Bitterroot Oasis Keeps the Locals Coming Back 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...

While Ranchers Plates are Full Keeping Us Fed, They Come Together To Protect the Future of our Rangelands. Over 70 percent of Montana is rangeland -- 68 million acres of forests and grassland are suitable for grazing. Rangeland is a...

15,000 ACRES SLATED FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT By Justin Schaaf Take a hike with me if you will. It is springtime in Eastern Montana, we are within eyesight of one of Montana’s greatest hidden treasures, Makoshika State Park. Kip Stenson, the...

Mourning the 2016 fish kill? Let’s talk about it Many folks in Southwest Montana are still haunted by the fish die-off in the Yellowstone River during the summer of 2016. Over the course of a few weeks, tens of thousands...