Mountain Journal: Our Beat is America's Wildest Ecosystem
2 days ago · Draft bill protects the right to run down predators, with updated laws to limit ongoing suffering. Citizens say bill doesn’t go far enough. Mountain Journal features articles on Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the American West covering wildlife, ecosystems, art, and American western lands public policy.
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
August 29, 2024 // NEWS: In Short. The American Association of Mammalogists recognized Matthew Kauffman for his lasting conservation contributions through migration studies. Mountain Journal public-interest articles on public land issues in the American west including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Single-Use Plastics Ban on Bozeman Ballot
4 days ago · After the city of Bozeman initially rejected a citizen-led initiative to ban single-use plastics, the ordinance will now appear on Bozeman's ballot this November. The announcement follows months of efforts by volunteers and paid workers to collect signatures and petition voters. The citizen initiative came into focus after Cottonwood ...
Have Wolves Returned Yellowstone to its Natural State?
May 24, 2024 · In case you haven’t seen it, the story goes like this: Wolves were returned to Yellowstone in 1995, decreasing the number of elk and making sure the elk didn’t just hang out in stream bottoms depleting vegetation. The lack of grazing in riparian areas led to more aspen, more willow, more birds, more beavers, more songbirds, more reptiles ...
About Mountain Journal | Yellowstone & American West
Mountain Journal is headquartered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the wildest region in the Lower 48 states and a nexus for understanding the interrelationships between people and nature in the American West. Greater Yellowstone, as a region, is considered a global icon, destination, and bellwether for thinking about the persistence of ...
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4 days ago · The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission reduced this year’s quota from 450 to 313 wolves following slight population decreases since 2020....
Hunters Should Recognize Predators as Allies, not Competitors
2 days ago · Game and Fish reports that, statewide, 18.9 percent of all hunter-killed male mule deer in 2023 were infected with CWD, up from 17.6 percent in 2022. CWD was discovered in 30.3 percent of hunter-killed male white-tailed deer in 2023, up from 25.9 percent in 2022. CWD was first detected in Montana in 2017.
Yellowstone: What Comes Next After The Covid Crush?
Jan 18, 2021 · Due toworld-wide Covid restrictions international visitation to Yellowstone in 2020 was nil while a novel home grown demographic, urban Americans new to the natural world and to national parks, surged into Yellowstone. Visits in August increased by 7.5 percent over near record numbers in August 2019, by 21 percent in September and by 110 ...
Mountain Journal Articles | Yellowstone & American West
Mar 25, 2019 · 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.
Montana unveils first wolf management plan update in 20 years
Nov 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.