What was shaping up to be a sleepy election year in Montana is now anything but.
Montana’s wild week in politics could have national consequences
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What can we learn from salt lakes?
A Q&A with Caroline Tracey about her new book, which documents the plight of one of our most unusual ecosystems.
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Wildlife loves Wyoming’s ‘Golden Triangle.’ So do oil companies
How Trump’s oil-and-gas agenda threatens a critical, and little-known, ecosystem.
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Black riders have always held the reins
What ‘High Horse’ gets right about Black cowboys and the West.
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A shrinking Colorado River is forcing farms to change
From low-flow nozzles to baling hay at night, see how farmers are adapting to less water.
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How federal cuts are reshaping Alaska’s communities, research and species management
A former U.S. Geological Survey research scientist reflects on the Trump administration’s sweeping changes in the agency.
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Heavily contested pumped hydro-storage project gets federal go-ahead
The project in the Columbia Gorge would involve tunneling through a Ḱamíłpa sacred mountain.
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Trump’s BLM is going all-in on resource extraction
The agency’s new plan for ecologically significant areas of western Oregon is not responsible forest management.
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How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways
‘We live at the backbone of the world, where the water begins.’
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A champion Iditarod musher proved that caring and trust win races
As the 2026 sled dog race kicks off, the lessons of Susan Butcher still resonate.
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Badger signs: An essay from Terry Tempest Williams’ new book ‘The Glorians’
Thoughts on an elusive animal and the afterlife.
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Coyotes and cougars and rats, oh my!
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Why Western states are pushing for plug-in solar
State laws and product standards could make or break the nascent portable solar market.
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As a caribou herd crashed, wildlife managers turned to killing predators
The controversial culling program reveals the messy politics behind reviving a struggling Alaska herd.
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The essentials of democracy
Keep sending public comments, because our future hangs in the balance.
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FROM THE GRIMOIRE
A poem by D.A. Powell.
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An ode to Johnny Sagebrush
Bart Koehler helped Westerners protect the places they love.
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New board members join the team
These folks graciously serve our nonprofit to ensure the organization stays sound.
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Letters to the Editor, March 2026
Comments from readers.
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How people are helping breeding frogs dodge cars
Meet the volunteers shuttling northern red-legged frogs across a 4-lane highway in Oregon to lay eggs.