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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A Tale of Two Revivals: How Yellowstone Helped Return Wolves to Colorado
March 31, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
In
1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. Nearly 30
years later, Colorado has done the same. How will it play out?
Bridging the Divide: How to decrease wildlife-vehicle collisions
October 26, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
More than 1 million vehicles use US Highway 191 to enter Yellowstone. With a quarter of all crashes involving wildlife, what's to be done? A new traffic and wildlife corridor study hopes to shed some light on solutions.
Read MoreMontana's Gallatin Valley And Wildlife Paying Big Price For Growth In Big Sky
July 18, 2023
What's happening near Gallatin Gateway, Montana is indicative, Robert Sisson says, of how developers are making profits but externalizing their costs on citizens and nature
Read MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
Read MoreAre Western Mountain Towns Ready For The Coming Flames?
March 21, 2023
Rural sprawl is expanding the "wildland-urban interface." It is elevating the costs and perils of dealing with wildfire, and taxpayers are footing the bill. Part 2 in our ongoing series
Read MoreKissing The 'Quieter Side' Of The Tetons Goodbye?
February 27, 2023
Will Grand Targhee Resort expansion put Teton Valley, Idaho on course to become a doppelgänger of Big Sky? A county commissioner voices her concerns
Read MoreYellowstone: Icon of Infamy or Convenient Scapegoat?
December 5, 2022
Montana writer Todd Burritt pens a scathing review of Megan Kate Nelson's portrayal of America's first national park in her book 'Saving Yellowstone'
Read MorePublic Land: It's What Sets The American West Apart
November 30, 2022
Writer Dave Marston discusses what he's thankful for as we move from one year to the next Answer: public lands and the wonder they inspire
How Do We Prevent Wild Greater Yellowstone from Unraveling?
November 29, 2022
Special report: What can be done to save the Yellowstone ecosystem? If we're serious and want to have a reason for hope, here are several big ideas for how to do it
Read MoreIs Gallatin County Willing To Sacrifice Its Namesake Elk To Rural Sprawl?
March 24, 2021
The amazing images of Holly Pippel, a nature photographer from Gallatin Gateway, Montana, remind us what's at stake as Bozeman's boom threatens the persistence of wildlife
Read MoreWhen Wild Nature Enters Our Dreams
February 28, 2021
From visions to daydreams to the imagery that visits us in slumber, dreamscapes can reveal much about ourselves and how we're navigating the world
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 MoreWhat Does River Conservation Really Mean?
February 16, 2021
The Week That Is: If you ask river protectors you're likely to get different answers. Is growing recreation pressure a problem?
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