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WEB4 days ago · Restoring Wildlife Connectivity Across the High Divide. Throughout the High Divide, century-old fencing is coming down to improve migration corridors for pronghorn, elk and other wildlife. Mountain Journal features articles on Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the American West covering wildlife, ecosystems, art, and American western lands public ...
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WEBAugust 8, 2024 // NEWS: In Short. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pushed its decision timeline to January 2025. States want an update by the end of October. 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 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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 …
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 ...
Mountain Journal Staff & Board | Yellowstone & American West
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.
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.
We Outdoor Recreationists—All Of Us— Are Displacing Wildlife
WEBJan 31, 2022 · During the summer and fall of 2021, I gathered 115 surveys from four different trailheads within Gallatin County. I found that equal numbers of people consider themselves bikers or hikers and that a majority of people use the trails for recreation purposes (41 percent) followed by health and fitness (36 percent) and connecting with nature (21 percent).