Category: Difference Makers

Montana State University on Wednesday, Sept. 3 to host a provocative discussion about the future of the West—its lands, communities and wildlife at the Bozeman Public Library. The acclaimed book "A Watershed Moment" that features many regional authors will serve as catalyst. You are invited to attend free event
Author of “Encountering Dragonfly” to make special live appearance at Elk River Books in Livingston, Montana August 7. Conversation will also include thoughts about how we can better protect the Wild West we love
Robert Keiter, one of the foremost experts on policies shaping Yellowstone region, says time is running out to adequately protect its world-class wildlife and intactness. Desperately needed is a strategy and unifying vision
On Thursday, May 22 at 7 pm in Bozeman, Montana, former governor Marc Racicot and the challenger who almost beat him, Dorothy Bradley, will converge in "the radical middle." They'll be talking democracy, public lands, civility and the need for courage. The free event is at the historic Ellen Theater
Melissa Blessing grew up as an inheritor of wealth, and then she sought to have a life of true substance by sinking her hands into the soil and her mind into the non-material world
Three prominent researchers raise red flags about alleged "protection plan" for Gallatin Mountains. Drs. Andrew Hansen, Cathy Whitlock and Bruce Maxwell say strategy from Gallatin Forest Partnership sells conservation short and appears to lack scientific understanding of impacts on range's world-class wildlife
Nature's wonders remind Dorothy Bradley why she's a proud, humble Westerner, why she stepped up to be a public servant 50 years ago, and that the most precious things are right in front of our eyes right now. Their defense, she says, cannot wait
Yellowstonian shares remarks that former two-term Montana governor Marc Racicot delivered recently to a group of citizens in Livingston, who hail from across the spectrum and are concerned about where their country is headed
As Jane Goodall embarks upon her 91st trip around the sun, Yellowstonian columnist Tom Mangelsen says it's important to remember what she is still teaching us. Goodall loves visiting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Each of us savors 'the nature of place' our communities offer but nowhere is there more at stake for the country's wildlife heritage than in Greater Yellowstone. You are invited to a panel discussion Weds, April 9 on how to rescue it