Former second in command of US Forest Service questions agency's accelerated push to thin forests and log big trees in response to fire, insects and climate change. Felling forests, Jim Furnish says, is not a strategy to save them

Chris Wood, the national leader of Trout Unlimited, writes in this guest essay that salmon and steelhead can recover if given a chance. But time is running out

Lois Red Elk offers a pair of poems about the promise and struggle end of winter brings

Montana confirms dreaded cousin of Mad Cow detected in Gallatin, Paradise and northern Madison deer. Wyoming, meanwhile, will keep feedgrounds open

As two Americas protest against each other, Timothy Tate in this op-ed says the only remedy is to confront the national shadow we've created. And it starts with each of us looking inward at ourselves

For people of the prairie, as poet Lois Red Elk reminds, summer is a time of togetherness, prayer and gratitude

Writer Kate Hill explores why it's important for conservation groups to protect rancher identity in times of livestock loss