In its 2022 Grizzly Bear Species Status Assessment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stated that connectivity between ...

In 1971, Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, declaring wild horses and burros symbols of the ...

HELENA — Montana Free Press (MTFP), the state’s leading independent nonprofit digital-first news organization, is proud to ...

HELENA — Montana Free Press (MTFP), the state’s leading independent nonprofit digital-first news organization, is proud to announce that it is partnering with Mountain Journal (MoJo), a nonprofit news ...

Wildlife managers recently detected chronic wasting disease in an elk in the Ruby Mountains and a deer in the Flathead Valley, marking firsts for each area. The detection in the Flathead is ...

A week ago my wife, son and I spent the long fall weekend of Oren's kindergarten class at the family cabin in West Yellowstone. We arrived at the tail end of what seemed like an endless summer, hot ...

This time of year, as the last leaves fall and darkness descends in late afternoon, it feels like a time to turn inward, both physically and in my mind. Often that is comforting, but this year our ...

It was the kind of tragic event that we’ll all remember exactly where we were when we heard the news. I learned of Bear 399’s passing on the morning of October 23 when I was about to give nearly two ...