Rivers
Stories about the waterways that carve through mountain valleys—their ecology, their recreation value, their conservation challenges and their role in shaping communities. Following the Yellowstone to the Snake, from their headwaters to their final outlet.
June 24, 2025
BY TAYLOR OWENS Along the banks of Montana’s upper Madison River, just above Varney Bridge, lies a lodge where the…June 16, 2025
A photographer and hotshot turns his lens to the flames. PHOTOS BY KYLE MILLER WORDS BY BELLA BUTLER Home is…June 16, 2025
Sunshine gets all the fanfare, but I live for foggy mornings on the river, mist rising in clouds from its…June 16, 2025
BY TAYLOR OWENS I love to work. I love to create. I have to create,” said Ren Ferguson, renowned luthier…June 16, 2025
Rediscovering the Shortline Route. BY CAITLIN STYRSKY The rumble of the passenger train reverberates through the mountains as dawn breaks…June 16, 2025
In a dark forest of characters, Michael Keaton finds levity at home in Montana. BY TOBY THOMPSON Cowboys and Indians…June 16, 2025
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." – Native American Proverb BY…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
A filmmaker seeks to honor Earthquake Lake history 65 years later. BY BELLA BUTLER It’s late for wildfire in southwest…June 18, 2024
Exploring the region’s history with conservation. BY TAYLOR OWENS Conservation work in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has a storied past…
