As Paradise Valley population swells with residents and visitors, development follows and on its heels the quest for a valuable resource: gravel. A new gravel pit proposal is spurring resident ...

Nick Mott is a multimedia journalist based in Livingston, Montana, who focuses on the environment, wildlife, climate and public lands. His reporting has been in The New York Times, NPR’s All Things ...

It’s hard to imagine Marquis worried about getting lost outdoors without a trail considering the endeavor he set out for ...

Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines displays a map of the Middle Judith Fork Wilderness Study Area during a Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining session on February 12. Daines ...

Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World. In this excerpt from chapter 6, a look into how 'devil's rope' is ...

As Yellowstone National Park extends fishing season, anglers and fisheries managers consider impacts of adding spring days to alleviate late-summer river pressures ...

The owner of Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming wants to keep up with the Joneses by expanding terrain and introducing a luxury real estate base-area buildout. Opponents are concerned about public land ...

Mountain Journal serves and informs the public about a key region that belongs to us all. Sign up for our newsletter and stay connected to this place we all share. Wild Animals and the Race to Repair ...

On January 30, U.S. District Judge David Nye granted Shultz’s request and set a new deadline of December 18, 2026 “to submit to the office of the Federal Register a final rule complying with the ESA ...

The sun was low and this Canada lynx moved through the shadows as he approached the shore of a frozen lake in southern Yukon. Its cousin, the Eurasian lynx, vanished from Great Britain about 1,300 ...

Snow piles up along the Gallatin River. Come spring, melting runoff will swell surface waters and seep into groundwater, recharging the aquifer. However, dwindling snowpacks due to climate change make ...