International ecology conference in Missoula focuses on problem-solving, both in the woods and the lab. The research featured ...

When J.K. Rowling, creator of Harry Potter, was asked to explain how individuals can make a positive difference, she said muggles don’t have to be wizards to wield impact. “We do not need magic to ...

An algae bloom photographed on the Lower Big Hole River near Wisdom on July 14, 2025. Low streamflows can contribute to algal blooms, which deplete rivers of the oxygen cold-water fish need to thrive.

While operational wildland firefighters have largely been spared from federal layoffs in the last year, it remains to be seen if a recent reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service will impact wildfire ...

Like a tick bite, small things can indicate destructive inflammation. A Montana State University press release published on Monday stated that researchers at its Extension Schutter Lab had confirmed ...

The sun was low and this Canada lynx moved through the shadows as he approached the shore of a frozen lake in southern Yukon. Its cousin, the Eurasian lynx, vanished from Great Britain about 1,300 ...

Prepping and burning around Trinity Guard Station during the Trinity Ridge Fire in the Boise National Forest, Idaho. August, 2012. Credit: Kari Greer Ted McClanahan had two major injuries in his ...

The Flying D Ranch is a sprawling conservation-oriented ranch, photographed here in August of 2023. Now-retired cable television titan Ted Turner owns the property, which spans nearly 114,000 acres in ...

A view of public lands in Teton County, taken from north of Jackson, Wyoming, and looking west from Bridger-Teton National Forest land into Grand Teton National Park. Credit: Howie Garber As threats ...

Grizzly bears may be excused for hibernating through the legal alarm clock that was supposed to go off on January 31 — their federal managers needed an extension on their Endangered Species Act ...

The Madison River and Gallatin Range from Yellowstone National Park not far from the confluence of the Gibbon and Firehole rivers after a snowstorm. Early season anglers have a new spring opportunity ...

When I was a youngster struggling to reconcile a life split between a great community of learning in the Midwest and a log cabin in Montana, my father gave me Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River ...