A Montana man finds kinship in living with pigeons.
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The national parks are not OK
A former national park supervisor explains how toilets may be clean this summer, but the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’
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A new Montana majority defangs the far right
Disaffected Republicans and resurgent Democrats just took over the Montana Legislature and spent big on education and health care.
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Our public lands must not be sold
Former BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning warns of the very real threat to the nation’s common ground.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
The toll of Bozeman’s housing crisis
At the small city’s only emergency shelter, demand is higher and the work is harder than ever.
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How the feds abandoned reservations to burn
Tribal wildfire programs are underfunded and overburdened.
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Farmers face frozen jobs and heavier workloads under DOGE ‘efficiency’ budget
Billions in halted or canceled grants, gutted local offices, market turmoil and broken trust are at stake across the West.
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The horses and mules that moved mountains and hearts
Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Montana’s youth climate activists aren’t stopping at their landmark court win
As lawmakers push back, the kids aren’t giving up.
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The art of moving a buffalo
Pedro Calderon-Dominguez’s daily work requires calm, quiet and patience.
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Access to public land through corner crossing remains legal
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of four hunters who faced civil trespassing charges for violating airspace above private land they never touched.
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The indomitable Butte, Montana
The misunderstood, often-maligned mining town helps itself.
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In Montana, a new map flipped 12 red seats
A common thread runs through states where Democrats made largest gains: bipartisan maps.
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These states use stolen Indigenous land to fund prisons
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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The beautiful and awful Butte, Montana
The indelible history of mining poisons a town yet extracts something new.
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How luxury real estate benefits from Montana’s agricultural tax code
Key takeaways from our investigation revealing how expensive properties use a system meant to help farmers and ranchers.
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Outgoing Bureau of Land Management director optimistic about public lands
Tracy Stone-Manning discusses the BLM’s achievements and talks about the future as we enter a new political era.
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Montana’s ag tax slashes bills for thousands of million-dollar homes
Properties classified ‘agricultural’ get a tax break despite no bona fide operations. Can lawmakers’ new proposals tighten qualifications?
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Who’s against wind development in ‘The Crazies’?
Amy Gamerman’s new book examines attempts to block the energy transition in Montana’s Crazy Mountains.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted
Why the West needs prairie dogs
They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.