Stories

A native grass buffer along a creek is a planted strip of locally native grasses, sedges and rushes that holds soil, filters runoff and creates cover between…

Small groundwater-fed features can hold an outsized share of a forest’s biological value. A spring concentrates flow; a seep releases water diffusely through…

Private land is often the quiet foundation of a regional conservation network, and landowner stories often begin with a wish to keep it working or pass it on…

Wildlife sightings become useful conservation data when someone else can understand what was seen, where it happened and when. Documenting wildlife sightings…

Deadfall trees—fallen trunks, branches and broken limbs—are often described as forest debris, yet they are active participants in soil nutrient cycling. As…

Climate change is affecting snowpack in the Selkirk Mountains through warmer winters, altered precipitation and a shorter snow-cover season. Heavy snowfall can…

The Bull River Valley in Sanders County, Montana, combines a free-flowing river, mixed-conifer forest, meadow and wetland within one connected landscape. These…

A voluntary conservation easement legally restricts specified land or water to conservation-compatible use while allowing the owner to continue farming,…

A stream crossing is any structure that carries a road, track or utility across flowing water. Done well, it can preserve fish movement, water quality and…

Identifying an invasive plant requires more than noticing an unfamiliar leaf. In Sanders County, northwestern Montana, concern arises when a non-native plant…