Grizzly bear tracks alongside human footprints on the shore of Yellowstone Lake behind the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center, 2020. Credit: A. Falgoust / NPS This July 14, just 10 days after Americans ...

Changes in the salmonfly hatch and other aquatic insect communities portend shifts in Greater Yellowstone ecosystems and ...

I am a social scientist who studies the human dimensions of wildlife issues – the complex interplay between scientific ...

After 20-year controversy and numerous court battles, Trump administration declares grizzlies recovered despite public lands ...

Credit: Zack Clothier The U.S. Interior Department will officially drop the definition of the word “harm” from the kinds of ...

While operational wildland firefighters have largely been spared from federal layoffs in the last year, it remains to be seen if a recent reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service will impact wildfire ...

This story was produced by RE:PUBLIC Lands Media and is co-published here by permission. A recent primary election race in Idaho between Republican candidates Stephanie Mickelsen and Kelly Golden wasn ...

Prescribed burning impacts like this U.S. Forest Service project on Mink Peak in the Lolo National Forest were a top discussion issue at the 2026 North American Forest Ecology Workshop held last month ...

An algae bloom photographed on the Lower Big Hole River near Wisdom on July 14, 2025. Low streamflows can contribute to algal blooms, which deplete rivers of the oxygen cold-water fish need to thrive.

Significant public lands issues remain at play ahead of the November general election. Credit: BLM / Flickr Montanans have expressed in numerous ways how important public lands are to their quality of ...

Big Hole to serve as testing ground for new water-quality regulations in response to bill barring state regulators from using numeric standards for nitrogen and phosphorus ...

International ecology conference in Missoula focuses on problem-solving, both in the woods and the lab. The research featured at the event has major implications for Greater Yellowstone.