High Country News

Handling griz: How much is enough?

Increasing numbers of the West’s grizzly bears wear radio collars, and some environmentalists question the necessity of the practice

by Colleen O'Brien and Ray Ring, Oct 17, 2005
Mystery in Montana

Deirdre McNamer’s new novel, Red Rover, beautifully captures the unromantic realism of Montana’s small towns.

by Bruce Barcott, Oct 29, 2007
In Montana, a festival of light

In the depths of a dark Montana winter, Rebecca Stanfel lights the Hanukah candles and rejoices in being Jewish.

by Rebecca Stanfel, Dec 10, 2007
Heard around the West

Jim Stiles asks about perfect moments; rent-a-pet; Douglas Bruce behaves like a jerk; Forest Service meeting gets nasty in Montana.

by Betsy Marston, Feb 04, 2008
A Montana rancher stands his ground against subdivision

An 86-year-old lifelong rancher named Vernon Gliko is donating his entire 1,800-acre Montana ranch as a conservation easement.

by Ray Sikorski, Apr 14, 2008
Reviving Custer: Re-enactment and revision at the Little Bighorn

A Custer impersonator confronts old and new racial tensions as he performs in a Battle of the Little Bighorn re-enactment in Montana.

by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Jan 02, 2013
Wolves: The debate is seldom rational

The great Western wolf debate is as emotional as ever.

by Wendy Beye, Jul 27, 2010
Other voices: the debate on wolf hunting from both sides

Perspectives on wolf hunting from conservationists and hunt proponents.

by Staff, May 13, 2013
Nailing down the heart of Montana

Cathy Moser searches for the heart of Montana, once rumored to be located directly underneath Mrs. Dockery’s Lewistown kitchen sink.

by Cathy Moser, Sep 16, 2008
Heard around the West

Revenge of the Mouse; The Cow That Wouldn’t Surrender; high-country heifers; Miss Nevada speaks out; womb is not a car seat; miniature cows; 65-year-old marriage in Cedaredge, Colo., started VERY young

by Betsy Marston, Feb 06, 2006