Coal Creek in the Flathead National Forest (photo by Blake Passmore)
Sen. Daines is co-sponsoring a draconian, top-down bill written by a Wyoming senator, while Congressman Gianforte is supporting a similar bill written by a congressman from Arkansas.
A smoky sunset at Square Butte (photo by Bill Stricklin)
Until our nation’s decisionmakers accept – and address – human-caused climate change, we will have little chance to alter the trend of longer and more catastrophic fire seasons such as the one Montana experienced in 2017.
Backpacking the Trilobite Range in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (photo by Lee Boman)
This week, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on a bill that would allow any government entity to build roads and allow motorized vehicles on American public lands currently protected as Wilderness areas.
Fishing at Rock Lake in the Cabinet Mountains (photo by Steve Gnam)
We have been advocating for this office for more than four years now and applaud the governor’s choice to lead the office.
A banner thanking firefighters hangs from the Montana Wilderness Association main office in Helena.
As the fire season grows from bad to worse, Montanans across our beautiful state are steadily growing more alarmed. Entire communities have been evacuated, and it seems each day there’s a new neighborhood in the crosshairs of another conflagration.
Fishing in the Beartooths (photo by Jan MacKenzie)
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the report is that the old “economy versus conservation” dichotomy no longer applies. As this data shows, our economy actually depends on conservation of our public lands.
