Can we learn to co-exist with grizzlies?

By Molly Absolon

This summer, a grizzly cub in Grand Teton National Park gained international fame after an adult male bear killed the…

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Artificial intelligence wants to inhale my Montana book

By Writers on the Range

Recently, my publisher told me that a major technology company involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) wants to…

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Let’s get to restoration and halt the roadless rodeo

By Ben Long

Grounded in common sense, the Roadless Rule that the Trump administration wants to eliminate has not been controversial for 24…

Hermosa Creek Roadless Area from the Colorado Trail, Photo Courtesy Bertrand Poitier

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By now, it’s a bizarre tradition of the West

By Dennis Hinkamp

Going into my 26th Burning Man, I admit I was crestfallen at the news that “Midnight Poutine” was not returning. The…

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Photograph of Crista Worth in competition shape, courtesy of Crista Worthy
Bear 399 with cubs Thomas Mangelsen:Images of Nature Gallery
Car Forest is 30 miles outside of Tonopah, NV, photo credit, Dennis Hinkamp
Antelope Island Looking Over Great Salt Lake, photo courtesy of Michael Shoemaker

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