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The 2022 wildfire season in Oregon has been among the mildest in the last decade, with human-caused fires down nearly 20% from the 10-year average, according to state data.

Kelli Hess writes, "We are accelerating the transition to a thriving and sustainable community by creating systems that bend the linear take-make-waste economy."

In the last half-century, researchers — most notably at Cornell University and the University of Minnesota — have been experimenting with breeding V. vinifera with grapes that are indigenous to the United States.

Sixteen trees on the University of Montana campus are considered “champion trees,” meaning they're the biggest of their species in the entire state.

People could increasingly face dirty air risks as climate change makes wildfires, drought, dust storms, and floods more frequent across the U.S. and the world.

New research from the University of Washington shows that wildlife in national parks drastically change their behaviors when people are around.

Save Holland Lake has several unanswered questions, and its diverse members are working on getting the answers.

City and county officials both suggest that other options for the homeless remain available and, because of it, issues of public health and safety will be enforced, including illegal camping.

Though legal experts and even the Montana Legislature’s own legal staff warned the Republican-dominated House and Senate that many of the bills lawmakers were drafting and passing didn’t quite meet constitutional muster, the 2021 session produced a flurry of bills, most of which were signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte.

The team at Showdown Montana near Neihart woke up to a beautiful sight on Tuesday — a layer of snow.