Lawmakers, conservation groups and open government advocates are working toward compromise on legislation that restricts use of exact wildlife…
Montana has supplied Yellowstone National Park with COVID-19 test kits for “frontline workers” who don’t appear to be sick in hopes of creatin…
The bicycle business is booming across the country as Americans look for new ways to exercise and get out of the house while adhering to stay-…
Pursuing the purchase of 100 acres of land near Ennis that includes a prized section of O’Dell Creek and Bear Creek, tributaries to the Madiso…
Snowpack remains above normal in several Montana watersheds, according to the Late Spring 2020 Montana Water Supply Outlook
Although founded in 1846 by the American Fur Company along the Missouri River, Fort Benton became well-known in 1860 when the first steamboats…
The Wyoming side of the Beartooth Pass is scheduled to open on Friday, providing motorists access between Red Lodge and Cooke City via Highway 212.
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Three Montana grizzly bear cubs that were orphaned in April have found a new home.
Water levels across the state have been dropping but are expected to rise again with the warmer forecast this week.
A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands, saying of…
A grizzly bear attacked and critically injured a man mountain biking near Big Sky on Monday.
Despite their size, cunning and fearsome reputation, there are a lot of things that can befall grizzly bears as they negotiate the perils of nature.
As Yellowstone and other national parks end a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus, park officials are asking visitors to take simple pre…
Shame came in the form of wet clay.
While air pollution in the U.S. has improved remarkably since the passage of the Clean Air Act, millions of people nationwide still live in co…
The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest released a draft decision on its new forest plan Thursday that includes a significant increase in r…
With no fanfare or even much public notice, Yellowstone National Park has opened its North Entrance at Gardiner to motorists traveling to Silv…
The fishing season opened on Saturday in Yellowstone National Park, but anglers will have to purchase their licenses at stores outside the park.
Such a bighorn sheep herd would rethink the risk-adverse metrics the state uses when transplanting bighorns, which focuses heavily on avoiding…
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Visitors aren’t pouring into Yellowstone National Park at high levels since the state of Wyoming allowed two of the park's gates to open Monday.
Between the old community of Forest Grove and East Fork Reservoir there’s a gravel road that provides spectacular views of the Big Snowy Mountains.
A female visitor was knocked to the ground and injured by a bison in the Old Faithful Upper Geyser Basin after approaching the animal too closely.
The Environmental Quality Council will examine policies related to chronic wasting disease at its meeting May 27-28.
May 20 marked the second anniversary of World Bee Day. The day was created by the United Nations as a way to honor the important role bees pla…
Wildlife Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that annually kills thousands of wild animals across Montana, will at leas…
