Feature Photo by Lisa Schmidt. The grassy knolls and creek bottom of Schmidt's newly purchased land won't change. The land has always offered spectacular habitat for wildlife and cattle alike. The only change will be who maintains the fence and...
Feature photo: Kasydi Lucas, a rangeland intern with the Montana Department of Natural Resource Conservation leads approximately 400 head of goats to a new property to graze near Red Lodge. Photo courtesy of Kasydi Lucas. Summer internship expands to more...
Feature photo of Savannah Sparrow and cow is World Wildlife Fund-US/Clay Bolt. Beef and Birds: Grazing Cattle Benefits Grassland Birds By Laura Nowlin Some of the highest densities of grassland birds make the Northern Great Plains (NGP) their home. “You...
A Hard-Working Rancher Heads into the Bob for Rest, Rejuvenation By Lisa Schmidt The hardest part of a guilty pleasure is getting started. Taking time for myself means leaving the projects that need to be done before haying starts and...
Yet plants like prickly pear can be a friend By Lisa Schmidt The ewe had that look: Head sagging, ears lowered, a shuffling step. Her twin lambs hugged her side, leaving their jumping and cavorting for another day. One of...
Feature Photo: Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation volunteers Ty Walters and Britt Robertson work together on the crosscut saw on June 1. Photo by Laura Lundquist. Bob Sims, 78, Holds His Own By Laura Lundquist Updated June 6, 2019 at 11am....
Memorial Day Services pay tribute in Big Sandy By Lisa Schmidt. Sometimes a person knows she is immersed in greatness, yet can’t tell you how she knows. Maybe it’s the look directly into her eyes from another’s -- eyes that...
By Martha Williams, Director, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Montanans know how precious water is. It’s essential for fish and wildlife, boating and angling, irrigating, drinking and creating much of our electricity. When something threatens our water — such as...
Spring calving ripe with good days, tough days Story and photos by Laura Nowlin. Calving season. That wonderfully anxious time of year – when will the first calf come? What will the weather do? My husband and I run...
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