First cutting proves challenging, in typical Montana fashion By Laura Nowlin The sweet smell of fresh air and fresh cut hay remain a rancher’s favorite smells. Windrows of hay down and bales churning out of baler are a rancher’s favorite...
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...
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...
This Was Not Your Typical Office Internship By Abigail Northrup Spending a summer traveling across Montana, stopping for two-week stints at six different ranches, may sound like a dream to some and possibly a bad reality television show to others....
Rangeland Education Program Offers Hands-on Experience to Prove There’s More to Ranching Than Cows Another day, another lengthy to-do list. That’s the reality for farmers and ranchers. There isn’t enough sunlight in a day to do the hayin’, move the...
Central Montana ranchers, meat processors, and even the mailman all pitch in to bring tasty, healthy lunch to local kids. By Laura Nowlin People may be more spread out on the eastern half of the state, but they’re coming closer...
The Lodgepole Complex Fire is the state’s largest fire to date. As of Monday, July 31, it had spread to 270,723 acres. Fortunately, the fires are now over 93 percent contained. Unfortunately, the fight to recover is far from over....
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