Are social media influencers helping to educate the masses or bringing more pressure on wildlife and wild places? A new column, "Conversations from the Green Thicket," enlists Chris Servheen to talk about impacts on The Great Bear
US Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, with support from Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, has submitted bill to turn Highway 287 into industrial thorofare—right through one of Greater Yellowstone's world-class wildlife migration corridors
Is the Madison Valley, because of its wildlife, the wildest valley with working ranches in Montana? Now Taylor Sheridan is putting a bead on it with his new melodramatic "Yellowstone" spinoff. Is out of control sprawl next?
Island Park, Idaho is no island when it comes to fire, nor its vulnerability in the forest. Do residents there—and elsewhere—accept that living in Greater Yellowstone demands more ecological awareness and responsibility? An excerpt of Paul Rogers' essay appearing in the book, "A Watershed Moment"
Unbelievably, we are not making this up. Read the press release issued by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on how unprecedented natural resource extraction will "Make America Beautiful Again" in a new "Golden Age"
Our interview with Minnesota conservationist Becky Rom frames the debate over a controversial copper and nickel mine proposed for the BWCAW.  She mentions rejection of science, potential conflicts of interests and parallels with efforts to save Yellowstone from a similar threat
Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, scheduled for March 19-20, arrives at crucial moment when so much is up for grabs. If you care about the West, we suggest you make the time to attend live or tune in via live-stream
The Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota is a beloved American crown jewel—as treasured as Yellowstone, Glacier and the Grand Canyon. So why, millions wonder, is it being put at risk?
One of Montana's foremost climate scientists, Dr. Cathy Whitlock, provides a data-driven perspective on what recent EPA action, backed by key decision makers, means for the Northern Rockies and arid West
