Hank Rate remembers when the Custer-Gallatin National Forest stalled wilderness protection and abandoned conservation in favor of getting the cut out
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Guest Essay: Why The Gallatin Mountains Need Permanent Protection, Especially Now
June 5, 2020
As a seasonal backcountry ranger-naturalist in adjacent Yellowstone, Orville "Butch" Bach has witnessed change coming to the region for decades—and fewer spots left untouched by people
Read MoreA Blackfeet Mother Fights For Sacred Mountains
May 29, 2020
Kendall Edmo rises to help defend the Badger-Two Medicine from energy development
Read More30 By 30: Indigenous Communities Taking Lead In Addressing Climate Change, Protecting Wildlife
May 29, 2020
30 X 30: New report from the Wyss Foundation highlights First Nations leaders in our own back yard and around the world
Read More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Some Call The Porcupine And Buffalo Horn 'Holy Land'
May 14, 2020
As animal highways important to Yellowstone Park, Bart Koehler says they are also the Gallatins' beating wild heart—and deserve protection
Read MoreOf God And Guns: How The Sagebrush Rebellion Turned Into A Hotbed Of Armed Modern Radicals
March 24, 2020
In this excerpt from Betsy Gaines Quammen's new book 'American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,' the author explores how Utah became the center of anti-federalism
Read MoreAre We Giving The Wild Gallatins The Visionary Protection They Really Deserve?
December 29, 2019
By the wildlife they hold, the Gallatin Mountains are wilder than most national parks in the Lower 48. So why are the Forest Service and enviro groups balking at more extensive protections?
Read MoreTerminal Diagnosis: How Montana Writer Ivan Doig Coped With His Own End
October 5, 2019
Doig's spirit springs to life in the MSU Library Archives, revealing his literary triumphs, fears and what lay in his heart
Read MoreGut-Check Time: Navigating The Ups And Downs Of Dramatic Change
May 15, 2019
How can some western communities and wildlands save their essence during booms, how do others prevent themselves from blowing away? A gathering in Bozeman will address these poles of the 'New West'
Read MoreBig Guns Want 230,000 Acres Of Gallatins Near Yellowstone Protected As Wilderness
May 14, 2019
Founder of Patagonia joins former U.S. Interior Secretary and dozens of eminent scientists who say capital "W" essential to safeguarding wildlife in core of Greater Yellowstone
Read MoreThe Artful Angler
January 23, 2019
Life after government: Mike Gurnett celebrates wildlife in metal after being a spokesman for the natural world
Read MoreGrizzly Matters: A Recap Of Court Actions Involving Greater Yellowstone Bears
January 6, 2019 // Burning Off, Grizzly Bears
When it comes to true recovery for America's most famous bruins, the focus is not on numbers but biological connectivity
Read MoreThe Golf Course Grizzly: First Hope Of Biological Connectivity For Bruins?
November 27, 2018
Scientists have long supposed grizzly populations between ecosystems might link up. David Stalling wonders when it will happen.
Read MoreGallatin Range Deserves Wilderness Protection: An Ecologist's Op Ed
September 6, 2018
George Wuerthner says one of Greater Yellowstone's most important wildlife areas is unprotected
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