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?

Should the Pacific Northwest Trail be re-routed in the Yaak Valley to insure habitat for an imperiled population of grizzlies remains protected? 

As Lance Olsen notes, the renewable energy revolution is just beginning but scaling it also requires massive earthmoving

As hip mountain towns struggle to make a place for worker bees, Lance Olsen says our tax code, the timber industry and developers aren't focused on real solutions

Lance Olsen boils down a familiar old battle to its basics as sabers rattle among coal interests in Wyoming and Montana

At the U-Cross Ranch near Roy, Nicole Johnson teaches her daughters to find strength in the saddle 

Lance Olsen says the movement of protecting ecosystems needs to change its thinking if it wants to save them