love Letter To Yellowstone With His Eyes
Michael Yochim, photo by Janet Hesselbarth
Stricken with ALS—aka Lou Gehrig's Disease—author of new book on Yellowstone gives MoJo interview to talk about park and stories that need tellingRead More
Ultra-lethal 'Cyanide Bombs' Used To Kill Public Wildlife Banned For Now In Wyoming
A Wildlife Services 'cyanide bomb'
Despite coming under increasing pressure, EPA remains noncommittal to abolishing deadly M-44s used to kill predators that eat livestock on public landRead More
Once Proud Forest Service Poised To Help Gut NEPA
What happens if NEPA is overhauled?
Instead of a improving a landmark environmental law, changes appear designed to flout environmental standards, says award-winning former Forest Service veteranRead More
Putting Pendley In Charge Of BLM Reveals Trump's True Radical Agenda For The West?
William Perry Pendley
Columnist Tim Crawford says if you worried about former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Pendley is more frighteningRead More
Nature Helps Kids Have Compassion For The World
Nature is a wellspring where empathy is learned
In a time of rising social anxiety and mass violence, empathy seems in short supply. Exposure to wild places can revive itRead More
Are Montana And Neighboring States Doing Enough To Protect Their Natural Assets?
Conservation makes good business sense
A leading business entrepreneur says investment necessary to maintain healthy outdoor economy, wildlife in northern Rockies and high quality of lifeRead More
Social Media: Harnessing The Digital Human Ecosystem To Protect Nature
MoJo summer intern Jordan Payne explores the multiple ways, for good and bad, that social media is affecting the way we interface with the wild outdoorsRead More
On Solitude
Embracing nature on one's own authentic terms
A young woman of color in the West craves her connections to nature but struggles with the fact it doesn't always feel safeRead More
When Cultures Collide
What happened here?
From the Battle of Pierre's Hole to a debate over an offensive high school mascot, Teton Valley is a perfect place for historical reflectionRead More
Stopping A Yellowstone Hetch-Hetchy: When Private Interests Nearly Put Parts Of America's First National Park Under Water
Imagine Yellowstone Lake left transformed by a dam.
In this excerpt from John Taliaferro's new book on George Bird Grinnell, local efforts to exploit Yellowstone remind us again that past is preludeRead More
Peace Of Mind Along The Slow, Plodding Path
What more do you see at slower speed?
How trail therapy delivers a perfect dose of meaningRead More
Why A Group In Jackson Hole, Devoted To Unbridled Adventure, Conservation And Diversity, Is Under Fire
Why is Greater Yellowstone extraordinary?
SHIFT can still have real impact but only if it is willing to shift itselfRead More
George Bird Grinnell: His Impact As "The Father of American Conservation" Written Across Today's West
Grinnell on the ice field bearing his name
John Taliaferro's "Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West" is epic, entertaining and importantRead More
A Native Ponders The Irony Of 'Go Back Where You Came From'
Columbus leads an immigrant invasion
Lois Red Elk, 500-generation Dakota/Lakota, writes about getting her 'Cobell check' and 500 years of injusticeRead More
How Lost Words Translate Into Lost Worlds
What did natives call the Snake River?
Place names matter, even when describing the ineffable and especially if monikers provide cover for cultural amnesiaRead More
Is Geotagging Putting A Bullseye On The Last Best Places?
Making a memory that will attract bigger crowds?
Photographs and videos being shared on social media are causing hideaways to get overrun. So what can be done?Read More
Wyoming's Bet On Coal Is Now Busting The State
A coal strip-mine outside Gillette
Cursing at the wind? The more that its elected officials dig in their heels for coal, the further behind Wyoming falls in people and durable job creationRead More
We Need Wilderness With No Apologies And No Regrets
The still-wild Gallatin Mountains
A veteran of the American Wilderness movement says the debate over protecting the Gallatin Mountain Range near Yellowstone should not be a means for rationalizing further loss of wildlandsRead More
Warning Signs Are Flashing
Jackson Hole is on the front lines of a new reality: As Susan Marsh notes, we are rapidly running roughshod over the things that bring us to Greater YellowstoneRead More
Ruckus Over A National Hiking Trail: A MoJo Interview With Writer And Conservationist Rick Bass
Should the Pacific Northwest Trail be re-routed in the Yaak Valley to insure habitat for an imperiled population of grizzlies remains protected?Read More
Curbing Our Egos In All Ages
Why is it so hard for younger folk to embrace restraint in our consumption of nature? Is a new form of 'athletic Manifest Destiny' upon us? Timothy Tate ruminates.Read More
The Wild West: How Do We Deal With Its Rapid Transformation?
Rose-colored lenses for the New West?
Mountain Journal intern Jordan Payne gets a crash course on the New West and titanic forces shaping its futureRead More
365 Days Of Great Wildlife/Nature Art
A cliff face petroglyph in the American West
Exploring the visual boundaries of how we think about the wild West. Check in every day for a new image.Read More
Judging Edward Abbey
Amy Irvine's response to Desert Solitaire
Charlie Quimby reviews 'Desert Cabal,' Amy Irvine's semi-reverential take-down of Cactus Ed, environmental hero and flawed human, like all of usRead More
When Trail And Park Etiquette Goes Bad
What is good trail etiquette?
From dog-related issues to rude human behavior and worse, swelling numbers of users result in increasing complaintsRead More
Cam Sholly's Agenda For Safeguarding Yellowstone
New superintendent of America's oldest national park lays out priorities, discussing everything from grizzlies, wolves and bison to snarled road traffic and other threatsRead More
Summer Boot Camp In Greater Yellowstone
MoJo summer intern Jordan Payne
Meet Mountain Journal intern Jordan Payne. He's bringing fresh young eyes in writing about America's most iconic wildland ecosystemRead More
Collapse Of Salmon And Steelhead A Dam Shame
As Tom France writes, Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho emerges as an unlikely hero and he believes it's time to actRead More
Ranchers Play Key Role In Saving Greater Yellowstone's Wildlife Pathways
Migrating elk in Wyoming
Region's amazing migration corridors and Western working lands are co-dependent. As Lesli Allison writes, 'to ensure either thrives, both must persist'Read More
Bison: Still Not Back From The Brink
Charles M. Russell's bison masterpiece
The rescue of America's national land mammal is considered one of the greatest conservation success stories ever and yet it's hard to find many wild herds on the mapRead More
Wake For A Climber
Following the tragic loss of young climber Jess Roskelley, Timothy Tate explores the connection between loss and the sacredness of living a life true to oneselfRead More
Griz Expert Says 'Mountain Bikes Are A Grave Threat To Bears'
A Greater Yellowstone grizzly
When it comes to safeguarding bears, scientists say wilderness-caliber lands, free of riders, are important to bruin persistenceRead More
Wildlife Diseases: A Global Expert Takes Stock Of Greater Yellowstone
How will elk fare with CWD?
Andrew Dobson discusses the consequences of artificially feeding elk in Wyoming, the positive role of predators in confronting disease and worries related to CWDRead More
When Raptors Visit
Eagle and rabbit
Two poems by Lois Red Elk remind that neither we, nor animals, are "others" in the natural worldRead More
New Wyoming Hunting Group Takes The Old Guard To Task
Mountain Pursuit, founded by former journalist and fifth-generation Wyomingite Rob Shaul, expresses outrage over, among other things, the brutal treatment of coyotes and decline of fair chase in huntingRead More
Gut-Check Time: Navigating The Ups And Downs Of Dramatic Change
How can some western communities and wildlands save their essence during booms, how do others prevent themselves from blowing away? A gathering in Bozeman will address these poles of the 'New West'Read More
Big Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness
Wild heart of the Gallatins
Founder of Patagonia joins former U.S. Interior Secretary and dozens of eminent scientists who say capital "W" essential to safeguarding wildlife in core of Greater YellowstoneRead More
Gulo Gulo! What The American West Can Learn From Wolverine Conservation In Mongolia
A wolverine painting by Robin Murray
Mountain Journal interviews researcher Rebecca Watters on efforts to save wolverines halfway around the worldRead More
The Paradox Of Building America's Green Lifestyle Grid
A wind farm in the West
As Lance Olsen notes, the renewable energy revolution is just beginning but scaling it also requires massive earthmovingRead More
Carrying The Banner For Wilderness
The Palisades Wilderness Study Area south of Jackson Hole
Wyoming Wilderness Association turns 40 and four dynamic young women are reinvigorating the wilderness spirit when so much is on the line in Greater YellowstoneRead More
Is Development On Private Land in Jackson Hole Causing The Community To Burst At Its Seams?
Jackson Hole: a wild or human maze?
Award-winning writer Susan Marsh, a former Forest Service naturalist and wildlands manager, expresses worry that is on the minds of many in her famous valleyRead More
Kids Get Climate Change, So Why Won't Adults Adjust Lifestyles To Give Them A More Livable Future?
Greta Thunberg is worried about her future
MoJo columnist Lance Olsen says the world's youth have ample reasons to question the selfishness of their eldersRead More
How To Save, Build and Protect A Better Community
Keeping our towns special begins with us
Want more journalism devoted to defending America's crown jewel ecosystem? Support "Give Big" to MoJo and all of the non-profits doing good work at the intersection of people and natureRead More
Culture, Guest Commentary, Ranching, Politics
Robert Staffanson (1921-2019) Reflects On What It Means To Be A Real Cowboy
Robert Staffanson on a Montana cattle drive half a century ago.
An old wrangler looks back on his life as he nears the end of the trail. Bob Staffanson, who founded The Billings Symphony and later became known as "the Cowboy Conductor" in New England and Europe, grew up herding cattle in Montana. It was the unshakable imprint of the West that brought him home. Staffanson reflects on the current president, the resilience of Western women, and the definition of a real cowboy.Read More
The Blessing Of Being Alive: Lois Red Elk Returns!
Seeing a turtle in youth means having a long, purposeful life
Montana's acclaimed poet of the prairie beholds the patterns of nature and finds solace in the power of turtleRead More
Heeding The Trade-Offs Of Recreation-Based Growth Near Yellowstone
Hiking is part of Montana's soaring recreation economy
Gallatin County, Montana is one of the fastest-growing non-urban counties in America but is there a plan to deal with the deluge?Read More
To Go—And Perish—Where Others Fear To Tread
MoJo columnist Timothy Tate, a psychotherapist and consultant to The North Face adventure team, examines why some court risk and others get exhilaration by watching others take chancesRead More
Reason For Optimism On Earth Day 2019?
Peering into the environmental prism: optimism or pessimism?
Despite major environmental challenges, Brian Yablonski writes in this op-ed that there are many reasons to reject doom and gloom—and embrace hopeRead More
Natural Truths: Channeling The Wisdom of Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold
Seventy years after A Sand County Almanac was published, what would 'the godfather of modern ecological thinking' say about battles over predators, recreation and environmental justice?Read More
On Falling Forests And The Decline Of Affordable Housing
Old-growth trees in Greater Yellowstone can be hard to find
As hip mountain towns struggle to make a place for worker bees, Lance Olsen says our tax code, the timber industry and developers aren't focused on real solutionsRead More
When People Become Lost, When Do You Intervene?
Like Search and Rescue for those lost in the woods, people facing addiction or mental illness can also require the assistance of people who care. Psychotherapist Timothy Tate explores the deep impact of intervention.Read More
Greater Yellowstoneans Know How To Co-Exist With The Icons Of Wildness
In Yellowstone, what are odds of getting mauled?
First grizzly-human encounter reminds us of value of bear spray and the long odds of getting attackedRead More
Fewer Elk Counted This Year On Yellowstone's Famous Northern Range—But What Does It Mean?
A Yellowstone bull elk navigates winter
Annual wapiti survey: apart from wolves and other wildlife meat eaters, a formidable predator is winterRead More
Tom Mangelsen's Legacy Images Speak To A Life Shooting In The Wild
Mangelsen's "Catch of the Day"
Renowned Jackson Hole photographer inspires masses, including famous friends, to rally in defense of nature. His work now featured in national museum tourRead More
John Heyneman Returns To Home Range
The Padlock Ranch
Wyoming rancher Heyneman, who grew up near Fishtail, Montana, has a personal family connection to the legendary Padlock Ranch and once left a big impression on Wallace StegnerRead More
Is American Prairie Reserve Taking The West Back To The Future?
A grassroots expression on the prairie
With a grand vision for rewilding native species in eastern Montana, APR is spurring a huge debate over bison, private property rights, federalism and the survival of rural communitiesRead More
Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife
Naturalist Says Outdoor Recreation Can Have Huge Impacts On Wildlife
What is the impact of recreation on wild country?
Mountain bikers and hikers with dogs can bring huge spatial intrusions into wildlife habitatRead More
Private Lands, Ranching, Community
The Value Of Open Space: In The Gallatin Valley Citizens Voted For Protection With Their Wallet
Open space reminds us what's at stake.
Ag lands play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of Montana's fastest-growing valley. This is the first piece in an ongoing series touting the important role private land protection groups play in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—and beyondRead More
Chronic Wasting Disease, Wildlife, Ecosystem Protection
Conservationists Sue To Halt Artificial Feeding At National Elk Refuge
Thousands of elk on feed in Jackson Hole
With Chronic Wasting Disease likely already on refuge, action is claimed as necessary to prevent disastrous disease outbreak amongst America's most famous elk herdRead More
Art, Photography, Wildlife
Some Call Her 'The Owl Whisperer'
Ashleigh Scully's photo of brown bears
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Ashleigh Scully is a rising Millennial star in wildlife photography. Enjoy a Mountain Journal interview with the conservation-minded phenom
In The Winter Of Life, Dreams Prepare Us For What May Come
Getting old need not be a season of dread. As Timothy Tate says, it can be an opportunity to embrace who we areRead More
Climate Change, Economy
What's Up With 'The Green New Deal' And What Does It Mean For The West?
A massive open-pit coal mine in Wyoming
Lance Olsen boils down a familiar old battle to its basics as sabers rattle among coal interests in Wyoming and MontanaRead More
Climate Change, Leadership, Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Wildlife, Politics
The Perils Of Going Along To Get Along
Greater Yellowstone: a cradle of American conservation
What does it say about us when we have leaders who don't have the courage to act?Read More
Public Lands, Wildlife, Wyoming
The Power Of Words: How We Use Language To Justify Our Consumption Of Nature
A wolf in Yellowstone
MoJo columnist Susan Marsh waxes on how we 'harvest' living things to avoid admitting we're taking their livesRead More
Chronic Wasting Disease, Hunting, Jackson Hole, Wildlife
Public Health Official: Chronic Wasting Disease Seems Bound To Infect People
Bunched-up wapiti at National Elk Refuge
"CWD is gonna be a helluva wildlife problem even if disease doesn't reach livestock and humans," Osterholm says. He criticizes Wyoming for continuing to operate controversial elk feedgroundsRead More
development, Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife
Can Greater Yellowstone's Wildlife Survive Industrial Strength Recreation?
Photo courtesy NPS / Adams
A contrast between two different organizations—one devoted to tackling real issues shaping our region, the other running away from hard discussions about growing impacts of industrial-strength recreationRead More
Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Wildlife
Boom-time Frenzy: What Kind Of Prosperity Destroys The Foundation It Is Built Upon?
The future effects of Jackson Hole spillover?
Never mind Greater Yellowstone's super volcano, there's already an epic explosion occurring in some corners of the ecosystem. And it's called growthRead More
Wild, Tangled Hair: How A Western Woman Got Her Groove
Anna Vanuga finding grounding
For Anna Vanuga, leaving Wyoming for Montana unearthed a new life through art. Her story will touch your heartRead More
Could This Be Your Writing Studio?
Imagine this as a creative muse
First-ever Greater Yellowstone Fellowship Offers $3500 to creatively explore America's most iconic ecosystemRead More
Bison, Yellowstone
Wallowing Unhappily In Yellowstone
Cursed cars: a Millennial tourist, among the record-breaking masses, admits to being profoundly disappointed by his front country experience in America's first national parkRead More
The War Veteran Who Had A Dream—In Which He Was Visited By A Midget
What drives your guilt and shame?
By courting the images that come to us during sleep and drawing upon their messages, our dreams within can help us achieve more meaningful, peaceful outer livesRead More
Conservation, Fine Art, Flyfishing, Photography, Yellowstone
Is Pat Clayton The Finest Fish Photographer In America?
Cutthroat trout
With a sense of urgency, feisty spirit and an incredible eye, this talented witness turns wild trout and salmon into art muses for conservationRead More
Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
Unnatural Disaster: Will America's Most Iconic Wild Ecosystem Be Lost To A Tidal Wave Of People?
Bozemanapolis? The Minneapolis skyline set against the Bridgers. At current growth rates, Bozeman/Gallatin Valley will be Salt Lake City sized in a generation and Minneapolis sized in 40 years.
A MoJo Special Report: Can the wild Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem survive the coming hurricane of human population growth? As part of Mountain Journal's ongoing investigative series, "Greater Yellowstone: The Big Picture," Todd Wilkinson examines significant issues shaping the future of America's most iconic wildland ecosystem. This story focuses on the accelerating impacts of human development.Read More
Nature Without Borders, Wolves, Ecosystem Protection
An Ancient Rural Culture Deals With Wolves Halfway Around The World
Mongolian wolf
MoJo columnist Rebecca Watters returns from a research mission to Mongolia where she tracked lobos, leopards and wolverinesRead More
Why More Heat Means The End Of The Predictable World As We Know It
Climate has huge ecological and economic consequences
By not confronting the causes of climate change, we're setting ourselves up for huge economic and ecological impacts. A comprehensive analysis by Lance Olsen on this and the Green New DealRead More
A Human Toll That Can No Longer Be Ignored: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Silence no longer
Erika Ross gives a speech that lays out the magnitude of violence committed against women in Indian Country. Why has it taken so long to address this grave injustice?Read More
So Help Us God: When Faith Is Used As A Blunt Weapon
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming
With climate change, public land issues and other important matters before House Resources Committee, will lawmakers swear to God that they'll be seeking the truth?Read More
Man Who Killed Wolf Inside Grand Teton Pleads Guilty
A Greater Yellowstone wolf
Is fined $5000, receives probation and prohibited from killing wolves for a year. Also calls attention to larger issue of sport hunts allowed near national park bordersRead More
What Can Greater Yellowstone Learn From Africa?
From sport hunting iconic species to giving local communities ownership over wildlife, Namibia may do things that drive some American conservationists crazy, but it has slowed and reversed the decimation of wildlifeRead More
The Artful Angler
Life after government: Mike Gurnett celebrates wildlife in metal after being a spokesman for the natural worldRead More
Dreams: What Are They Trying To Tell Us?
What dreams may come?
Flowing forth from the streams of our unconsciousness are insights sometimes more profound and visions more real than what we know when our eyes are openRead More
Protector's Heart: From The Mouth Of A Young Woman, Hope
Wisdom of Youth: Teenager Florence Doyle brings powerful remembrance from Indian Country at 2019 Women's MarchRead More
Earth To Greater Yellowstone: Taking Note Of The Wondrous Planet We Call Home
"Earthrise," a view from Apollo 8
MoJo columnist Susan Marsh reflects on the value of reflection. We all need to stop and pauseRead More
Climate Change: Making Sense of Hansjörg Wyss's $1 Billion Stake In Our Common Future
Wyss: now is the time to rally
Giving Back To Greater Yellowstone Can Also Mean Not Taking The Things That Sustain ItRead More
Two Stories About Shung-mani-tu Tanka—The Lobo
"Young Wolf" by John Nieto
Lois Red Elk Tells Different Tales From "Little Red Riding Hood"Read More
Navigating The Wilderness Within
Artwork courtesy John Felsing
Timothy Tate: Just as the backcountry brings perils, so, too, the mental space filled with charged emotions at the start of a new year.Read More
Wolves, The New West
Robert T. Fanning, America's Premier Wolf Doomsayer, Passes On
The late Robert T. Fanning
Former Chicago businessman moved to Montana to hunt big game and enjoyed fame as a hater of lobosRead More
Burning Off, Grizzly Bears
Grizzly Matters: A Recap Of Court Actions Involving Greater Yellowstone Bears
A grizzly searching for connection?
When it comes to true recovery for America's most famous bruins, the focus is not on numbers but biological connectivityRead More
Finding Personal Transformation In Nature's Higher Ground
The Anderson Ranch photo by Louise Johns
At the Anderson Ranch, "learning/adventure vacations" bring people together through fun, wildlife and stories shared around a campfireRead More
With Wildfires, It's Easy To Rake Trump Over The Coals
If only Westerners had more rakes?
But MoJo columnist Steve Primm, a volunteer firefighter, says it's more important to heed the burning factsRead More
The Great Migration: As Money And Young People Flow Into Cities, Will The Rural West Survive?
Marysville, a ghost town
Whitman College student Luke Ratliff visits with Mark Haggerty about the deepening urban-rural divideRead More
Hunting, Wildlife
A Death Of Ethics: Is Hunting Destroying Itself?
Coyote taken in Wyoming hunt
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From killing baboon families to staging predator-killing contests, hunters stand accused of violating the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Now they're being called out by their own.
Bozeman, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
Ignoring Costs Of Growth, Climate Change, Rooted In The Same Mentality Of Denial
What does Bozeman want to be?
Tim Crawford says healthy landscapes are the underpinning of good living in Bozeman and all of the rural WestRead More
Conversations At The Holiday Table
The Savage Family - by Edward Savage
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Timothy Tate, MoJo's go-to psychotherapist, explores the stories we tell about ourselves
Running Through A Human-Framed Masterpiece
A student tries to make sense of Ted Turner's attempt to restore wildness and ponders the role of bison and beaver as keystone speciesRead More
Teddy Loved NoDak: Land Of Prairie Light, Space And Multitudes Of Migrating Avians
Soothing North Dakota. Photo by Josette Hayes
Before the Bakken made fortunes and a mess of the landscape, Jackson Hole naturalist Susan Marsh discovered a different kind of majestyRead More
The Golf Course Grizzly: First Hope Of Biological Connectivity For Bruins?
Will griz populations achieve linkage?
Scientists have long supposed grizzly populations between ecosystems might link up. David Stalling wonders when it will happen.Read More
Chronic Wasting Disease Hits Mule Deer In Grand Teton National Park
A deer doomed with CWD
Dreaded deadly pathogen now literally among Jackson Hole's famous elk herds as thousands of wapiti arrive in valley for winterRead More
Late Autumn Harbingers: When The Sorrel Sunka Wakan Approaches
Sorrel horse by Medicine Bear
In the ancient elder tradition, Lois Red Elk tells stories of her grandmother. Her poems lead us to a deeper reflection on the missing and departed women in Indian Country.Read More
The Drone That Stalked A Bear Cub And Nearly Pushed It Over The Edge
In a harrowing nature video that went viral, there's an unethical story behind the narrativeRead More
At 50, Has The Inspiring Spirit Of The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act Been Forgotten?
Ansel Adams' tribute to The Snake
Susan Marsh says Greater Yellowstone is a fount of wild American rivers—and trails— yet many citizens treat them only with greed or indifferenceRead More
Steve Bullock: When You Lose Rural Hospitals, Communities Die
Could a Montanan win The White House?
Montana's democratic governor, who could contend for The White House, addresses the recent election and issues facing the rural WestRead More
Dems Winning House Means Major Pushback To Trump's Anti-Environment, Anti-Science Agenda
The House has flipped
Still, the Democratic National Committee remains clueless in dealing with rural West and heartlandRead More
Did Two Montana Politicians Get Lost In Their Search For 'Honest Truth' With Public Land?
A copy of Rosendale's tweet
In their Paradise Valley photo op, Steve Daines and Senate hopeful Matt Rosendale appear to have trouble knowing the difference between private and public tractsRead More
Civil Society, Culture, Community
Every Mountain Town Has Local Versions of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford
When we talk of justice, Timothy Tate the psychotherapist wonders about the message sent to American daughtersRead More
Climate Change, Congress, Science, Politics
Stacking The Deck? House Democrats Say GOP Giving Industry Too Much Influence On Capitol Hill
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, chair of House Resources
New report says fossil fuel interests dominate hearings on issues affecting American WestRead More
Climate Change, Politics
Of Moose, Climate Change And Feckless Politicians
MoJo columnist Tim Crawford says true leaders say what we need to know, even if we don't want to hear it. And we need to elect them.Read More
Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
A Search And Rescue In The Mountains Turns Up Something Far More Profound
The start of a search
MoJo's resident first responder Steve Primm didn't find the phantom victim; he stared into a problem created by growthRead More
Economy, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Community
Trouble in Aspen: What Happens When Working Class Employees With Affordable Housing Retire?
Galena Street in Aspen
Should they be encouraged to leave in order to make room for the next generation of worker bees?Read More
Photography, Ranching, Together We Go: Women and Horses
A Johnson woman gathers a horse
The Horse Family
At the U-Cross Ranch near Roy, Nicole Johnson teaches her daughters to find strength in the saddleRead More
Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
Another Cost Of Growth: Will Voters In Bozeman Approve A Tax Hike For Better Public Safety Facilities?
More growth is bringing rising taxes
Tim Crawford says the fire and police departments need new digs because of the development boom, but many citizens are already feeling overtaxedRead More
Whitman College Semester In The West
Western Epiphanies: Lessons From The Largest Mobile Classroom In America
Westies in the labyrinth of learning
Mountain Journal collaborates with students from Whitman College's "Semester in the West" who share their thoughts about issues shaping an iconic regionRead More
Ranching, Whitman College Semester In The West, Yellowstone
Encountering The Modern Garden Of Eden In Two Variations
Critters in Yellowstone
Noah Dunn contrasts public Yellowstone with a private ranch next doorRead More
Op-Ed: Will Trophy Hunting Grizzlies Make The Wilds Safer?
For David Stalling, wilder the better
Sportsman and former Marine David Stalling says grizzlies have been—and can be—managed without killing them for sportRead More
Imagine Making A Wildlife Movie Whose Lessons Save Your Life
Take home lesson: bear spray worked
Star in Bob Legasa's video about bear spray becomes hero in repelling grizzly attackRead More
Buy A Stunning Painting And You'll Be Supporting MoJo's Commitment To Conservation Journalism
Laughing at the Moon by Steve Osman
Bozeman artist Steve Osman is donating proceeds from the sale of works to support Mountain Journal's investigative reporting fundRead More
Zinke Stops Proposed Mines On Yellowstone Doorstep and In Paradise Valley, Montana
Yellowstone River and Emigrant Peak
But will conservationists, business community also support limits on other forms of 21st-century resource exploitation to protect ecosystem?Read More
In Hostile Times, Civil Servants Deserve Sympathy, Not Bashing
Civil servants caring for public lands, van Tighem says, deserve civility.
Kevin van Tighem, who once served as superintendent in Canada's equivalent of Yellowstone, has harsh words for the deteriorating tenor of social mediaRead More
Do We Need New Maps To Protect Nature Or A New Land-Based 'Mythology'?
Culture vs. science: what's more potent in saving wild places?
Lee Nellis, a longtime planning guru in Greater Yellowstone, responds to Lori Ryker's call for a new blueprint in thinking about developmentRead More
She, Wi Mi Ma, The Full Moon, Is Ushering Forth Change
Wi Mi Ma, the Full Moon
Lois Red Elk: the power of feminine energy isn't new; it's ancient and there in the skyRead More
Ode To The Autumns Of Our Lives
A migratory flock leaving Greater Yellowstone
For naturalist Susan Marsh, fall is the season of visual warmth, and reflection on fallibilityRead More
Let's Not Denude 'The Valley Of Flowers'
Timothy Tate asks: is it possible for mountain towns to grow without losing their soul?Read More
Reflections On The Fatal Grizzly Bear Mauling In Wyoming
A grizzly in Greater Yellowstone
Hunting guide's death is tragic and circumstances surrounding it raise many questions. A look at the nature of human-bear incidentsRead More
When Bison Bellow Like African Lions
In Jackson Hole, a half-minute vignette of rutting bulls with the Tetons rising behindRead More
Atop The Ecosystem Custer-Gallatin Shines
In MoJo's new series "Beyond the National Parks," we explore Greater Yellowstone's longest national forestRead More
Gallatin Range Deserves Wilderness Protection: An Ecologist's Op Ed
George Wuerthner says one of Greater Yellowstone's most important wildlife areas is unprotectedRead More
Big Art of Nature, Fine Art, Museums
Bierstadt Exhibition At Buffalo Bill Will Leave You Spellbound
Bierstadt's masterpiece
The unprecedented assemblage of Bierstadt masterpieces is powerful window into changing West. Hurry, it runs through Sept. 30Read More
Leadership, Wildlife, Ecosystem Protection
Pondering Greater Yellowstone's More Crowded Future
Crowds at Old Faithful
Major scientific conference, 'Tracking the Human Footprint,' opens Sept. 11 in Big Sky. It is final hurrah for Dan WenkRead More
Elk Medicine
Bull elk in Yellowstone
Heh'aka brings healing and emotional protection in two poems by Lois Red ElkRead More
Remembering Ed Marston
Betsy and Ed Marston
Former publisher of High Country News helped make it 'a voice for the American West'Read More
Co-existence, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Community
Denial No More: Bozeman's Boom Is Coming At A Steep Cost To People, Community
What vision is behind Bozeman's growth?
If growth produces "winners," then who and what are the "losers"?Read More
Architecture, Co-existence, Private Lands, Wildlife, Community, Ecosystem Protection
Mapping Nature To Build A Smarter Human Footprint
How elk move
Wildness in Greater Yellowstone will survive only if people reject the destructive development patterns of everywhere elseRead More
Chronic Wasting Disease, Wildlife
Wildlife Managers Want National Call To Action In Fighting Chronic Wasting Disease
A bull elk in Wyoming
At TRCP media summit in Bozeman, Wyoming's wildlife chief Scott Talbott reminded state feedgrounds at odds with disease scienceRead More
Mental Health, Community
Feeling Low? Even In Mountain Towns You Can't Escape The Blues
Anxiety tops Tate's list
Timothy Tate, MoJo columnist and mental health professional, identifies the top five reasons why people seek his helpRead More
Jackson Hole, Outdoor Recreation, Public Lands, Wildlife
Last Of The Old West: When The Thrill Of Wild Nature Isn't Enough
Is old Jackson Hole dead?
Jackson Hole and other mountain towns are losing their soul by being transformed into amusement parks. The question is why?Read More
Climate Change, Conservation, Science, Yellowstone, Wildlife, Ecosystem Protection
Yellowstone Checkup: How Healthy Really is America's Most Iconic Wildland Ecosystem?
Just a few of the species at risk?
New "vital signs" report says region's famous wildlife faring well, for now, but climate change and human development loom ominouslyRead More
Bison, Yellowstone, Wildlife
Sacred Survivors Of Near Extinction
Steven Fuller composes a visual rhapsody for Yellowstone bisonRead More
Centennial Valley, Environmental Education
Learning, To Care Deeply For Mother Nature
The mighty Centennials
In Montana's Centennial Valley, the Taft-Nicholson Center opens minds for life by immersing students in the wild unknownRead More
A Symphony Of Bodies And Water
Performance art featuring water and rainbows
Mountain Time Arts celebrates the West's most precious lifeblood and highlights the threats to its persistenceRead More
Conservation, Leadership, Politics, Ryan Zinke, Wildlife
TR IV: Meet A Real Theodore Roosevelt Conservationist
Teddy, Ted and Ryan
Great grandson of 'the old lion' calls moderate Republicans 'an endangered species'Read More
Culture, Private Lands, Ranching, Community
The Forgotten Westerners: 'East of Billings'
Good people on horseback
Beyond the hipster havens of Bozeman and Jackson Hole, the pain of small towns is real. MoJo's new columnist Alexis Bonogofsky will be sharing their strugglesRead More
Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wolves, Wildlife
A Raven's Call Leads To A Hidden Lobo
A wolf like the one Camenzind saw
During a hike in the mountains, what started with a few caws led to the discovery of a stealthily-observant wolfRead More
Bison, Yellowstone
American Bison Matador Faces Charges
Yellowstone tourist taunts bison
After allegedly taunting a bison in Yellowstone and causing trouble in three parks, Oregon man arrestedRead More
Conservation, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Media, The New West, Community
How A Gutsy Newspaper Helped Save The Natural Essence Of Jackson Hole
A view and habitat, saved forever
Grand Teton National Park, as we know it today, might not exist were it nor for truth-demanding media battling against real fake newsRead More
'Yellowstone Live' To Wow At The Emerson
West Thumb Geyser Basin
Lovers of America's first national park invited to free NatGeo event Sunday night Aug. 5 at Emerson in BozemanRead More
Diversity, Forest Service
A Black Woman Who Tried To Survive In The Dark, White Forest
Melody Mobley
The Forest Service's first African-American woman forester reflects on sexual assault, justice denied, and racism in one of the country's premier land management agenciesRead More
Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife
Grizzly Or Black Bear?
How keen is your bear knowledge?
As Wyoming moves toward its first trophy hunt of grizzlies in 44 years, it's a question that looms large. Is its "test" enough?Read More
Yellowstone, Wildlife
Magical Sometimes Mirthful Summer Moments From Yellowstone
What's your favorite summer memory from Yellowstone?
More from "A Life in Wonderland": Yellowstone "winterkeeper" Steven Fuller shares an almanac of summer images from the center of America's oldest national parkRead More
Grizzly Bears, Hunting, Wildlife, Wyoming
Bruin Lottery: Photographer Tom Mangelsen Scores A Wyoming Grizzly Tag
Mangelsen prepares to take aim at a grizzly
Jackson Hole conservationist plans to hunt a bear with his camera, not a gunRead More
Jackson Hole, Wilderness, Public Lands
Are We Seeking Escape To—Or From—The Real World?
Fireweed in Glacier National Park. Photo courtesy Bernd Thaller
Naturalist Susan Marsh, a maven of the high country, helps us find an answer in the 'wildflower forest'Read More
Indigenous Wisdom, Poetry, Community
On Motherhood, Nativism And Immigration
Lakota mother and child
Lois Red Elk offers two poems reminding that dreams of better lives are planted in the youngRead More
Environmental Education, Intern With MoJo, Unplugged
A Millennial Navigates The World Unplugged
MoJo intern Sean Cummings went to a high school where digital trappings were forbidden, by designRead More
When Nature And The Solace Of Open Spaces Aren't Enough
In Bozeman, some philanthropists are helping others improve their mental health by buying them sessions of therapyRead More
When Reality Bites
A Predator TaleRead More
Hunting, Leadership, Yellowstone, Wildlife
Yellowstone's New Chief Breaks The Silence
In a Mountain Journal exclusive, Cameron Sholly talks Dan Wenk, Ryan Zinke's controversial moves and taking the helm of America's oldest national parkRead More
Grizzly Bears
Wide Awake In The Land Of Griz
Bear and hiker
Steve Primm in part 2 of his MoJo series asks, 'Are you really ready to explore bear country?'Read More
Cody, Culture, Community
The Draper: Another Greater Yellowstone Crown Jewel
Inside the Draper Museum
Meet the Cody museum dubbed 'the Smithsonian of the West'Read More
A Summer Intern With MoJo
Greater Yellowstone
Meet Sean Cummings Who Will Be Telling Stories Of People And Places In Greater YellowstoneRead More
Grizzly Bears
Encounter With Grizzly—Part I: The Shooting
Mother bear and cubs
In three parts, MoJo columnist Steve Primm reflects on lessons from a hiker's killing of a bear in Wyoming's Wind River MountainsRead More
Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, National Park Service
Is David Vela The Next Chief Of The National Park Service?
David Vela
Grand Teton park superintendent rumored to be top pick. Would be first Hispanic-American to oversee agencyRead More
Wilderness, Wildlife
Why Do Some Politicians Seem To Loathe And Fear The Wild?
Conservationist Dr. Franz Camenzind says "there's a push to end American wilderness as we know it"Read More
Climate Change, Forest Service
In A Heating-Up West, Must Business-As-Usual Conservation Be Interrupted?
A firefighter strolls through a burn
Lance Olsen says the movement of protecting ecosystems needs to change its thinking if it wants to save themRead More
Grizzly Bears, Jackson Hole, Wilderness, Wyoming
A Hunger For Solitude During Visitor Season
After the guests depart, Susan Marsh savors a wild Snake and charismatic megafaunaRead More
Photography, Water
Terminal Flows
From the Great Basin, Jackson Frishman ponders a West when water runs outRead More
Leadership, National Park Service, Yellowstone, Politics
House Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk
Trump, Pruitt and Zinke
Ranking minority member of House Natural Resources Committee wants Interior Secretary to reveal why he is forcing Yellowstone superintendent outRead More
Letting Go Of My Big Sister
Aging in America sucks, says Timothy Tate, but it doesn't have to be this wayRead More
Bighorn Canyon Makes For A Splendid Summer Getaway
Ranger Todd Johnson offers an introduction to this national recreation area east of Greater YellowstoneRead More
Greater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Recreation Intersecting Wild Nature
One glimpse at ecosystem death by 10,000 scratchesRead More
Sage Grouse: Why Is The Trump Administration Killing A Bipartisan Plan To Save The Bird?
Greater sage-grouse
John Freemuth offers an overview of the politics affecting one of the most charismatic avians in the American WestRead More
Why Wildlife Moves
Clovis culture hunters in Montana
Ecologist Lance Craighead digs into 13,000 years of natural history and ponders what climate change means for Greater YellowstoneRead More
Ryan Zinke Scores A Pyrrhic Victory In Yellowstone
Ryan Zinke at Yellowstone's doorstep
After ousting Dan Wenk over bison, Interior Secretary now must decide: will he stand behind his controversial National Park Service Director?Read More
Cameron Sholly Named New Superintendent Of Yellowstone
Cam Sholly and Ryan Zinke
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announces replacement for Dan WenkRead More
Late Spring Dance: Life, Death And Renewal In Yellowstone
Steve Fuller, winterkeeper of America's oldest national park, takes note of Yellowstone's most dramatic seasonRead More
Traps Of Our Own Making: Climate Change, Blame And Denial
Lance Olsen lays out the undeniable scientific evidence that elected officials cannot ignoreRead More
Yellowstone Notches Busiest May Ever
As visitation numbers continue to rise in America's oldest national park, what is impact on visitor experience and resources? And why is talking about it considered taboo?Read More
Forced Out Of Yellowstone
Yellowstone Supt. Dan Wenk (photo courtesy National Park Service)
Despite Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk's desire to end his 42-year-career in America's first national park, Ryan Zinke's Interior Department demands he leaveRead More
Beyond The Mountains People Tend To Shed Their Pretensions
Psychotherapist Timothy Tate heads to the Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City and ruminates on his first Montana homeRead More
Second Person In Three Days Injured By Cow Elk In Yellowstone
Thirty-two-minute-old elk calf in Mammoth Hot Springs; Jim Peaco/NPS
In America's first national park, wapiti mothers are protective of their calves, no matter how docile they lookRead More
Greater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Ursus arctos and Canis lupus
Yellowstone grizzly and wolf
What does making space for bears and wolves on the landscape say about us?Read More
Honoring Šung'mayetu The Underdog
Coyote Photo courtesy National Park Service
From her home on the prairie, poet Lois Red Elk debuts two new tributes to coyoteRead More
The American West's Uncivil War: Assessing Watt, Zinke, Future Generations
Students at Snow's Whitman College ponder the future of conservation
A MoJo interview with Don Snow. Part 3: how we got here and where the environmental movement goes nextRead More
What Makes Yellowstone Stand Above The Rest?
After four decades in uniform, Dan Wenk riffs on what he loves about America's first national parkRead More
With Conservation, It's Not Hunters And Anglers Versus Everyone Else
Former national director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service warns that conservation must evolve, not be stuck in its white pastRead More
The American West's Uncivil War: When Northern Lights Burned Bright
In part two of MoJo's interview with Don Snow, he talks about living in the age of kakistrocracy. Is it the death knell of public lands?Read More
Wildness Is All Around Us—Savor And Protect Yours
Yet only a certain caliber of landscapes support the wild life found in Greater Yellowstone and few other places on earth. How do we safeguard it?Read More
The American West's Uncivil War: What Would Wallace Stegner Think?
A MoJo interview with Don Snow about his native West. Part 1: seeing the region wholeRead More
Conservation, Private Lands, Science
Ryan Zinke Now Claims To Be A Born-Again Conservationist
After angering millions of Americans for his brazen anti-environmental agenda, can the Interior Secretary win back the trust of citizens?Read More
In Tom Miner Basin, Horse As Extension Of Place And Self
The Anderson Ranch
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 equinesRead More
Greater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Grizzly Rug
Bear rug
Whether one favors hunting of Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears or not, this is the stark reality of what sport hunting meansRead More
It's Now The 2050s. A Woman Reads A Postcard From Yellowstone In 2018
A lone hiker in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley. Photo courtesy Jacob W. Frank/NPS
Yale student Anna Reside ponders the future Millennials and GenZers will call their ownRead More
Gallatin Valley's Tempest Of Growth
Bozeman as it is. Photo courtesy Montana State University
Headwaters Economics calls attention to alarming rate of disappearing open space around Bozeman. What does it mean for the wild Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?Read More
Do You Live In What David Brooks Dubbed 'A Latte Town'?
Screenshot taken from 'Pleasantville' movie trailer (New Line Cinema)
The Conservative commentator's remarkable prescience in describing Bobos' quest to dwell in paradiseRead More
A Daughter's Ritual To Make Peace With Her Mother's Death
After losing her elder to dementia, this client of Timothy Tate finds relief in dreams and fireRead More
Greater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: A Coyote's Bison Buffet
A coyote neck deep in dinner
Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller has a knack for capturing the extraordinary, like this coyote scavenging a fallen bisonRead More
Zinke's Meddling With National Parks Reveals His (Lack Of) Character
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's latest controversial action could claim Yellowstone superintendent as a casualtyRead More
Together We Go: The Ways Of Horses And Western Women
Louise Johns
Photojournalist Louise Johns explores the special bond between ride and rider that defines our regionRead More
The Paradox Of Caring For Places You Don't Know Are Yours
Lion Geyser, Yellowstone National Park
For college student Franklin Eccher, saving Yellowstone for future generations demands raising awareness among those who believe public lands are irrelevantRead More
Mountain Trail Runner
MoJo's new young columnist Renn Meuwissen
Renn Meuwissen debuts a new column on exploring the delights of responsible trail running in the northern RockiesRead More
The Dakota/Lakota Don't Wait For Godot, Instead They Have Hawks
Photo courtesy Mike Baird https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/323660913/
Poet Lois Red Elk writes about avian messengersRead More
Bison Injures Visitor In Yellowstone
A bison bull in Old Faithful area
Idahoan tossed off trail at Old Faithful area by buffalo. First incident of 2018Read More
What is 'Give Big' And Where Do Southwest Montanans Fit In?
With Give Big, every act of generosity counts. A 24-hour blitz to benefit every corner of the non-profit community in Greater Bozeman.Read More
How Do We 'Make Meaning' Of Places Like Yellowstone?
Grizzly bear mother and cub in Yellowstone
Meghan Gupta, an undergrad at Yale, sends a message to herself in middle ageRead More
Yellowstone, Wildlife
A Winterkeeper Finds His Yellowstone Doppelgänger In Africa
Has Steven Fuller's life in the American bush left him bosebevokked?Read More
This Is Our Common Place To Celebrate The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Meet here: Mountain Journal may be idealistic but we still believe your voice mattersRead More
A Yellowstone grizzly on a bison
Greater Yellowstone Photo Of The Day: Griz On Bison
Yellowstone senior biologist Doug Smith went flying for wolves and found this sceneRead More
Slower Motion: The Joy Of Dilly-Dally In An Age Of Speed
Susan Marsh asks: how much of nature registers if we are zooming through it?Read More
Culture, Community
Creative Destruction Levels A Bozeman Trailer Park
A trailer park in Bozeman soon to be razed
Tim Crawford wonders how much empathy the new Bozeman has for those sent packingRead More
Remembering The Ties That Bind: A Daughter Copes With Her Mother's Dementia
Bozeman psychotherapist Timothy Tate helps a client work through the pain of watching her matriarch's memory fadeRead More
Brandborg Worried Conservation Movement Has Lost Its Edge
Montana's Crazy Mountains
Dead at 93, former head of The Wilderness Society said environmental groups have forgotten how to fight the good fightRead More
"Made In America": Ryan Zinke's New Committee With Myriad Hidden Agendas
A boardwalk in Yellowstone
In this op-ed, natural resource advocate Katie Christiansen points out how, time and again, the Interior Secretary gives conservation short-shriftRead More
Wyoming's Oracle of Cyberspace Searched For A Better Community
John Perry Barlow recognized the possibility of virtual reality but his reset button was the natural worldRead More
Killing The Yellowstone Icons They Are Encharged to Protect
Still image taken from Yellowstone NPS video
Park Superintendent Dan Wenk talks about how his rangers loathe having to destroy bison to appease the Montana Department of LivestockRead More
Weakening Wilderness Act Is Antithetical To Principle Of Landmark Law
Writer Michael Dax says efforts by hardcore recreation user groups to undermine wilderness protection are self-serving and short-sightedRead More
Lee Metcalf: Remembering Montana's Firebrand
Metcalf and a few recognizable giants
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 conservationistRead More
Survivors: Why Yellowstone Bison Are Sacred And Deserve Special Care
NPS / Neal Herbert
Park Superintendent Dan Wenk says the recovery of buffalo in America's oldest national park represents one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories in U.S. historyRead More
What Would The Muries Say About Recreation, Conservation And Wildness?
Aldo Leopold and Olaus Murie
Martin Murie answered the question. The late son of Olaus and Mardy Murie penned this piece only a few months before he died in 2012.Read More
The Mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Is 40
The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness towering over Yellowstone
In this two-part tribute, writer Ed Kemmick celebrates not only landmark wilderness in Greater Yellowstone but Lee Metcalf, the senator who made it happenRead More
In Yellowstone Bison Controversy, Would 'Supervaccine' Be A Silver Bullet Solution?
Yellowstone superintendent Dan Wenk notes that slaughter of bison is really a battle over public land grass with livestock industryRead More
Shifting Values: Are Funhog Towns 'Better' Than The Ones They're Replacing?
Composite photo by MoJo staff. Biker photo courtesy Courtney Nash. Large bear photo courtesy Wikimedia user Kallerna. Cub photos courtesy Yellowstone NPS
Everybody wants to use the resources of Greater Yellowstone. But how are such uses benefitting wildlife and wild places that make our region world-renowned?Read More
Is Montana Being Guided Back To A Dickensian Future?
Goat rancher Alexis Bonogofsky pens a letter to Montana's secretary of state 'congratulating' him for his position on coalRead More
A MoJo Short Story Video: Are Elk Or Yellowstone Bison The Real Disease Threat?
Yellowstone Superintendent says science proves park buffalo are not the menaces Montana portrays them to beRead More
A Patriot Finds Peace In The West
MoJo columnist Todd Johnson, a combat veteran-turned-Park-Service ranger, salutes the stewards of public landsRead More
When The Meadowlark Sings Oiyokipi Omaka Teca
For Lois Red Elk and other prairie dwellers, springtime means 'Take joy, the world is made anew'Read More
The Desert Wears Its Spring Bonnet
Although superbloom isn't likely this year in the Mojave, our man in the Great Basin offers this reportRead More
Of Young Men And Reform School
In this age of firearm proliferation, how do we stop tragedy and who decides if a troubled teen can be healed?Read More
A Wolverine Named Olive
What her story and that of others tells us about the impacts of recreation on sensitive speciesRead More
Plummeting Morale In The Forest Service: Why It Should Matter To Americans Who Love Nature
The Bridger-Teton National Forest. Image courtesy imgur user Show Us Your Togwotee
Another tour de force piece from Susan Marsh on a once proud federal public land agencyRead More
For Yellowstone And America, Climate Change Brings Our Moment Of Truth
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem sits at the epicenter of a huge disruption from rising temperatures. Skiing will be the first of many major casualtiesRead More
Crossing The Finish Line: Sue Cedarholm Finds A Year of Grounding In Natural Moments
For 365 days, the Jackson Hole artist painted one new watercolor every day. This is what she learnedRead More
Roar: Random Musings From A Montana Hook And Bullet Conservationist—Part I
A trophy lion and crocodile
MoJo columnist T. H. Crawford, lifelong hunter and African safarian, shares thoughts on Trump Administration's International Wildlife Conservation CouncilRead More
Riding The Unwild Roar In Yellowstone
Snowmobilers in Yellowstone
A winterkeeper explores his relationship with America's oldest national park via snowmobileRead More
A MoJo Short Story Video: Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk Talks Bison And Activists
After acts of civil disobedience, arrests and release of animals from quarantine, the national park's top manager shares his thoughtsRead More
A Lifelong Sportsman Writes His Congressional Delegation About Guns
Photo courtesy USFWS
Gary Wolfe is a hunter, biologist and formerly an outfitter, head of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Montana fish and wildlife commissionerRead More
Yellowstone's Geysers And Hot Springs Are Miracles Of Survival
What if there were no rules governing human behavior in America's oldest national park? What if visitors could do whatever they liked?Read More
#MeToo In A Culture Of Good Old Boys
Photo courtesy Kristen Honig / NPS
Susan Marsh says Forest Service created ripe conditions for backlashRead More
From Battlefield To Homefront: A Soldier Becomes A Park Ranger
The author smiling in the back of a Black Hawk helicopter after the completion of another mission during operations in Iraq (2007). Photo courtesy Todd Johnson
Todd Johnson debuts a new MoJo column called "Protecting the Home Land"Read More
I Brake For Rattlesnakes And Mountain Lions
Celebrated American stone carver Steve Kestrel talks respect for all species, art as environmental statement and meeting Georgia O'KeeffeRead More
Russell Chatham's Reflections On Role Of Artist
Pale Winter Moonrise by Russell Chatham
Wisdom from the legendary former resident of Paradise ValleyRead More
That Which We Cannot Escape In Life
For psychotherapist Timothy Tate, the minister's son, dealing with death requires making peace with oneselfRead More
Perilous Crossings
Wildlife movement in Greater Yellowstone is extraordinary but every day with busy highways it's becoming extraordinarily more tenuous. A prominent member of the scientific Craighead family weighs in.Read More
The Big Empty Is Anything But
Jackson Frishman is connected to the giants of American mountaineering. He also knows the pain and euphoria of the WestRead More
For Hunkpapa Women, Winter Is The Season Of Dreaming
Hungry Fox Equinox by R. Tom Gilleon
Everyone dreams. Lois Red Elk writes about how a special dream society carries forth visions to which an entire community belongsRead More
Define The Meaning Of 'Extreme' In Talking About Forest Health
Lance Olsen says politicians are peddling fairy tales to the gullible while greenhouse gases pose real perilRead More
Weathering The Yellowstone Blizzards
Steven Fuller savors stretches of snowbound winters as they always used to beRead More
Wolverines As A Litmus Test On Human Values
Whether these charismatic animals persist first requires an honest reflection on our own biasesRead More
The Yellowstone Caldera Is Aflutter With Recent Shakes, Rattles and Rolls
Grand Prismatic Spring courtesy of NPS / Neal Herbert
The ground beneath Yellowstone continues to be aswarm with earthquakes. Learn why.Read More
Purple Haze: The Crystal Ball Of Politics For The Northern Rockies
Photo courtesy Ed Thomes
University professor David Parker assesses the prospects of Tester, Gianforte and where flyover states are headedRead More
Two Wyoming Moms: A Fourth Grade Teacher Writes Her Congresswoman About Guns
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, photo courtesy Warren Air Force Base
Libby Crews Wood calls upon U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney to set politics aside and embrace common senseRead More
Why Some Western Towns Live Or Die
Photo courtesy Dave Touissant (photographersnature.com)
A prominent economist explains the value of public land for 21st-century AmericaRead More
Bench Marks: The People And Places Lifting Us Up When We Are Down
Peets Hill, Bozeman, Montana
Psychotherapist Timothy Tate: It's tough work fighting to save the communities we love and finding ways to avert the trail of despairRead More
The New West
'Liberal Radio Media' As Elusive As Bigfoot In The Rural West
"Sasquatch," a painting by Robert Bateman
Still, Trump Administration wants to zero out funding for NPR, PBS, arts and humanitiesRead More
Conservation, EPA, Public Lands, Ecosystem Protection
The Magna Carta Of American Environmental Law Is Under Siege
BP's Deepwater Horizon oil disaster exacted $62 billion in impacts and cleanup costs.
Few Americans may know of the National Environmental Policy Act but it affects their lives every dayRead More
Big Art of Nature, Public Lands, Community
The Future Of The Local Small Town Ski Hill
Snow King Mountain
Sue Cedarholm paints a picture that speaks to both nostalgia and concern about Snow KingRead More
Culture, Community
Of Dads And Mountain Daughters
Daughter Abbey
A foundational relationship in a woman's life, its impacts lasting a lifetimeRead More
Conservation, Private Lands, The New West
The Essential Role Of Eco-Capitalism In Saving The Best That Remains
Ted Turner at Flying D
Greater Yellowstone's rich tapestry will be won—or lost—based on what businesspeople do nextRead More
Culture, Community
Imagine Foreign Invaders Coming Into The Land
Poet Lois Red Elk serves as translator on a road trip and pays homage to Ella Cara DeloriaRead More
Wilderness, Public Lands
Who Is Willing To Defend American Wilderness?
The Palisades Wilderness Study Area in Wyoming
As attacks on wilderness and environmental laws rage, many citizens wonder why some prominent conservation groups seem to be missing in action?Read More
Architecture, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly
Dreaming of Grass Roofs
MoJo columnist Lori Ryker highlights organic architecture that celebrates place by blending into itRead More
The Language Of Snow As A Vocabulary Of Place
For Yellowstone winterkeeper Steven Fuller, special words describe the park's frozen worldRead More
Economy, Guest Commentary, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Ecosystem Protection
Beholding The Golden Green Goose That Hatched One Of The Richest Counties in America
Teton County, Wyo. Commissioner Mark Newcomb examines the cost—and dividends— of protecting a wild American ecosystemRead More
That Night When Gretel Ehrlich And A Jackass Moseyed Into The Cowboy Bar
Dewey Vanderhoff recounts a wild memorable evening involving a soon-to-be-famous author, roughnecks, cowboys and a male donkey in Meeteetse.Read More
The Story Of A River Otter Found Dead In A Snare
River otter in Yellowstone River; Neal Herbert; December 2015
Wyoming naturalist Susan Marsh says it's high time that society had an adult conversation about the real impacts of fur trappingRead More
A Life In Wonderland
"The Sun Pillar" by Steven Fuller
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 hereRead More
Twilight Of The Winterkeepers
Steven Fuller portrait by Neal Herbert/National Park Service
After nearly 50 years of solitude, Steven Fuller is a living legend in Yellowstone and an endangered 21st-century iconRead More
The Killing Fields Await Yellowstone Bison Once Again In Montana
Cow and calf run through the sage in Lamar Valley. NPS / Jacob W. Frank
More than 10,000 Yellowstone bison have been killed based on a faulty premise. Like the worry over Chronic Wasting Disease, this controversy has connections to Wyoming's feedgroundsRead More
The Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease
Photo courtesy NPS / Jacob W. Frank
Part 4 in Mountain Journal's series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the threat it poses to America's wildest ecosystem. By killing predators, are states that still cling to Little Red Riding Hood shooting themselves in the foot?Read More
Yellowstone Winterkeeper Remembers His Famous Story In National Geographic
Winterkeeper Steven Fuller ventures into the geothermal mist of Yellowstone. Photo courtesy Kerry Huller
Forty years ago, Steven Fuller wrote a story for National Geographic on the park's cold extreme isolation. Now he takes a look backRead More
Leadership, Yellowstone
Wenk: Tell People What They Need To Hear, Not What They Want To Hear
Yellowstone Supt. Dan Wenk (photo courtesy National Park Service)
In speech at MSU, Yellowstone Park Supt. Dan Wenk issues a challenge saying time to save the ecosystem is nowRead More
Chronic Wasting Disease, Science, Public Lands, Wildlife
Greater Yellowstone's Coming Plague
Is this where a pandemic of Chronic Wasting Disease in Greater Yellowstone begins? Thousands of elk bunched together on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Tom Mangelsen photo
Mountain Journal's special multi-part series on Chronic Wasting Disease and the potential dangers it poses to Greater Yellowstone's unparalleled wildlife and the specter of risk to human health. Part 1: Greater Yellowstone's Coming PlagueRead More
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I was born and raised in rural Virginia, Sperryville, VA. I was a competitive horseback rider in a sport called Three-Day Eventing in my younger years before coming to Missoula, Montana for college. I studied photojournalism at University of Montana, and have since made my way as a photographer's assistant, freelancer and National Geographic Young Explorer.
"Bulls at the Elk Refuge" by Sue Cedarholm
At National Elk Refuge, Pondering The Winter That Was, The Spring That Is
As her project 'Watercolor Diary' heads toward conclusion, Sue Cedarholm paints a vision of wapiti about to shed their antlersRead More
Co-existence, Growth—Good, Bad & Ugly, Community
Projecting beauty?
Projecting Nature's Beauty—Rejecting Blight In Building And Thought
Lori Ryker says we live in a spectacular place, so why doesn't architecture always treat it that way?Read More
Elk antlers Photo by Steven Fuller
Wild Animal Tales Told In Tracks, Spoor, Life And Death
For winterkeeper Steven Fuller, Yellowstone's drama is written in the snowRead More
Conservation, Public Lands, The New West
Are Trump, GOP Fueling A Blue, Green Tidal Wave?
Congressional redistricting and deepening support for conservation could soon be re-shaping the map of AmericaRead More


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Sunday Sweets: Kawaii Cakes
"Kawaii" is the Japanese word for "cute" - used as both an adjective and a noun - but it's much more than that. It's a style, a culture, a land of lollipop dreams and squishy pastel hugs and everything sweet and squee-worthy.
Like this!
Cuteness overload! I love the upside-down ice cream cone (with the penguin playing in the melted cream!), and the raccoon popping out of the cupcake. And don't think I didn't notice the unicorn farting out that rainbow on the right. Ha!
Kawaii likes to put cute little faces on inanimate objects, and I think you'll find most everything is improved by this:
(By Sugar Canvas)
There's also a huge emphasis on desserts, because sweet-looking sweets are pretty much the epitome of cute.
(By Torta Couture Cakes)
Also, macarons. SO MANY MACARONS.
(By Catherine Beddall)
And so not complaining.
Then there are Kawaii animals and characters, which can be just about anything:
(By Whipped Bakeshop)
Happy whale, anyone?
Pusheen the cat is popular, since she's pretty much Kawaii to begin with:
(By The Cakecuppery)
But you can make almost anything or anyone Kawaii, including - hold on to your hot dogs - Slimer from Ghostbusters:
(By Syliva Castaneda)
Adorable little spud, isn't he?
(Leave it to me to work Ghostbusters into a Kawaii post. Where there's a geek, there's a way.)
Or how about some prickly little cacti?
(By Sugar High)
Those colors are perfect together - I love the orange!
Rilakkuma is a popular teddy bear in Japan, and you'll see him a lot in Kawaii designs. Here he is with an enormous cupcake... of himself:
And finally, as if cuteness and cake weren't enough, let's bring in one more of my favorite things:
(By C For Cupcakes)
Ermergersh, I'm melting! Just like the Pooh bear and Aurora ice cream cones. And look at little Mike stacked on Sully! Ah! Squeeing forever.
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The EOS process coupled with Mike's business acumen has really helped our leadership team to quickly create a clear vision for our company and focus on the most important issues in our business. Before working with Mike, we felt like we were working hard but not making any much progress. Now we have the right structure and a plan to achieve our goals.Steve McClintick, Co-OwnerFlexMation, Inc., Burnsville, MN
We had been self-implementing EOS for two years but felt like we just weren't getting the most out of it. We brought in Mike and he walked through everything we were doing, explained to us what "EOS Pure" looked like, and really helped us get rolling. We are more excited than ever about how EOS helps us make our good company great!Bob Leighton, PresidentLeighton Enterprises, St. Cloud, MN
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Friday 6 January was a very exciting day for me – as a model and blogger, I was asked to work for British heritage and lifestyle brand, Barbour International at London Fashion Week Men's (LFWM) and was able to give them a unique models eye view of the presentation.
The Barbour International presentation showcased the past, present and future of the brand telling the story of the authentic motorcycle heritage of Barbour International to press and buyers from across the globe. Working alongside two of my peers and blogger friends, Chris Millington and Richard Biedul, the three of us covered the past, present and future.
Taking viewers of @BarbourInt's snapchat story through a multi-sensory time tunnel, Chris highlighted key milestones in the history of Barbour International from 1936 to the present day. This included 1964 when actor Steve McQueen famously wore Barbour International in the International Six Day Trials (ISDT) in East Germany as a member of the US team. There was also a replica Triumph bike from the 1964 ISDT in the time tunnel which drew lots of attention.
Richard covered the "present" section of the presentation. The iconic A7 International jacket has been at the heart of the brand since 1936 and especially for the show, a limited run of these jackets was customised by renowned Scottish artist Robert Montgomery. Text from his billboard poems and light pieces featured in luminous thread across the back of the jackets – they looked amazing! 6 of these jackets are now available to buy exclusively at Selfridges, each with different text on the back – they are very special pieces. Guests were also able to see the final jacket being completed by sign writer Ash Willerton who must have the steadiest hands in the world!
On to the future – a preview of what customers can expect for Autumn Winter 17. I was joined by 7 other models from AMCK Models to showcase what's yet to come. Six of the boys were dressed in the Barbour International Sport Collection and Luiz and I wore the "Originals" look highlighting the Winter Duke Wax Jacket and Weir Wax Jacket and showing how these staple pieces have evolved over the years.
During the presentation, I took over the final part of the @BarbourInt snapchat story using a pair of Snapchat Spectacles. It gave a very unique view of the presentation from a model's point of view – a first for London Fashion Week Men's.
I'm a keen motorcycle enthusiast so it was really exciting to be part of the presentation and hang out with the other models alongside the Barbour x Triumph customised bikes. I'm still waiting to hear if I can borrow one of these beauties. Keep an eye on all of the Barbour International social channels to see how I get on 😉
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Barcelona reencounters Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey's semifinals
The FC Barcelona has a hard challenge ahead! Neymar Jr. and his teammates are preparing to reencounter the Atletico Madrid, this time on the Copa del Rey's semifinals, outside their home, at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, this Wednesday (1), at 18h (Brazilian time).
In their last duel, the Catalan club tied in the match by 1-1 against Betis, for the Spanish Championship's 20th round. Not the team changed its focus to the Copa del Rey's semifinal duel. Giving a rest to Ter Stegen and not being able to count with Iniesta, Busquets and Digne, Luis Enrique has already chosen the athletes that will go to Vicente Calderón: Cillessen, Masip, Piqué, Rakitic, Denis Suárez, Arda Turan, Suárez, Messi, Neymar Jr., Rafinha, Mascherano, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal, Umtiti and Mathieu.
With 15 duels in his career, the Atletico Madrid is the team that Neymar Jr. most faced as a Barça player. It was also against Atletico that the Brazilian players scored his first goal in the Catalan club. Unbeaten against the team on the Copa del Rey, NJr goes to his ninth match at the Vicente Calderón to maintain his mark.
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A normal blood sugar range is less than 100 milligrams per deciliter following an overnight fast and less than 140 two hours after eating. Throughout the day, sugar levels vary from 70 to 80, although levels within 10 milligrams per deciliter on either side are also normal, explains WebMD.
In general terms, any reading below 100 milligrams per deciliter after fasting is considered in the typical blood sugar range. Blood glucose levels seldom fall below 60 because the liver turns fat and muscle into sugar for fuel. However, WebMD advises that if the level drops below 40, behavior may be affected and symptoms include concentration difficulties, unexplained irritability or anger, confusion, muscles that twitch or feeling unsteady on the feet.


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Be the best you can be!Home Page
In order to encourage the children to think about our local environment, we see how many people can walk (run, job, skip, hop, cycle, pogo stick, space hopper, scooter - you get the idea!) to school each Wednesday.
The winning class win not only the coveted GOLDEN BOOT, but also the chance to earn extra play time.
This week's winning class (week beginning 8th December) is ROCKETS. As next week is our last WWW of the year, we're aiming for EVERY class to have at least 16 walkers so the whole school earns some extra play.
Friday 28th November 2014
The Lunch Box Challenge got off to a brilliant start today. The Eco Team were fantastic; they sorted rubbish into different year group bags and helped the children work out what could be re-used or recycled rather than thrown away.
The year group with the LEAST amount of rubbish this lunch time were Year 4, followed by Year 5, Year 3 and then Year 6.
We hope that this encourages the children to think about reducing the amount of rubbish that we, as a school, send to landfill.
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You know, it all started with the olives. When we first found the land, so many years ago, it was the olives, the olives that cast their spell. And so we bought it, our olive grove. Our very own olive grove.
But we were bad olive tree parents, and we made mistakes. There was that horrible time when we killed some of the olive trees, stupidly, so stupidly. I wept bitterly. I planted a green memorial to try to make amends. But the truth was that we we weren't olive farmers. We didn't knew what to do,. How to care for the olive trees. How to ensure they would, well, live.
Oh, we did our research, of course. And we hoed, and bought manure, and put in drips (twice, because we got it all wrong at first). But we lived in fear that they would come for us --- Olive Tree Welfare Services. Because the thing we knew best was simply how to love the trees.
And maybe it was love that was most important. Because our olive trees have lived. They have thrived, even. And there are the olives that magically appear each year.
It's been picking season at Peacock Pavilions. We hire the same all women olive picking team each year.
And they hand pick tons (as in literally, tons) of olives.
(Did you know that olives are believed by some in Morocco to have magical powers? Some Berber women eat them when they are pregnant because they believe that it will help their babies become beautiful.)
Our own gardeners take a break from regular duties to help out
While the fruit trees stand by patiently.
And in the end, we have the sweet memory of it all. A sweet memory trapped in a bottle, like a liquid gold genie.


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Our Mission
To facilitate tangible contributions to Armenia's sustainable development by increasing awareness of and supporting solutions to environmental issues in Armenia.
Supporting local campaigns against potentially destructive activities and projects
Securing small grants for local partners and providing strategic guidance on projects and campaigns
Supporting international exchanges
The three widely recognized tenets of sustainable development are:
1) Environmental Development; 2) Economic Development; and 3) Social Development.
To balance among all three factors creates truly sustainable development - development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
AEN works to connect people on the ground in Armenia with others who support activities that bring about positive change.
Meet The Director
Serda Ozbenian joined AEN at the launch event in 2007 and has been serving as the Executive Director ever since. Serda is a researcher with 11 years' experience working on a variety of environmental and social projects, internationally and domestically. She resides in Maryland but frequently visits and works in Armenia in different capacities.
Outside of AEN, Serda has been involved in various other projects in Armenia. In 2010, Serda visited Armenia for the first time as a Birthright Armenia volunteer, volunteering with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets. In 2012, as part of her graduate work, Serda conducted the first comprehensive survey of attitudes toward and conflicts with wolves and bears in rural villages in Armenia. She is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for which she conducted sign surveys of wolves and bears in Armenia in 2014/15.
Serda holds an MS in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University. She currently works full-time managing conservation programs for a nonprofit in Virginia.


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Empty Bowls
Students form fundraiser, shape reminders of hunger
By PAMELA WILLIS Wednesday February 4, 2015 3:52 PM
Thomas Worthington High School art students have been elbow-deep in clay for the past month, making more than 100 colorful bowls for the annual Empty Bowls project.
The project includes a $10 soup supper from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, in the high school cafeteria, 300 W. Dublin Granville Road, that includes taking home a handcrafted bowl.
All proceeds will go to the Worthington Food Pantry.
Art teacher Alan Spencer said Ruth Norris' food- and consumer-science classes make two types of chili for the supper, with meat and veggie options.
"I usually bring some loaves of bread and butter to serve with the chili, and we have just water to drink," Spencer said. "This meal is kept simple to remind people that it is to help raise funds for those who are hungry."
The dinner has raised as much as $1,500 in a single night for local charities that fight hunger.
"Last year, it was around $700, due to weather and less advertising," Spencer said.
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort that was started by the Imagine Render Group. Potters, students and educators create handcrafted bowls, and guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread, for a donation to a local charity that fights hunger. Guests are asked to keep the bowl as a reminder of all of the empty bowls in the world, Spencer said.
Educational grants paid for the food and supplies for this year's dinner so that 100 percent of the dinner proceeds could be given to the food pantry.
Spencer said students not only improve their pottery skills during the project, but they also help the community.
"The most important benefit that the students can get out of helping with making and glazing the bowls is that they realize they can utilize the skills they learn in the classroom for a project that helps families in need," Spencer said.
Junior Andrea Bauer said throwing the clay on the potter's wheel can be challenging.
"You have to make sure the clay is not too wet or too dry," she said. "Fresh clay is kneaded like bread on wedging tables to make sure there are no air bubbles. Then you go to the wheel."
At the wheel, the clay is centered on the bat plate attached to the wheel.
"Then you use your hands on the sides of the clay to center it and keep it evenly shaped so it doesn't wobble when you spin the wheel," Bauer said. "After that, you put your fingers in the middle to push down and make a hole. Once you have the hole, you then pull out toward you to get the bowl size you want; then pull up on the sides to make the bowl as tall as you want."
She said the clay has to be kept wet during the process.
"You have to have steady hands and lots of patience," she said. "You will mess up a lot, but it's OK. Practice makes perfect."
Bauer said she glazed five of the bowls in simple designs and colors -- cool blues and some greens.
"I like trying different combinations of colors," she said. "It's a cool testing opportunity to see what I would use on my own projects."


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I'm sure you're all wondering what kind of cool Oregon FBLA swag you get for being an officer, because you always see the current officer team handing out or wearing awesome Oregon FBLA items. To connect with members, each state officer gets their own set of business cards that has their name, number, email, and twitter handle on them!
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With all of the skills you learn as a state officer, you need somewhere to put them to the test. At the Oregon Leadership Institute, you and your team are responsible for developing a workshop to present to the Oregon FBLA members attending. The experience is great!
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Ever wonder what it's like to be backstage on the State Business Leadership Conference? Well, if you become an officer, you get to see what it's like! This also means you probably get to meet the keynote speaker.
5. You meet members from all around Oregon.
One of the best parts about being an officer is meeting members. Being a part of the team means you can walk up to members and start a conversation with them without it being weird. As soon as a member sees your name tag or uniform, they instantly want to talk to you!
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Walla Walla firefighters battle boat, grass fires
Walla Walla County firefighters battled grass fires near Dodd Road and a boat fire at Hood Park on Sunday afternoon.
No one was injured when a private boat caught fire at the park around 4 p.m., said Lt. Randy Adams of Walla Walla Fire District 5. Officials believe it started in the boat's engine compartment.
The grass fires that burned about 150 acres likely were sparked by a train that passed through the area, Adams said.
The fires did not threaten any buildings, he said.
A significant amount of smoke seen on the western horizon Sunday evening was from a fire near Mount Adams.