Howie Garber’s new book touches on the beauty of wildness
through a photographer’s lens
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Why 'Yellowstone' The TV Show Ain't The Real Montana (Or Wyoming, Or The West)
May 31, 2023
Montana author Russell Rowland talks about divides shaking the West to its core. They go beyond rural-urban, newcomer-old timer, mountain-prairie and prosperity vs. despair
Read MoreSolving the Mystery of Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’
May 26, 2023
John Maclean’s foreword to Hemingway’s early masterpiece in the recently published ‘Centennial Edition'
Read MoreGianforte Triumphs Again Showing Science Has No Place In Modern World
May 20, 2023
After Montana governor signs bill prohibiting climate change science from factoring in major state decisions, cartoonist John Potter hits back—with satire
On Yellowstone’s Doorstep, Conservationists Want To Buy Out A Gold Mine
May 19, 2023
To halt 'major tragedy,' Greater Yellowstone Coalition needs to raise $6.25 million by October
Read MoreHow Development Forced Bozeman’s Namesake Creek Underground
May 10, 2023
The plight of Bozeman Creek is an indicator of how the health of waterways in Greater Yellowstone and the West are facing a multitude of damaging threats
Read MoreA Time To Rally: When Ted Turner Gave Jacques Cousteau An End-Of-Life Pep Talk
April 23, 2023 // Conservation, Science
Cousteau, once the most famous conservationist in the world, was a father figure to Ted Turner. In old age, Cousteau became cynical. Here's what Turner told him
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 MoreWolverines: Barometers For Pondering Impacts Of The Anthropocene
March 12, 2023
Changes in habitat and rising human pressures leave many wondering how long just 300 or so wolverines can persist in the West
Read MoreMayor Ghosts Nature In Bozeman's Annual State Of The City Address
March 1, 2023
It's strange how so few elected officials in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are willing to speak out for our world-class wildlife. And that does not bode well
Read MoreHow Bioregional Thinking Might Rescue Greater Yellowstone
February 7, 2023
A woman's powerful vision: Robert Liberty reviews new book by Bowen Blair, "A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia Gorge"
Read MoreHow Bills To Stop Killing Coyotes With Snowmobiles Went Down In Flames
January 19, 2023
Former Montana lawmaker
questions what kind of religious people who worship Creator would condone torturing
living products of creation?
A True New West Grizzly Bear Dilemma
January 12, 2023
Up Tom Miner Basin near Yellowstone, neighbors are grappling with how to prevent a wildlife miracle from being loved to death
Read MoreShould Enviro Groups Be Promoting More Human Recreation Use Of Still-Unspoiled Places?
January 10, 2023
A longtime Montana conservationist calls out a group for promoting its 'Trail of the Week' at a time when natural areas are being overwhelmed at the expense of wildlife
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