Originally published on June 22, 2018 6:11 pm 6:30 a.m. is one of the best times to watch wildlife in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley. Everything smells like sage. It’s really cold and there are a bunch of retirees staring through hire-powered telescopes at a lush, verdant hill.

Originally published on August 10, 2018 11:13 am Record-breaking wildfires in California have prompted tweets from President Trump and U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. They blame the fires on “bad environmental laws,” too many dead or dying trees, and not enough logging.

Originally published on July 23, 2018 9:17 am When outsiders think of the American West, they probably think of mustangs. The horses’ ancestors were brought to the New World by conquistadors more than five centuries ago and nowadays, thousands of wild horses roam the Mountain West – especially in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Nevada.

Originally published on July 6, 2018 2:43 pm There’s a storm rolling in over the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. The clouds are low and dark as distant lightning cracks over a green prairie.  Wade Running Crane is starting to get wet. “This is like a sign from Ashley that she’s here,” he said.

Originally published on June 21, 2018 6:56 pm Ranking U.S. House Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. They want to know more about a land deal between Zinke’s family foundation and a real estate project with ties to the oil and gas giant Halliburton.

Originally published on June 13, 2018 3:28 pm A federal watchdog group said the U.S. Interior Department didn’t give an adequate reason for cancelling a study on the health impacts of coal mining last year. At the time, federal officials said the study wouldn’t yield any new findings. But the U.S.

Originally published on June 7, 2018 2:35 pm The Trump administration is forcing the head of Yellowstone National Park out of his job. Dan Wenk said the National Park Service will replace him with a new superintendent this August.

Originally published on June 4, 2018 3:53 pm The head of Yellowstone National Park says he plans to retire next March, ending a more than four decade run with the National Park Service. The surprise announcement came after speculation he was being reassigned for political reasons. The U.S.

Originally published on May 18, 2018 6:42 am Wildfire season is ramping up across our region. There are all sorts of people involved in waiting, watching and fighting them — people you might not expect. We’re profiling some of them in a series, Faces Behind The Fires. Lyle St.

Fire season is here again. Coming up over the next few days 91.5 KRCC will be introducing you to some of the people on the frontlines—and that doesn’t just mean firefighters and smokejumpers. The series from the Mountain West News Bureau will focus on the people behind the scenes.

Originally published on May 4, 2018 1:21 pm Marita Growing Thunder, 19, is sitting in the grass on a warm spring afternoon at the University of Montana campus in Missoula where she studies art. Growing up, she said, her mom was always talking about aunt Yvonne.

Originally published on April 9, 2018 3:09 pm Mark Zuckerberg is on the hot seat this week. He’s testifying in front of Congress about Facebook user profiles being mined without permission.   The data breach prompted a “Delete Facebook” movement that hasn’t really gained any traction.

Originally published on March 23, 2018 12:55 pm This weekend, hundreds of thousands of teens are expected to march on Washington D.C. and around the country, calling for gun control.

Originally published on March 19, 2018 4:43 pm Life’s been tough on Chris Marchion. There was the high school football injury and the knee replacement. “Unfortunately I got a hip that’s wore out,” he says. We’re standing alongside a gravel road near a cow pasture.

Originally published on February 24, 2018 3:57 pm A fierce debate is taking place across the country right now: What to do about immigrants who came here illegally as children. Up until recently, they qualified for a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which protects them from deportation.