The longest-running study on breeding ducks has given Montana state biologists the highest-resolution dataset to aid in the bird’s survival.

Mike Williams Jr. doesn’t remember when he started mushing, but once he was strong enough to handle the sled dogs, it became his passion. At first, he mushed after school, taking his father’s dogs on ...

The Trump administration’s interpretation of “harm” under the ESA could devastate the recovery of imperiled species, many which have cultural,spiritual and relational meaning and importance for tribal ...

She and her family had taken their boat and two dogs out on the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, in August 2024 to celebrate her birthday, a summer ritual as important to them as fireworks on the ...

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Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.

In Colorado, one of the country’s most hail-prone states, hail — not wildfire — is the main factor driving up insurance premiums. And researchers expect larger, more damaging hailstones to become more ...

Anxieties about the future often become refracted as questions of community identity: Who are we? What do we stand for?

For the next four years, she helped HCN build out our Indigenous affairs team, cover grazing and public-land use, interrogate the idea of wilderness and prioritize investigative work. Do you remember ...

Last month, Montana settled with the ACLU, tribal nations, the Native American Rights Fund, students and parents over a lawsuit alleging that it was responsible for certain schools’ and districts’ ...

New construction of the border wall at the southern terminus of the Continental Divide Trail, a 3,100-mile long-distance trail that stretches from Canada to Mexico. Credit: Courtesy of the CDT ...