Back IssuesWinter 2007--Poetry & Prose by Alison Hawthorne Deming; Thirty Miles of Lead Time by Craig Rigdon; Boy Missing Near Judith Gap by Chad Dundas; Poetry by Melissa Mylchreest and Jennifer Johnson; much more.Summer 2007--Outbound by Gary Ferguson; Dying with the High Plains by Kalie Ryder; Poetry by Erika Fredrickson and Dana Sonnenschein; much more.Winter 2006 Click here to purchaseSpring 2006Click here to purchaseFall 2005Hard Miles in the Dark —Reflections on death in the Elkhorn Mountains, by Janisse Ray Not by Medicine and Other Poems — Kim Stafford A farmer's journey for real food and the people who grow it — Ariel Bleth reviews Michael Ableman's Fields of Plenty Into the Abyss — A profile of a creative ethnobotanist, by Jeff Gailus Click here to purchase
Spring 2005On Rage and Writing — Monica Wright interviews Robert Michael Pyle In the City of Rocks and Other Poems — Robert Michael Pyle Our Father, which Art in Brids in Fish — Jordan Fisher Smith 2oth Street Bridge — Becca Rose Hall Click here to purchaseFall 2004Romeo Shows Jamey the Door — new fiction by David James Duncan Damage — Poetry from Wendell Berry Most of All, the Quiet — Susan Marsh finds peace in Yellowstone Click here to purchaseSpring 2004Whirlwind in the Desert — Sacha Pealer contemplates ancient wisdom in the Utah desert Walking on Water — Derrick Jensen inspires a class of miracle makers Piercing the Crow's Eye — Katie Yale walks the line between waking and reality in crow time Click here to purchase
Spring 2003
Snaring Ghosts — Kathy Marieb looks for grizzlies in the North Cascades. Where Fire and Water Meet — Katharine Hyzy on restoration, human and otherwise. Click here to purchaseFall 2003
Dust of Snow — John Elder reflects on poetry and the meaning and practice of "conservation." Beautiful River, Arms of God — Susan Tomlinson finds beauty of mortality in an ephemeral moment. Low Murmur, Low Song — Danielle Lattuga listens to elephants of Africa and hears a message for humanity. Click here to purchase
Spring 2002
Our Good Fortune — David James Duncan meditates on compassion and respect in our society, post 9-11. Chambers — Clara Sophia Weygandt relates how an encounter with a peregrine falcon changed her life. Click here to purchase
Fall 2002
Lingua Rediviva — Robert Michael Pyle on language in a time of peril. Reflections in the Eyes of Others — Teresa Ponikvar searches for hope despite the odds. Click here to purchase
Winter/Spring 2001
Tongitian he — Peter Stark discovers a hidden monastery while trekking in the mountains of Tibet. Mogasm — Ari Le Vaux recounts a wild ride from one chakra to another while bumping and grinding at Snowbowl. A Little about My Chainsaw, a Horse Named Pride, and Three Hundred Miles on a Bike — James Lainsbury shares his story of horse logging and biking in Maine. Click here to purchase
Fall 2001
Bitterroot — Scott Russell Sanders introduces Teller essays. Starlings, A Pig, and Four Deer — James McLaughlin shares lessons learned over a lifetime spent killing things. Things Not Seen in a Rear View Mirror — Debra Marquart reflects on leaving, and returning, to North Dakota. Click here to purchase
Spring/Summer 2000
The Evolution of Revolution: A Brief History of Environmental Activism in the Northern Rockies — Mary Anne Peine shares a journey of two histories: one of the environmental movement in the Northern Rockies and another of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana. Click here to purchaseWinter/Spring 2000
For Better or for Worse: Trail Proposal Seeks Public Blessing — Leeann Drabenstott introduces a possible addition to our National Trail System. National Endangerment — Dan Brister gives an inside look at his work with the Buffalo Field Campaign. Click here to purchase
Spring 1999
Of Birds and Men — Terry Ryan focuses on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to present an investigative look at the increasing tension between human land development and mating patterns of migratory and resident birds. Click here to purchaseSummer 1999
Battle for the Clearwater — Ethan Hasenstein explains why no one should dump a bucket of non-native northern pike into a Montana river drainage. Click here to purchaseFall/Winter 1999
Gifts — William Kittredge introduces two of the essays featured at the Teller Writing Institute. Doing the Honey Lake — Clara Weygandt discovers an intimate connection between the desert, people, and plants. The Cordillera in Landscapes and Stories — Michael Kustudia examines environmental reform in the Dominican Republic. Click here to purchase
Deep Winter 1999
Grouse Hunting — Malcom Brooks confronts what can go wrong in the field The Poison Wait — Steven Rinella takes us into the murky world of mushroom hunting. Click here to purchase
Spring 1998Howling Over Wolves — Ron Scholl considers our need to define the unknown about wolves in Yellowstone, which are burdened with plenty of labels-threatened, endangered, experimental, even tourist commodity. Debating Burns' Proposed Bill and Tribal Jurisdiction — Pete Murney introduces open letters sent to Senator Conrad Burns by Cheryl & Gordon Belcourst and Alan Mikkelsen Click here to purchase
Summer/Fall 1998
An Insider's View — Chris Arthur makes a provocative case for elected officials, the legislative process, and even that old stand-by, democracy. History, Economy, Landscape: A Look at Montana Ranching — Sarah Heim-Jonson considers the public debate over cows on public and private lands and gives the good news: ranching practices that work in concert with the land and water. Click here to purchase
Winter 1998
At the Edge of Headlights — Ian McCluskey suggests that the recognition wildlife mortality on roads is gaining may not be enough. Wildlands Roads: Interim Policy Elicits Questions — Bethanie Walder, Hal Rowe, David Havlick and Phil Knight comment on the interim policy on roadless areas that has Westerners wondering about the impacts. Click here to purchase
Spring 1997
Greening Anaconda — Kent A. Curtis questions whether a smelter town can cover up its toxic past. Counting Coup — Emily Cousins recounts the history and mining debate of the Sweet Grass Hills. Click here to purchase
Summer 1997
Cultivating Self-sufficiency — Lisa Kerscher reveals how community gardens help satisfy basic needs. An Embrace or Attack? — Leeann Drabenstott shares how northern rockies farmers brace for national organic standards. Too Much of a Good Thing? — Rob Lubke tells of the controversy surrounding the future of farmers' market. Click here to purchase
Fall/Winter 1997
Neosho — Dan Crockett shares his father's life and death with the Neosho River. Manu — Christine Paige reflects on time spent at a biological station in Manu National Park. Click here to purchase
Fall 1996
Alone with the Future — Henri Bensussen Roots and Wings: A Bicycle Journey Across the West — Doug Johnson Click here to purchase
Summer 1995
Crowheart — Rick Craig Flight of the Water Ouzel — Colin Chisholm |






















