If Congress doesn’t act, the Land and Water Conservation Fund will end on Sept. 30.
Items by Ben Long
The last herd of caribou in the Lower 48 has dwindled to just three animals.
A banjo-playing Democrat and a tech-industry Republican are fighting to fill Ryan Zinke’s spot.
A banjo-playing Democrat and a tech-industry Republican are fighting to fill Ryan Zinke’s spot.
Trump’s Interior secretary pick set high standards for himself, but his lofty promises to rural voters are a problem.
Lawyers “aimed too high” for a conspiracy charge—and lost it all.
A candidate for governor is drawing heat over revelations that he sued to close river access on the Gallatin River.
Montana biologist Chuck Jonkel, who recently passed away, invented bear spray — and saved bears in the process.
Let people take all the images they want in wilderness areas.
Toxic algae blooms, the result of warmer temperatures, ag and septic runoff, are fouling lakes and ponds across America. Yuck.
Managers and the media can create controversy over public land where there shouldn't be.
Can a plan for the future of Idaho's Clearwater National Forest survive Washington D.C.?
A bear trainer helps protect habitat for wild grizzlies through his organization, Vital Ground
A conservative reaches across the aisle to support the North Fork Watershed Protection Act
A Montana group trains dogs to keep predators and livestock out of trouble
The Interior Secretary nominee's background sets her apart from the vast majority of previous Secretaries. Is that good?
If Congress won't act, the president should kickstart conservation in the Rio Grande del Norte
Spending time in the forests reveals clues of climate change
Neither political party can take the hunter/angler vote for granted
Montana senate race ended hinged on how well the candidates represented sportsmen
America’s public estate can be claimed as the legacy of both parties. In denying that legacy, the GOP is cutting its own throat
Congress is short-sighted when it tries to add loopholes to the Farm Bill that remove clean water safeguards
Author, hunter and foodie Steven Rinella probes the question, when is it hunting right, and when is it wrong?
Sportsmen are growing fed up with a system that lets private organizations pocket millions off the state's wildlife
The digital revolution adds a new meaning to "getting away from it all."
Typically, Disney films feature unflattering stereotypes of brutish hunters and passive princesses. Brave is a delightful exception.
Tucson, Ariz., is joining the list of western cities getting shafted by the out-of-date 1872 General Mining Law.
An early encounter with the wily bull trout teaches an angler lifelong respect for this rare fish, and for the Endangered Species Act that helps keep it alive.
The Endangered Species Act is more flexible than it gets credit for, particularly for those who would eat endangered fish like bull trout
Sometimes, the best way to celebrate Earth Day is just enjoying Mother Nature.
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