Water, Wildfire and Drought
Montana saw one of its driest summers in recent years, starting with a low snowpack. By my first visit to Glacier this spring, the slopes of Logan Pass looked like
Category: New Mountains
Climbing the challenges of ecosystem conservation one story at a time
The Future Survival of Pika in the Crown
Pika are found throughout the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and California to the Canadian Rockies. Pika generally cannot survive for long at temperatures above 80 degrees. They live in mountainous
Controlling Aquatic Invasive Species
Invasive species have largely not taken over the Crown, although they are looming at the edges and make their way into lakes and streams periodically. The discovery of walleye perch,
Aquatic Invertebrates as Indicators
The Western glacier stonefly generates more attention than you might expect for a tiny bug that only lives in a few streams in Glacier National Park. Joe Giersch, an aquatic entomologist
The Loss of Whitebark Pine
Whitebark pine and other five-needle pines are in decline because of four main factors that interact to cause stress, leading to widespread disappearance from high altitude mountain forests in Canada
The Crown of the Continent is at once a unique place full of wonder, culture, wildlife, landscapes and history, but also a place where parts of the whole are slipping
Underwater invaders: Many invasive species pose threats to lake
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 carefree
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Finding The Invisible: A new way to look for invasive species using eDNA
In 2012, the National Park Service found a few quagga mussels growing in Lake Powell, a vast reservoir on the Colorado River in Arizona and Utah. They had been there
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Conservation Genetics on the Front Line
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 West.