Featured Photo: Missouri River from Great Falls' River's Edge Trail. Sections of Central Montana are currently on a flood watch, but residents shouldn’t be too concerned -- yet. “There is no flooding concern at this time, we’re just watching carefully,”...
Written by Laura Nowlin. Feature photo by Reba Ahlgren I have read several stories recently that make life in rural America seem pretty dismal – the population is aging and decreasing, everyone is poorly educated and addicted to drugs, and the land is either not...
April 4, 2018. Much of the Musselshell Basin was still under several feet of snow. Photo credit: Levi Morgan, US Partners for Fish and Wildlife. People may be more spread out on the eastern half of the state, but they’re...
Community-level solutions for complicated problems People may be more spread out on the eastern half of the state, but they’re coming closer together. Group after group are working on community-level solutions to some of rural Montana’s most complicated problems. Check...
The Need for Gaging Stations in Montana BY LAURA NOWLIN, MUSSELSHELL WATERSHED COALITION COORDINATOR AND MOTHER OF 2 In the watershed world, there are a few topics that are guaranteed to be discussed at every gathering: droughts and flooding, best...
Our Top 5 Stories of 2017 As another year wraps up, we at Prairie Populist are looking back at 2017. Thanks so much to our readers for all of your support and feedback throughout this year. We tip our hats...
By Laura Nowlin Through the vast spaces of central Montana flows the Musselshell River, connecting the mountains to the breaks and Martinsdale to the Missouri River. To the casual observer it looks like a lazy, quiet stream, and the land...
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