Throughout the High Divide, century-old fencing is coming down to improve migration corridors for pronghorn, elk and other wildlife.

While conservation groups have largely praised the new plan to govern bison populations within Yellowstone, Montana’s governor and its ag community are concerned about conflicts when those animals leave park boundaries.

Despite 90 percent support from 200,000 public comments, new rule faces strong opposition from resource-extraction advocates.

In Teton Valley, Idaho, where water is as precious as its native trout, irrigators and environmental groups have teamed up to recharge the area’s diminishing aquifer. In the process, they want to do something novel: find someone to pay farmers for the effort.