A Disappointing Session, and water quality in Montana By Dominic Corradino

July 10, 2021

“If the nutrient load is the gun, heat is the trigger,” said Derf Johnson, the Clean Water Program Director and staff attorney at the Montana Environmental Information Center in Helena,

Legislative hurdles to implementing clean energy plans By Delaney Harris

July 10, 2021

Cycle the Rockies

It’s Day 15 of our 2021 Cycle the Rockies course. The heat bounces off the paved road as we pull our bikes off the street to lock them up. The

Resilient communities are better able to weather economic and climate change By Rachel French

July 9, 2021

The Cream of the West warehouse smelled like fresh breakfast cereal. In the sparsely furnished warehouse there were big metal bins and conveyer belts—the roaster, the cooler and the packaging

Regenerative ranching is “probably the only way to save the world” By Seneca Norvell

July 8, 2021

Shane Moe points with pride to a flexible water tank on wheels, a bag of water with a solar panel roof. A cautious black cow eyes a crowd of spectators,

Prairie renegades show energy independence is a values-driven choice By Lukas Keller

July 6, 2021

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As we arrived at the Signal Peak Energy coal mine in the Bull Mountains, outside of Roundup, Montana, sunny skies and windblown conifers gave way to ominous mountains of coal.

Losing the whitebark is more than losing a species by Jayden Skelly

July 3, 2021

As we approached 9000 feet on the third day of our first backpacking trip, we entered a new ecosystem unknown to our group. Forests dominated by spruce and firs ceded

Leaning In By Leeland Gentry

July 2, 2021

On WRFI’s 2021 Conservation Across Boundaries course, our first section of backcountry travel started in the Snowcrest Mountains of southwest Montana. Our trip started by following the East Fork of

Under the Signal Peak Coal Mine By Ben Carlson

July 1, 2021

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Standing on top of the Signal Peak coal mine tipple—the 10-story chute that loads coal into train cars—you could see almost the entire production area: the mouth of Montana’s only

Seeing the prairie as a system scented with sage By Dominic Corradino

June 30, 2021

Mounds of a low-growing, spike-leafed grass form a mat in front of prairie dog holes on a ranch just north of Billings. The grass is not native, the prairie dogs

A New Light on Agricultural Education By Silas Andrews

June 29, 2021

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I’d never really noticed all the different types of grass. Standing in a field of grassland with our cycling crew and Steve Charter, Steve is talking about the forage kochia.

From the Field: WRFI’s Blog

A Disappointing Session, and water quality in Montana By Dominic Corradino

Legislative hurdles to implementing clean energy plans By Delaney Harris

Resilient communities are better able to weather economic and climate change By Rachel French

Regenerative ranching is “probably the only way to save the world” By Seneca Norvell

Prairie renegades show energy independence is a values-driven choice By Lukas Keller

Losing the whitebark is more than losing a species by Jayden Skelly

Leaning In By Leeland Gentry

Under the Signal Peak Coal Mine By Ben Carlson

Seeing the prairie as a system scented with sage By Dominic Corradino

A New Light on Agricultural Education By Silas Andrews

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