In the first six months of that year, 19,358 wildfires burned 584,000 acres in the United States. Already in 2025, nearly ...

The Forest Service released its 201-page Congressional Justification budget statement on June 8. It goes into much greater ...

Today, nearly 1,000 grizzly bears inhabit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including Yellowstone National Park and a ...

About Sophie Tsairis Sophie Tsairis is a freelance writer based in Bozeman, Montana. She earned a master's degree in ...

Wyoming’s top predators could be facing more pressure this fall. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proposing to raise hunting quotas for both gray wolves and mountain lions, a move that would ...

Since he was 8 years old, Jared Steele has taken to the Rocky Mountain backcountry in search of antlers shed by their former host: elk, mule deer, moose. Now, nearly 40 years later, Steele has evolved ...

A quote from David Mattson hangs over Dave Stalling’s desk: “Grizzly bears show tremendous restraint in the face of human stupidity.” Mattson spoke from experience. As a novice field biologist with a ...

For the first time in the state’s recorded history, blacklegged ticks — the tiny, dark parasites known for spreading disease — are out for blood in Montana. Three ticks, confirmed to be of the ...