For more than four decades, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) has actively worked to support hunting and conservation efforts throughout Montana and beyond. Protecting habitat and improving access for wide-ranging species — humans included — RMEF is a homeostatic ecosystem in its own right,...
Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming are chock-full of renowned fisheries. Whether enjoyed on a popular river or tucked into a secret hidey-hole, any regional angling adventure can be enhanced by comfortable lodging, a well-prepared meal, and intimate knowledge of the waters at hand. Here, we highlight...
For nearly two decades, Warriors & Quiet Waters has supported post-9/11 veterans through nature-based programming that offers outdoor recreation, camaraderie, and solace, and works to heal the scars that remain when combat is over. With a committed team delivering evidence-based programs focused on fishing, hunting,...
An anticipated annual event for Western art collectors and enthusiasts, The Russell: A Western Art Experience auction will feature over 125 historic pieces — including more than 20 works by the iconic Charles M. Russell — presenting the largest sale of historic Western art in...
Some people are born to do amazing things, but not before a baptism in fire. David Riggs, founder of K9 Care Montana, is one of them. At just 17, Riggs was profoundly injured, paralyzed, and left in a wheelchair with surgeries and little else to...
Editor’s Note: In 2024, award-winning novelist Diane Smith celebrated the 25th anniversary of her first book, Letters from Yellowstone, with a special edition of the title. The book, creatively composed in letter format, documents a fictionalized botanical field study in Yellowstone National Park in the...
This Fall, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of its 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards. Bridger Bowl Ski Area, located 30 miles north of Bozeman, Montana, is among three businesses to receive the award within Region Eight, which encompasses Colorado, Montana,...
Capes by Jennie Montana Jennie Montana tells stories of the Montana landscape, flora, and fauna through capes created with original appliqué and digitized designs that are placed on Melton wool trimmed with bison. She acquires bison hides from area ranches, then stretches and tans them before...
It’s rare, as a photographer, to take an image that you immediately know is once in a lifetime. But on a bitterly cold day in February of 2023, that’s exactly what happened. While trudging through snow deep in Yellowstone National Park, a flash of white against...
Wild Rag by Rusty Sagebrush and Rawhide Slide by Bebout Braiding 44-inch Wild Rag: $85 Scarf Slide: $70 rustysagebrush.com When Montana rancher Kate Mannix was discovering botanical dye, she added silk fibers that were first dyed with fresh sagebrush leaves to a bucket of rust water generated from...