Pronghorn in peril: New study looks at movement and mortality of Montana's antelope
Pronghorns, also called antelope, are one of the coolest animals in Montana. They have lived in North America since the last ice age when woolly mammoths and cheetahs roamed the region. Those animals ...
8 Elo 202417min
Gardiner's garbage grizzly: Food-conditioned bear killed outside Yellowstone
On July 18, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reported a member of its staff had killed a male grizzly bear that had been raiding homes, businesses and garbage cans in the Gardiner area for weeks. Repeat...
25 Heinä 202424min
Held V. Montana: Youth climate plaintiffs get day before Montana Supreme Court
On July 10, the Montana Supreme Court heard why state leaders think a climate change legal victory by a group of young people should be overturned. Held vs. Montana found that the legislature violated...
18 Heinä 202441min
To move or not to move: Grizzly translocation plan under fire from bear defenders
Just as Montana, Idaho and Wyoming politicians prepared to sign a three-state agreement on grizzly bear management, grizzly protection advocates sent a warning they plan to sue over a crucial part of ...
25 Kesä 202431min
Tale of two brothers: One brother survives years after Middle Fork Salmon River claimed the other
The fifth night was the coldest, and Thomas Gray worried he might freeze to death if he stopped moving. The 73-year-old boater from North Fork, Idaho, was huddled inside a pitch-black trailer just ou...
19 Kesä 202438min
'Most Trout Don't Read': New book teaches lessons from life on the water
Scot Bealer loves to tell stories. And it turns out his love of fishing works well for this. Because a life spent fishing results in many adventures and misadventure that become fodder for good storie...
12 Kesä 202442min
Upstream movement: How a bypass channel helps sturgeon reach prehistoric spawning grounds
Since Intake Diversion Dam was completed on the Yellowstone River in 1905, pallid sturgeon have faced a blockade during their annual upstream spring spawning runs. The dam is located between Glendive ...
28 Touko 202417min
Corrosion concerns: How environmentally friendly fire retardant is unfriendly to aircraft
It’s one of the most obvious and dramatic signs of wildland firefighting, a bright red slurry raining down from the bellies of large planes that roar through the mountains like fighter jets. Fire reta...
21 Touko 202422min
