Feb. 18—County commissioners last week welcomed a reopening of dialogue with the Yaak Valley Forest Council, but said protecting area residents and property from wildfire remained a priority. "When we ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Far back in the high elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the ...

A youth spent on a grain farm north of Conrad had rooted Amy Pearson to life attuned with the seasonal shifts of the environment and landscape. Grown, she held close to those roots during seasonal ...

For Aaron Peterson, exploring the chattering Yaak River and wandering the forests surrounding it is no more complicated than clipping on cross-country skis outside his front door. Roaming this ...

In the rugged, remote northwest corner of Montana, the Yaak River Valley is a picture postcard of some yesteryear. Moose muse among the willows. Elk graze on the slopes. White-tailed deer browse in ...

Amidst the Biden administration’s untangling of malfeasance from the Trump years, the climate change crisis permeates much. Global warming is identified as one of the greatest threats to national ...

The Yaak River flows through one of northwest Montana’s most beautiful valleys, hiding and then reappearing along the rural highway running north to south. The Yaak is small by Montana standards — a ...

The small population of grizzly bears in the Yaak Valley rarely encounters humans or their influences, according to Rick Bass, an acclaimed writer and conservationist long associated with the Yaak.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Yaak Valley Forest Council andSave The Yellowstone Grizzly are working together to offer a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of people responsible ...

MISSOULA, Mont.— A federal judge late Thursday ruled in favor of conservation groups and scrapped the massive Black Ram logging project in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest. The project threatened a ...