New legislation could allow rock climbers to install permanent fixtures in Wilderness areas in Greater Yellowstone and nationwide
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Solving the Mystery of Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’
May 26, 2023
![Master engraver Chris Wormell was specially commissioned to provide original artwork for the Centennial Edition of "Big Two-Hearted River"](/content/articles/ic_1685142038_400x300_true.jpg)
John Maclean’s foreword to Hemingway’s early masterpiece in the recently published ‘Centennial Edition'
Read MoreMontana's Flaring White Nationalism Prominent In New Ray Ring Novel
May 23, 2023
![Ring on the trail of his plot](/content/articles/ic_1684681432_400x300_true.jpg)
Former journalist who worked for High Country News in Bozeman, unfurls a murder mystery that flows from the gridiron of college football and interracial relationship
Read MoreOn Yellowstone’s Doorstep, Conservationists Want To Buy Out A Gold Mine
May 19, 2023
![View from Crevice Mountain, site of the proposed Crevice gold mine just north of the border to Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1684536930_400x300_true.jpg)
To halt 'major tragedy,' Greater Yellowstone Coalition must raise $6.25 million by October
Read MoreFamous Jackson Hole Grizzly 399 Wows Again, But Now What?
May 18, 2023
![Model of Motherhood: 399 and her new cub out of hibernation](/content/articles/ic_1684459521_400x300_true.jpg)
Emerging with her 18th cub as part of a historic legendary life, 399 is 27, long in the tooth and still transforming our perceptions of grizzlies. Now it's our turn to be on best behavior
Read MoreIn The Light Of A Campfire, People And Wolf As Original Brothers/Sisters
May 16, 2023
![The bond between humans and wolves stretches back to the twilight of our species](/content/articles/ic_1684268374_400x300_true.jpg)
In John Potter's painting, 'A Private Conversation,' the artist shares the Anishinaabe origin story of how Creator told humans and wolves their fates were forever intertwined
Read MoreThree Dead Griz Raise More Doubts About States' Ability To Manage Bruins
May 11, 2023
![A Yellowstone-area mother grizzly and two cubs](/content/articles/ic_1683782750_400x300_true.jpg)
In op-ed, wildlife advocate Doug Peacock says Idaho incident points to serious flaws with alleged commitment to bear recovery. Save the Yellowstone Grizzly plans lawsuit
Read MoreMontana, In The Wake Of 'Yellowstone' and 'A River Runs Through It'
February 27, 2023
![Is all the attention destroying last, best places?](/content/articles/ic_1677094311_400x300_true.jpg)
Thirty years after Norman Maclean's novella was brought to big screen, many are lamenting how it, and the TV melodrama 'Yellowstone' have fueled an inundation of western Montana
Read MoreWhat Yellowstone Lake Water Levels Can Tell Us About The Supervolcano
February 9, 2023
![Yellowstone Lake's water reflects more than sunset's glow](/content/articles/ic_1675966350_400x300_true.jpg)
A relatively simple measurement—lake level—has yielded big dividends in Yellowstone
Read MoreHas Wildlife Watching Been Getting A Free Ride?
December 14, 2022
![In Wyoming, wildlife watching alone accounts for almost half a billion dollars in state revenue.](/content/articles/ic_1671040001_400x300_true.jpg)
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Op-Ed: Citizens Reject POWDR's Holland Lake Lodge Expansion
December 6, 2022
![Holland Lake dons her fall colors](/content/articles/ic_1670346979_400x300_true.jpg)
Members of Save Holland Lake praise the Forest Service for denying Utah developer's plan to bring industrial tourism to shores of lake set in important wildlife habitat
Read MoreWhy 'Yellowstone' Rancher John Dutton Says 'Progress' Is Destroying The Wild Rural West
October 27, 2022
![The "balance" between private land development and conservation is landing hard on some of America's most famous wildlife populations](/content/articles/ic_1666893445_400x300_true.jpg)
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 More'Wild' Horses: Are There 'Too Many' In The West?
September 26, 2022
![A wild horse in central Wyoming](/content/articles/ic_1665416595_400x300_true.jpg)
Few topics stir more passion. In Writers on the Range, Ted Williams and Scott Beckstead debate wild horse management
Read MoreThe Fierce Spirit of Painter AD Maddox
June 20, 2022
![Detail of a new painting by AD Maddox](/content/articles/ic_1655935547_400x300_true.jpg)
Best known for her Pop and fine art portrayals of trout, Maddox makes hyper-realism the fulcrum for experiencing wild trout and the places they inhabit
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