During this present Spring of Deception, it is warm enough on the Great Plains that I’ve resumed my afternoon jogs. I run on a trail near the river where the migrating birds are staging before they push on for the Northwest Territories.
Flathead National Forest touts forest-management benefits of new mobile biochar production burner
I’m hopeful second winter will be but an instant allowing the spring of deception to reign until summer.
13th-annual Conservation in the West poll reveals steady support among voters even as concerns spike over cost of living and water shortages
A powerful minority has seen the freedom Montana’s public land, easy access and plentiful native wildlife incubate, and decided they’d rather have Texas.
New USGS-led study, which includes data from Glacier National Park, reveals how the absence of a once-common pollinator can cause potential cascading effects on critical ecosystems
The access fight at Mitchell Slough was about more than just limiting public access on Montana rivers
People and Carnivores supports community projects aimed at preventing human-bear conflicts through funding, consulting and educational materials
My sense of the West was formed watching at a distance the previous decades of conflict shaped by environmental laws passed in the 1970s
Hosted by the nonprofit Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center, the four-day event runs Feb. 8-11 and features mini-clinics, a keynote speaker, après activities and a raffle
While the fate of Montana or any state’s wildlife doesn’t rest on semantics, every time we talk about hunting in a public space we are engaged in public relations
New study shows how animals changed their behavior around hiking trails on the east side of Glacier National Park during and after the COVID-19 closures
Soon computer-generated imagery will cure Hollywood’s firearm negligence. There’s no longer reason for firearms on set in inexperienced hands when realism can be created with pixels.
According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, climate change remains the primary threat to two obscure aquatic insects, one of which is found exclusively in Glacier National Park
Long ago I used to describe the whirl of flushing quail as that of miniature helicopters
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease has served as the small town’s screening clinic for more than two decades, offering care during one of the largest public health disasters in U.S. history. After filing for bankruptcy and losing a federal grant to continue funding its services, the clinic will close permanently at the end of August.
Built in 1942 by U.S. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler and his wife, Lulu, the cabin is nearing its final stage of a multi-year, $1.5 million transformation into the Waterton Glacier International Peace Center
As the state’s Aug. 10 withdrawal deadline nears, pressure is building for either independent Seth Bodnar or Democrat Alani Bankhead to leave a contest they’re both determined to stay in.
