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Teller Wildlife Refuge is wrapping up a wetlands restoration project this week that aims to transform approximately 9 acres of cheatgrass meadow back into wetlands.   Maps from the 1950s show braided channels of the Bitterroot River weaving through the project...

A conservation-oriented real estate group has sold two 50-acre islands in the Yellowstone River to the state of Montana, with the aim of preserving the riparian habitat and enhancing public access opportunities.   Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks acquired 107...

Protecting 107 acres of land may not seem like a big deal in the capacious panorama of the American West. But when preservation takes the form of two islands in the wild and free-flowing Yellowstone River, it’s something that warrants public attention—for it’s the...

In the business of real estate, Beartooth Group may have redefined a liquid asset.   The Bozeman-based investment company buys ranches, fixes up the buildings, restores waterways, irrigation ditches and upland habitat before selling the properties at a profit....

Not long after the City of Livingston began soliciting bids to repair the levee protecting Sacajawea Park, a local civil engineer commented that she believed “it was a miracle” the levee held under last summer's severe flood.   “The dike and levee aren’t...

Officials with 4 Ranges Community Recreation Foundation Inc. say they’ve obtained philanthropic commitments of $18.7 million from donors and anticipate $4.5 million in other funding to go toward the construction of a new recreation center in Livingston, which would...

A fishing apparel manufacturer in Four Corners is releasing a new wader that will benefit conservation and restoration efforts along the Yellowstone River, several months after severe floods damaged homes and infrastructure around southwest Montana.   Simms...

Many folks look outside on cool, rainy spring days and see flooded rivers and streams, green grass and cool temperatures and assume we are safe from drought. Yet climate change is wildly unpredictable, lulling us into false security with wet, cool, spring days, while...

A 30-acre conservation easement was placed on land in the Swan Valley last week with the intention of securing grizzly bear habitat and forested wetlands. The sizable wetland will now be protected after the Vital Ground Foundation completed the conservation easement...

The historic June 13th flood on the Yellowstone has a lot of us thinking about what will happen when the next major flood event hits Park County. I imagine the next time the Yellowstone lets loose, recovery will look a lot like it has in the past, with the community...

In association with Montana Freshwater Partners, Simms Fishing Products, preeminent manufacturer of waders, outerwear, footwear, and technical apparel in fishing prepare to launch the all-new Simms Watershed Stockingfoot Wader, a wader designed to lend financial aid...

IT’S LATE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, and I’m midway through day two of our four-day trip down the Yellowstone River. There isn’t another boat in sight. It’s calm enough to ride a stand-up paddle board, and the waters’ glassy surface bounces a reflection of our rafts up...

The June flood, which destroyed roads and homes across a huge swath of south-central Montana, created new channels on formerly dry land. The water gnawed at riverbanks that had been stable for decades.