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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 More'Unbroken Wilderness:' Big Sky And The Human Appetite For Consuming Wildness
May 15, 2020
Big Sky is considered one of the biggest environmental challenges in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and its impacts are spilling into the wild Gallatins
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 More‘Unbroken Wilderness:’ The Quest To Save The Wild Gallatins
May 12, 2020
For this American mountain range vital to Yellowstone's world-class wildlife, Bart Koehler reflects on why protecting it is one of the most important conservation issues in the West
Read MoreRon Marlenee Was A Proud Burr In The Hiking Boots Of Environmentalists
April 30, 2020
The former Montana Congressman who died this week could be prickly but he delighted in delivering zingers and representing rural people
Read MoreDigging Out: When Surviving Two Avalanches Is Just The Start Of Dealing With Trauma
April 18, 2020
Ken Scott was buried for more than an hour, unable to move. He had lost hope. In part two of his story, he writes about the anguish in learning to breath again
Read MoreHow Can 'We' Better Live In Panic-Stricken Times?
March 28, 2020
It's normal to feel stressed out and alone, so what can we do about it? Timothy Tate, Bozeman psychotherapist, shares a few thoughts about creating the transformation we need
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 MoreHow I Survived Two Consecutive Avalanches
March 22, 2020
Buried for more than an hour and resigned to the worst, a skier recounts his dramatic rescue. It's a tale especially important for those headed into the backcountry
Read MoreYellowstone Always On His Mind
March 13, 2020
Until his last breath, former ranger, hiker and nature advocate Mike Yochim raced to finish a book aimed at protecting America's first national park
Read MoreThe Gravity Of Grief And Pressure In Extreme Outdoor Sports
February 29, 2020
Pondering the toll, Bozeman climbing legend Conrad Anker and psychotherapist Timothy Tate featured in latest New Yorker Magazine profile
Read MoreWith Fate of Iconic Mountains Uncertain, Members of Gallatin Forest Partnership Make Their Case
February 17, 2020
Interest groups believe their plan offers a real chance to secure permanent protection for the Wild Gallatins
Read MoreBe Active, Reject Despair: Conflict Is Always A Catalyst For Positive Change
January 13, 2020
Receiving honorary doctorate, Mike Clark tells college graduates American democracy at turning point; meanwhile, Diana Blank bestowed with MSU President's Medallion
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