Environment
Reporting on ecosystems, conservation biology, habitat protection, biodiversity and environmental challenges facing the greater Yellowstone region. Examining the ecological health of the landscape and the scientific understanding that informs conservation decisions.
December 14, 2025
Red Rock River flows through the sediments of the unfilled Lima Reservoir, Centennial Valley, Montana. Photo by Chris Boye By…
June 16, 2025
The benefits of raising kids in nature. BY KALEY BURNS “We tend to forget our connection to the earth, to…June 16, 2025
BY SOPHIE TSAIRIS While Western conservation tends to quantify success through data and discourages the role of emotion in policymaking,…June 16, 2025
The land swap that changed Greater Yellowstone. BY MIRA BRODY It can be presumed that entrepreneur Tim Blixseth had a…June 16, 2025
Yellowstone wolf reintroduction—30 years later. BY SOPHIE TSAIRIS Editor's Note: On Jan. 12, 1995, paws in shades of gray pressed…June 16, 2025
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." – Native American Proverb BY…June 16, 2025
STEP ONE: Slow down. Pay attention. Go outside. Touch grass. STEP TWO: Grow Food. BY HEATHER HANSMAN It was spring…December 4, 2024
Two ranchers in Montana embrace predator-friendly ranching. BY TAYLOR OWENS To the naked eye, Thirteen Mile Farm might look like…December 4, 2024
Profiling area conservation nonprofits. BY MIRA BRODY In the summer of 2015, a coalition of residents and landowners in Paradise…December 4, 2024
Grizzly 399 reigned from her throne in one of the wildest habitats in the Lower 48 for nearly 30 years,…
