Bureau of Land Management officials signed off on an environmental assessment in April, approving the primitive road from Left Coulee to access the monument’s 35,500-acre Bullwhacker region.
It seems reasonable to point out that picking an attractive flower that catches your eye eliminates the possibility of anyone else enjoying the same eye-catching pleasure.
The events are intended to give boat owners an opportunity to test equipment for safety and will be held May 4 and May 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Snowfall could delay the opening, so park officials are advising the public to check in before making the drive south from Cody, Wyoming, to the gate.
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The three main types of clouds are: cirrus, cumulus and stratus.
The 10,240-foot-high mountain is a bit of a hike from the road with a pretty good elevation gain.
As in the past, anglers may only select one area to fish for paddlefish in Montana.
The site was closed to vehicle and walk-in access due to a culvert replacement on the site’s only access road.
On April 24, a recreationist discovered and reported two dead bull elk while on public land in the Rochelle Hills area near Mackey Road. A third dead elk was found nearby.
The elk smashes the previous world’s record of 419-6/8 points taken by Rick Bailey in British Columbia in 2015.
MONTANA UNTAMED: Montanans of all stripes seem to agree on at least two things: They care deeply about conservation and public lands, and life here is getting worse.
Those schooled in outdoor safety would not endorse my approach to backpacking, as is apparent in my backcountry motto: If you're going to be stupid, you have to be tough.
Have you ever wondered if Yellowstone’s hydrothermal system is affected by the amount of precipitation or the annual temperature?
In early April, Lee Newspapers joined personnel from the U.S Forest Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and volunteers from Montana Vet Program to embarked embark on a five-day trip down the river to remove and raft out the latrines, officially ushering in the new era of recreational …
Starting this year, floaters are now required to carry with them something they have always been able to leave behind — their excrement.
MONTANA UNTAMED: As management of the Smith River enters a new era, the river's manager talks about what's in store.
The profound appreciation for public lands and natural environments — and a pervasive feeling of worsening quality of life — were widespread across the state's normally gaping political divide.
Nothing heightens the senses like roaming griz country alone, whether on two feet or hunched over two wheels as a meaty lime-green semblance of a wounded cow elk.
This is not the only Koch Peak in Montana. There's also a 9,000-footer in the Bitterroot Mountains south of Hamilton. However, they are named after different people.
A fish’s rakers are in its gills, those openings on the side of their head.
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High-elevation lakes across the planet are freezing later in winter and melting earlier in spring. But not Yellowstone Lake, despite warming temperatures. Now researchers have an idea why.
Spring cycling in Yellowstone can be a popular activity on a warm day.
Marking the end of an era of traditional cyclists dominating the spring ride into Yellowstone National Park, e-bikers of all shapes, sizes and ages are blazing onto the landscape.
South of Norris Geyser Basin is a thermal area called Monument Geyser Basin. It contains unique above-water hydrothermal areas that resemble the “black smoker” deposits found at the ocean's bottom.
FWP’s goal is to enroll 500,000 acres in five years with an emphasis on preserving sagebrush grasslands, mixed grasslands, intermountain grasslands, riparian/floodplain and wetland‐grassland complexes.
Both large air tankers, including one in Missoula, are grounded pending a joint investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Forest Service.
School superintendent/principal Jim Baldwin posted a photo on Facebook of a park ranger standing over the picked-over elk carcass as it was being loaded onto a truck.
Where else could cyclists possibly see bison, elk, bighorn sheep, bears, foxes, coyotes and a variety of hot pools, fumaroles and geysers in one trip?