All posts tagged "greater yellowstone"
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The New West: Reigniting Heated Lessons
What did Yellowstone fires of 1988 really teach us? Thirty years ago, following spring warmup, a storm pattern rolled into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, leading many to believe the rest of summer would be “normal.” Some 18...
- Posted May 9, 2018
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THE NEW WEST: Catching up with Chatham
Iconic Paradise Valley painter still acts on early convictions, but with a timelier perspective In Jackson Hole, the Tetons have served as the irrefutable, unmistakable muse for generations of visual artists. Northward, on the other side of the Greater...
- Posted March 5, 2018
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Travels in The Greater Yellowstone: Jack Turner’s power of insightful observation
“Some artists so completely capture the essence of a place and make it their own that to imagine the place or hold it in the mind’s eye of memory is to see it distilled through their art....
- Posted January 10, 2018
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A Hydra with Many Heads: One of the toughest local papers in the West perseveres against change
Change. What a concept. It is a hydra with many heads. Change is inevitable; it happens to us whether we are prepared for it or not; it is necessary; it must occur or communities wither; change is...
- Posted January 4, 2018
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Higher Thinking: In new book, Bekoff, Pierce reveal what’s on the minds of animals
Jessica Pierce and Dr. Marc Bekoff, one of our country’s leading ethologists, have a new book out that you really ought to read. Whether you agree with the basic tenets of the animal rights movement or not—the...
- Posted October 18, 2017
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MIND, BODY & HOLE: Do secret mountain chambers, spiraling energy vortices and a supervolcano make Jackson Hole a metaphysical hotspot? Or is it something else entirely?
She waded slowly through the pool, algae clinging to her calves as she parted the tepid waters of Kelly Warm Springs. These ponds, adjacent to the Gros Ventre River, were once a hotspot for bathers seeking...
- Posted October 18, 2017
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THE NEW WEST: Standing In Awe
When nature wows us, we become more charitable citizens. JACKSON HOLE, WY – Where were you during the great solar eclipse? What kind of sobering sensations fired across the ancient synaptic pathways linking your mind to body...
- Posted August 23, 2017
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FEATURE: Open Season
An American icon finds itself caught in the crosshairs of an environmental, economic and spiritual battle upon its removal from the endangered species list. JACKSON HOLE, WY – On Friday afternoon, Doug Peacock stood wearily on a...
- Posted August 23, 2017
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THE NEW WEST: Path to the Past
Photographer Bradly Boner’s book is a visual marvel that stirs important discussion. JACKSON HOLE, WY – I had been waiting months for Bradly Boner’s book to arrive, after making a contribution to his successful request for funding...
- Posted March 15, 2017
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THE NEW WEST: Inconvenient Truths
Saving Greater Yellowstone means confronting its myriad elephants in the room. JACKSON HOLE, WY – In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and their expedition known as the “Corps of Discovery” with finding a...
- Posted January 3, 2017