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Emily Marburger: First the Boundary Waters, then Montana
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (517+ words) In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. , speaks about the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, on the Senate floor at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, on April 15. You can tell a lot about someone by what they're…...
600-acre parcel in Tobacco Roots donated by The Conservation Fund
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (880+ words) A few from a property near Boulder Lakes in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The Conservation Fund acquired the 600-acre parcel from private landowners and facilitated a sale to the Forest Service in 2025. A screenshot from Montana Cadastral showing the parcel…...
Montanans love public lands: So what?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (954+ words) The University of Montana surveyed 515 Montana registered voters between March 19-25 this year. The UM poll has run every other year since 2014. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service/Mountain Journal) This story originally was published in Mountain Journal. A pair of voter…...
Keeping Paradise open: Nickelson family safeguards ranch from development
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (361+ words) The 437-acre'Nickelson Ranch in Paradise Valley has been permantly preserved in a conservation easement which will ensure the land is not subdivided or developed.' For many, Paradise Valley, characterized by the Absaroka Mountain Range to the east, the iconic Yellowstone…...
Tinworks Art Presents: Give Big Gallatin Valley a two-night celebration of art, music and community
1+ week, 1+ day ago (464+ words) A strong community is built on access. Access to knowledge, " Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival returns to the Fairground" As spring returns to the Gallatin Valley, so does one of its most anticipated events: Give Big Gallatin Valley. This 24-hour…...
Survey: Montanans increasingly concerned over public land access, sales
1+ week, 1+ day ago (981+ words) Montana voters are increasingly concerned over access to public lands, and a vast majority " 84% " support banning the sale or transfer of public lands. That's according to the 2026 Voter Survey on Public Lands commissioned by the University of Montana's Crown of…...
Collared wolf killed near Yellowstone out of season; information sought
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (423+ words) A wolf from the Wapiti Lake Pack in Yellowstone National Park stares through the trees in fall 2025. For decades, scientists have debated the concept of the trophic cascade. New research suggests it might not be that simple. A wolf collared…...
Room to roam? Bison advocates ask court to force complete environmental analysis
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (888+ words) A bull bison bellows at a cow in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley during the August mating season." TOP: Hunters approach two downed bison during a hunt this winter in the Gardiner Basin in 2023. ABOVE: A bull bison bellows at a cow…...
Katie Bilodeau: Congressional Review Act is tool for lawmakers to radically meddle in public lands
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (379+ words) The Congressional Review Act: A new tool for lawmakers to radically meddle in public land management By Katie Bilodeau, Wilderness Watch Radical? Not me. In a House Natural Resources Committee hearing earlier this year, after one lawmaker complained about "radical…...
Legend of the lobos: Yellowstone's celebrated wolf watcher, Rick Mc Intyre, writes memoir
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1852+ words) Yellowstone National Park reintroduced wolves to the ecosystem in 1995. They have since become the most viewed population of wolves in the world. Wolf watching in Yellowstone generates an estimated $82. 7 million in revenue to the economies surrounding the park. Rick Mc…...