Voters in the Equality State finally felt the threat to public lands had reached a critical point, observers say.

Massive amounts of private money have poured into Montana’s elections for years. In 2020, the Steve Daines-Steve Bullock race for the U.S. Senate became the most expensive in st ...

But as officials with the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) would discover and document in a lengthy investigative report, Steve Boren started the fires — at least 20 separate ignitions — on land owned ...

The photos in this essay, all taken from 1962 to 1968, reflect a post-World War II confidence that grand infrastructure could tame and re-engineer where “nature” fell short. Big projects were ...

A trust land timber sale parcel in southwestern Washington, near the headwaters of the Willapa River. Credit: Courtesy of Joshua Wright The more than 40 million acres of state trust lands across the ...

People view the Glen Canyon Dam from a viewpoint above the Colorado River, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Page, Arizona. Credit: John Locher/AP On August 29, monsoon storms sat over northern Arizona, ...

Noah Starling, a wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, is helping the city ofBozeman anticipate and prevent conflicts between people and wildlife.

A Montana rancher wonders what is lost in her urge to share her Western life online.

Discussions around the Painted Desert Power project, a large-scale solar project, have drawn attention to much broader questions about how renewable energy projects are regulated on the Navajo Nation.

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ANNA KERR (SHER/HER) Teton Adaptive program manager, ShelterJH board secretary and GAP (Girls Actively Participating) program lead Jackson Hole, Wyoming ...

An art exhibit centers LGBTQ+ magic and spirituality as an useful reminder of how queer people fought oppression and formed community in the past.