Preserving our First Capital is Worth More than Gold Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We hope you’ll check...

Connections between fort, park, and Helena neighborhoods a win for all Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We...

Minutes off the highway, centuries back in time Just a few miles off Interstate 15, if you look closely at the ground below, you can spot flakes of bone, all that remains of buffalo and other animals that were driven...

But the pressure is on. Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We hope you’ll check back all summer and join...

Just outside of Great Falls is Montana's most visited State Park Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We...

With many funding issues for State Parks, Shane Doyle explains why they’re so important Shane Doyle didn’t want to describe getting funding for Montana’s state parks as a fight. But when it’s something you love for yourself and children, and...

Everyone is welcome at the Butte Folk Fest. The Butte Folk Fest is a favorite of many Montanans. Multiple streets closed down, no open container laws and dancing dancing dancing! Even though the drinks were flowing, the Butte Folk Fest...

Medicine Rocks State Park is a wonder, but the management of it is a wonder as well Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites...

Natalie Samson raised pigs for the Big Sky State Fair, and so much more Natalie’s mom, Monica, told me that Natalie has been “all about pigs” ever since she was little, collecting multiple stuffed animal pigs. Now, Natalie Samson is...

Feature photo of the 2018 flooding in Augusta, Montana. Aerial view taken by Lisa Warfield. Photo courtesy of National Weather Service. Augusta’s 82nd Rodeo Scheduled for This Weekend, July 21 and 22 This upcoming weekend is the 82nd Augusta American...