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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Outrage in Wyoming Erupts Over Public-Land Auction
December 6, 2023 // OPINION: Op-ed
A pristine piece of public land within Grand Teton National Park is on the auction block. It could go to the highest bidder Dec. 7.
Read MoreA 'Greater Yellowstone National Park': Is It So Far-Fetched?
August 8, 2023
To save America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, two prominent conservationists say in this op-ed that today's epic challenges must be met with grander bolder thinking. If not this, then what?
Read MoreHow Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Could Be Delisted And Remain Protected
July 18, 2023
States are pushing hard to remove America's most famous grizzly population from federal protection. The primary reason is obvious. Why aren't we doing the same with bald eagles?
Read MoreIn Montana, Four Different Polls Say Citizens Seriously Unhappy About Sprawl
July 5, 2023
North of Yellowstone, no-zoning signs fly like protest flags but residents of beautiful Park County are deeply concerned lack of planning is causing the loss of places they love
Read More'What Were You Thinking When You Took The Osprey?'
July 4, 2023
Dave Hall peers back four generations toward a revered ancestor who did things as a sportsman that would not meet today's conservation ethic
Read MoreLooking 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 MoreTonight! Howl With Us At Night Of The Wolves
January 10, 2023
On Tuesday, January 10 at 7 pm, noted retired Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith and wildlife advocate Pat Byorth will talk the truth of Yellowstone's famous packs
Read MoreThe ‘Energy Gap’ Nobody Wants to Tussle With
January 6, 2023
As Americans increasingly draw more from the energy grid, Writers on the Range Publisher Dave Marston writes that the answer may lie in nuclear power
Read MoreWhite-tailed Deer Buck With CWD Confirmed Near Bozeman
December 14, 2022
As CWD spreads across the West, Wyoming still operates elk feedgrounds and states take aim at disease-fighting predators
Read MoreMystical American Rivers Can Run Through Your Living Room
December 1, 2022
Dave Hall, who has gained renown as "the painter of Greater Yellowstone rivers," is on a quest to protect the ecosystem one great riverscape at a time. You can join him
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
Why 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
The only way Greater Yellowstone, America's most iconic wildlife ecosystem, stands a chance of being saved is if there's a game plan. Glaringly, none now exists
Read MoreIn Many Mountain Towns, Affordable Shelter Is An Elusive Holy Grail
October 17, 2022
When no home is affordable, where do longtime locals and essential workers live? How is the problem fixed when 'the free market' fails?
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