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?

For painter Barbara Rusmore, the restorative power of nature is a catalyst for art and advocacy

Seriously, while Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are currently free of rogue swine "herds," they're headed this way

Long before the Absaroka-Beartooths became a federal wilderness and before Yellowstone was called 'wonderland,'  they were home ground to the Crow. An essay by Shane Doyle

As Phil Knight writes, human-animal curiosity and contact extends both ways

In this season of transition, Lois Red Elk reminds how humankind is reflected in the stories of wamakhashka

Every elected leader faces a choice: tell the truth and do what's right for country and civility or deepen the divide