Hollywood has its movie stars, and Greater Yellowstone has its charismatic megafauna. But often it’s the bit players who ...

New study compares tolerance for wolves versus tolerance for hunting them. Its survey answers might surprise you.

Mountain Journal columnist Susan Marsh reflects on life, death and gratitude, and the poetry that saw her through grief.

The sun was low and this Canada lynx moved through the shadows as he approached the shore of a frozen lake in southern Yukon. Its cousin, the Eurasian lynx, vanished from Great Britain about 1,300 ...

A mountain lion turns to the author’s camera. Many of MacNeil Lyons’ 35 cougar sightings have come in winter when it’s easier to track pawprints and see mountain lion sign. Shadow cat, mountain lion, ...

Snow piles up along the Gallatin River. Come spring, melting runoff will swell surface waters and seep into groundwater, recharging the aquifer. However, dwindling snowpacks due to climate change make ...

To deploy the EV charger, Therien secured necessary funding from YTCC, then known as the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition, the regional nonprofit coalition that partners with the Department of ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to phase out the nine regional offices across the country, including the Region 1 Headquarters in Missoula, Montana. Credit: Robert Chaney The U.S. Forest Service will ...

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The fog of reorg: As USDA looks into reorganizing its Forest Service again, some are questioning the efficacy. And intent. Here, fog rolls through the forest in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park ...