A hunter celebrates a new vision of queerness and rural culture.
Items by Sarah Keller
A hunter reflects on the gut-level connection she has to the public land she traverses.
Can re-engineering the family ranch help it survive climate change?
Do young recreationalists who like things faster and steeper care about the land the way their forebears did?
The Montana Farmers Union is fighting political polarization with pragmatic discussions about how to adapt and what to expect.
In Butte, Montana, optimism is booming.
The state blames budget cuts as it demotes a longtime wildlife biologist.
A new study suggests hot dry weather, not beetles, make forests go up in smoke.
Rancher’s domestic sheep may pass fatal disease to a major bighorn herd.
A new study raises questions about how to handle livestock conflicts.
Why it matters.
The Nature Conservancy just announced its largest Washington land purchase to date.
A new report summarizes how climate change is accelerating tree death from fires, bark beetles and drought
California’s drought through the eyes of a water manager.
What good can the Endangered Species Act do in a warming world?
Regulators look at raising the limit for radiation amid a rash of illegal dumping.
Scientists and snowmobilers team up for smarter wolverine management.
Plus the management budget those dollars provide.
State wildlife agencies struggle to broaden funding as their duties expand.
South-central Montanans oppose new drilling, forewarned by fracking’s impacts in other states.
'Top-two' primary systems banish third parties from the ballot.
New parking technologies and policies could mean less driving and less asphalt in cities.
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