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.
All Stories
Can a Groundwater Recharge Program Save Teton Valley's Farmers?
April 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
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Looking Past The Cliches of 'Western Art'
June 18, 2023
In her new award-winning book 'Montana Modernists,' Michele Corriel declares that artists from the West are so much more than frontier portrayals of cowboys and Indians
Read MoreWe Outdoor Recreationists—All Of Us— Are Displacing Wildlife
January 31, 2022
Scientist April Craighead shares what the Craighead Institute has found so far in its examination of user impacts on wildlife near Bozeman, attitudes toward animals and each other
Read MoreForest Service "Debacle" In Black Hills Must Not Be Repeated Elsewhere
September 22, 2021 // Forest Service, Logging
Former second in command of US Forest Service questions agency's accelerated push to thin forests and log big trees in response to fire, insects and climate change. Felling forests, Jim Furnish says, is not a strategy to save them
Read MoreHow A Mega-Mine And A 'Law Without A Brain' Were Defeated On Yellowstone's Back Door
August 26, 2021 // Mining, Yellowstone
A quarter century after a controversial gold mine was stopped thanks to presidential intervention, one of the green Davids who battled a powerful Canadian giant reflects on the longshot victory
Read MoreWaiting For Elk To Disappear From 'The Last Hundred Acres'
February 23, 2021
Greater Yellowstone resident Rob Sisson pens an essay about his sorrow in watching a wapiti migration route vanish on the outskirts of Bozeman, Montana
Read MoreAn Influential Voice In US Flyfishing Decries 'Rivergeddon 2020'
October 20, 2020
Sure, covid has caused a crush of anglers to descend on trout waters but Kirk Deeter says too much, even when it generates commerce, isn't good for nature or the experiences we treasure
Read MoreWhen Cultures Collide
July 30, 2019
From the Battle of Pierre's Hole to a debate over an offensive high school mascot, Teton Valley is a perfect place for historical reflection
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