Conservation Genetics on the Frontline
My journey into science journalism first started on a dock on Flathead Lake, where I spent many summers looking out at the immense lake, one of the largest in the
Author: Ken Rand
Photographer of Explorers, Nature, Roads, History.
New Invaders, New Solutions
https://clausa.app.carto.com/map/4e84462a-9b63-4239-b8e4-bf6b22caf1b9 Aquatic invasive species threatening Montana have already arrived with the exception of zebra and quagga mussels. The clickable points represent invasive species observations; some introductions failed, while other locations don’t show the
The True Home of Alaskan Salmon
The silver skin and pink flesh of a salmon may be labeled “Alaskan Wild” but researchers have found that the truth may be harder to label. Conservation geneticist Gordon Luikart
Trout Rescue
In the Mission Mountain Range of Western Montana, Herrick Run flows in the shadow of Lindy Peak. The small, snow-bound stream tumbles down a series of steep drops into Lindbergh
Finding the Invisible
On a dock that leads from the pine-bordered shoreline of Flathead Lake, I lean over, and look into the clear green water as hundreds of native Northern pike minnow swim
Durfee Hills Update
Amid the growing national threat of public land transfers, hunters in central Montana have scored a conditional victory. A land swap to consolidate the landholdings of oil billionaires Dan and