3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (960+ words) By Micah Drew DAILY MONTANAN For more than two decades, a coalition of conservation organizations, sportsmen’s groups, business owners and individuals have sought ways to expand protections and recreation opportunities around the Seeley-Swan and Blackfoot River valleys in western Montana....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (295+ words) This graph shows fuels, like downed limbs and vegetation, and their contribution to fire risk. IMAGE COURTESY OF NORTHERN ROCKIES COORDINATION CENTER By Mel Crichton EBS COLUMNIST Here in wildfire country, we should clean our gutters at least twice a…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (257+ words) A person fly-fishing the Gallatin River. ADOBE STOCK Montanans are fortunate to enjoy something increasingly rare across the American West: public access to our rivers and streams. Whether it’s the Gallatin or Madison rivers, the famed Missouri, the Big Hole…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (574+ words) By Jen Clancey STAFF WRITER Like a shadow, the North American wolf’s mythic reputation looms larger and darker than the actual being. How wolves have been perceived globally—and their impact on prosperous industries—has led to a wide eradication…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) By Jen Clancey STAFF WRITER Jess Olson, conservation manager with GRTF said that this past weekend’s event can help residents appreciate the places that make Big Sky a destination for recreation. “It’s so tangible. You are out there, you are…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (514+ words) By Micah Drew DAILY MONTANAN A district court judge has issued a temporary pause on Butte-Silver Bow’s ability to retroactively change a deadline for a citizens group to gather signatures for an initiative that would put limits on data center…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (314+ words) By Jack Buban EBS GUEST COLUMNIST If you want to understand the true health of a living river, look past the sweeping mountain vistas and the rising trout on the surface. Look underneath the riverbed rocks. There, clinging to gravel…...