Category: Human Footprint

For Alison Sweeney, a sixth-generation Montanan, rescuing Bozeman's "Sense of Place" means safeguarding its historic neighborhoods, protecting its world-class natural setting and guaranteeing that working stiffs like her can still live in the community
You're invited! Three nationally-renowned land stewards will share their inspirational stories. Special free event kicks off 2026 lecture series in Bozeman, led by Yellowstonian and Gallatin Valley Earth Day and will be live-streamed.
As Greater Yellowstone contemplates the future and ponders how it can protect its special sense of place, Big Sky represents sprawl's unwanted poster child. A story about why better ecologically-minded planning matters in Greater Yellowstone
John Potter debuts a new cartoon for Yellowstonian. In his first outing, the master of satire takes aim at transplants who mistakenly believe image is everything
Sometimes past predictions about the course of communities are valuable in assessing where they are still headed. This piece by the late Tim Crawford causes us to reflect on—and remember—the losers of Bozeman's boastful prosperity
New award-winning book, "Saving the Big Sky," makes an inspiring case for why land trusts need our support now more than ever
As artist, designer of human spaces, and conservationist concerned about protecting the homes of other living beings, Lori Ryker sees 'co-existence' through several different lenses.
Observers say the same free-market forces in Montana threatening Bozeman's heralded historic downtown and neighborhoods are causing sprawl to destroy the rural character of western mountain valleys
If public land protections and science get gutted, former national bear recovery expert says attempts to remove famous grizzly population from federal protection will be invalidated
Dr. Reed Noss, a globally respected scientist in the field of conservation biology, says there's no greater menace to wild country than constructing roads. In this important piece, he lays out why rescinding the Forest Service Roadless Rule is a terrible idea