A new approach: First non-tribal Blackfeet buffalo hunt a success
The Blackfeet Nation, tucked along the north end of the Rocky Mountain Front, has played host to a tribally managed buffalo herd for decades. Now in the past, the tribe has sold occasional bison hunt...
2 Mar 202328min
Tenacious Beasts: New book explores the fate of wild animals in a human world
Christopher Preston went wandering with buffalo and running after barred owls in the dark to explore the fate of wild animals in a human world. In Tenacious Beasts, the University of Montana environme...
23 Feb 202343min
Hunting Yellowstone Bison: The tangled web of tribal rights, conservation and politics
Montana has one of the most unique wildlife situations in the world. Yellowstone National Park bison almost annually migrate into Montana during the winter. Since the bison are carriers of the disease...
16 Feb 202322min
Grizzlies recovered?: Feds consider Endangered Species de-listing, again
It’s the suit-and-tie version of a grizzly bear hunting season, with the federal government announcing it will consider petitions from Montana and Wyoming to remove the grizzly from Endangered Species...
9 Feb 202340min
Culture lost: Why a Warren Miller ski film won't be shot this year
For almost three-quarters of a century, the start of ski and snowboard season was marked by the Warren Miller Film Tour that fall. The narrated films, shown around the country and world, have document...
2 Feb 202339min
Poor-Man's Lobster: De-mystifying Montana's lesser known game fish
It’s a fish of many names: burbot, ling, eel pout, lawyer, mud shark and poor man’s lobster, just to name a few. Montana’s major rivers and reservoirs are home to a fish that may not be the first to c...
26 Jan 202323min
Harming homes: Stakeholders say forestry projects may ruin grizzly habitat
Across the West, federal and state land management agencies are strategically logging, thinning and burning forests with the goal of making them more resilient to uncontrolled wildfire, as well as dis...
19 Jan 202338min
Snowslide science: How and why we study avalanches
In Montana’s backcountry, as well as along some well-traveled highways and railroads, avalanches are a cause for concern. Scientists have been working for decades to better understand these natural ph...
12 Jan 202317min
