Scarface Mountain, Badger-Two Medicine Rocky Mountain Front, Montana, Photo George Wuerthner A recent article in the Missoulian described efforts by conservationists and some tribal members to stop oil drilling in […]
A Response To Treuer’s Atlantic Magazine National Parks and Tribes
Old Faithful is emblematic of Yellowstone National Park. Photo George Wuerthner A recent article Return the National Parks to the Tribes in Atlantic Magazine by David Treuer is worth a […]
Concerns about Blackfeet and Badger-Two Medicine Co-Management
The rugged peaks of the Badger-Two Medicine area on the Helena and Clark National Forest, Montana. Photo by George Wuerthner The recent article in High Country News on legislation to […]
Winter wildfires burn 18,000 acres of dried out grass and brush east of Glacier National Park
Is this a portent of things to come this summer? The wind-driven fire was on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation that follows the east boundary of Glacier National Park up the the Canadian border. […]
B.C. passes law banning mining and drilling in the upper Flathead River
What a turnaround in the space of 3 years! In 2008 I took a 2 week trip to the headwaters of the famed North Fork of the Flathead River in […]
Illegally low helicopter tours in Glacier NP threaten climbers
Climbers warn they cause ice falls and avalanches during summer climbing season- The usual complaint is that these rouge pilots hurt wildlife. The can also injure or kill mountain climbers […]
Highline Trail finally opens in snowy Glacier National Park, Montana
It is almost a month and a half late! Highline Trail, Ptarmigan Tunnel open in snowy Glacier National Park. By Tristan Scott. The Missoulian
U.S.-Canadian ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ Protects North Fork of the Flathead
Protection of this fabled international stream has emerged over the last few years without any formal designations- There have been many threats over the years the North Fork and its […]