Hungry elk, bison and pronghorn boost plant growth in Yellowstone’s grasslands by as much as 20 percent, new study finds.

Conventional geothermal energy has three key features: permeability in the bedrock, access to water, and shallow heat, all of which constrain where heat can be utilized from the Earth as a power ...

Mountain Journal is dedicated to providing meaningful, fact-based journalism. We serve and inform the public about a key region that belongs to us all. The Rocky Mountains are a hotbed of geothermal ...

Tom Schultz says it’s ‘back to basics’ for Montana’s largest land manager. That means more logging, mining and grazing and ...

Not uncommon for late summer, Greater Yellowstone is currently facing a surge in harmful algae blooms. Caused by an ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted wolf hunting and trapping regulations that move closer to a statewide ...

The ESA works through restrictions limiting how people or economic development can affect the protected species and its ...

Critics say Trump administration’s attempt at ‘commonsense management of our national forests’ jeopardizes 58 million acres of public lands ...

Heralding from Larkspur, Colorado, Leigh Walden is passionate about writing, photographing and recording stories that are relevant and meaningful to the communities she serves. With news experience ...

In this guest essay, photographer and Yellowstone guide MacNeil Lyons recounts the top 10 most thrilling mountain lion sightings he's experienced.