Montana Producers Already Dropping Tens of Millions to Fight the Invaders THREE FORKS --- Last year’s drought and fire didn’t just set back crop yields, damage land and test communities. The extreme weather may also boost exactly the noxious invaders...
Sustainable Economics and Public Input be Damned -- and the Gallatin too? When does 25 to 3 lose an election? When three people aren’t playing fair. In Montana, we know that the people who represent us best are ourselves. Which...
The Gallatin Forest Partnership's plan came out. When it’s time, Montanans come to the table. Usually, we’re hoping it’s the time for dinner... but we’ll come for discussions as well. A broad group of Montanans who use the Custer Gallatin...
Brandon Dewey Looks at Growth and Change in the Bitterroot “This organization -- this institution -- works for the public. I think sometimes government gets the attitude that we’re doing you a favor, that you work for us.” So says...
Supporters, opponents of Black Butte Copper Mine agree the river’s magnificent In the thousands of comments on the proposed Black Butte Copper Mine near the headwaters of the Smith River, two sides were clear: those who wanted the Smith to...
A controversial plan for a water bottling plant in the Flathead Valley has received a key approval for water rights from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The Montana Artesian Water Company’s bottling plant near Creston could ultimately...
In a state with fast horses and fast skiers, linking the two and racing around a track seems only natural. Skijoring season is in full swing in the West. At Lincoln, Montana, on Jan. 22, the skiers caught air and...
Looking for something fun and different in Central Montana this weekend? Why not come out to Lincoln for a two-day extravaganza of skijoring, which is a lot like skiing except the skiers can’t just slow themselves down when the horse...
There’s Many Fish in the Sea, But There’s Only One Big Spring Creek Lewistown, Montana has some of the most pristine water in the entire country. Big Spring Creek -- the main source of their water supply -- originates seven...
Small Towns Left Paying the Tab for Local School Funding Shift Last November, some lawmakers emerged from Montana’s Special Legislative Session crowing that they had solved the state’s budget crisis without raising taxes. But Montanans across the state will see...
Lawmaker questions whether violence against nurses is really a problem after hearing directly from nurses The recent violent arrest of a nurse in a Salt Lake City hospital, caught on police video, reminded the world what a dangerous job it...
Ruby Valley Produced Upset Winner; Bets Taken Now on Bolt D’Oro Before tractors, hydraulic combines, dirt bikes, and trucks, we Montanans relied on horses for every aspect of life: combining wheat in the fall, tilling the land in the...
The stories of a strong ranching community in Eastern Montana after the Lodgepole Fires Photographs and Writing by August Schield Just above the 47th parallel, directly east of the Musselshell River, the wide open prairie landscape of Garfield County has...
These days, you can easily drive from Billings to Glendive without stopping. At 80 miles per hour, the plains are a blur. But should you choose to slow down, you may be struck by the nuance of the country before...
The Value of Agriculture: Welcome to the Ruby Valley Story and Photos by August Schield In Montana, people are bound together by a common landscape. It is the single most underlying substance that all life shares. Air and animals. People...
Hard Work, Ambition, and Community I’ve lived in Montana my entire life, and the first thing from Montana I ever heard mentioned on TV was Butte. It was mispronounced (as “Butt, Montana”), but it still was on television. I was...
Photographs and writing by August Schield On September 4, a strong easterly wind event helped the Rice Ridge Fire, just east of Montana’s Seeley-Swan Valley, consume 48,000 acres of timber in a single run. Nearly doubling in size, the fire...
RANCHERS : THE LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTS Story and Photos by August Schield Ranchers are the local conservationists in the Ruby Valley. Here, conservation isn’t only a part of the culture, but also a part of the community. Meet Rick Sandru and...
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