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Editor's note: In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the Tribune will write stories about each of Montana's 15 wilderness areas. The winter of 1978-79, Pete Fromm spent seven ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation recently received a grant to repair two trails in the Bitterroot National Forest. The grant came from the Legacy Trails Grant Program.

CONSERVATION-- Idaho is offering several new specialty vehicle license plates this year, including one that benefits mountain biking programs and one to help manage Idaho's premier wilderness areas.

The Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation, a partner of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, has launched a new program to introduce young people to Idaho’s wilderness. The Youth Wilderness ...

Rising tensions between the US and China have led the Biden Administration to announce a campaign for production of rare earth minerals used for production of electric vehicle batteries, parts for jet ...

Each year, the Iowa Association of Naturalists (IAN), and the Iowa Conservation Education Council (ICEC), present awards to recognize excellence in the field of Environmental Education. This year’s ...

One of the few reminders of human civilization in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: a bush plane runway created in a close-cropped field of knapweed. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold, NPR engineer Bill McQuay ...

Forty years ago this week, the Wilderness Act became the law of the land for the United States. At the time, the very idea of preserving nine million acres of land in its natural condition was ...