For the second year in a row, I felt drawn to celebrate America’s Independence Day in the Yaak. And it was glorious. The day’s celebration kicked off at half past noon with a parade along Highway 508 ...

In Montana's Yaak Valley, a stand of old growth dubbed Unit 72 sits at the center of a debate about what a forest is for—and how to protect it ...

In a stretch that is proposed to follow the Canadian border in the Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana lies 50 miles of swamp, bog orchids, mosquitoes, dark interior forest with no sightlines.

Essays The Yaak Valley’s ‘Dirty Shame’ In the infamous Montana saloon, a lesson about home in harsh places. Kate Schimel March 6, 2017 Click to print (Opens in new window) Print ...

The Yaak Valley Forest Council “wants what’s best for hikers, bears and Montana,” she said. Bass said he is “not opposed to the fundamental utility” of the Pacific Northwest Trail.

In the rugged, remote northwest corner of Montana, the Yaak River Valley is a picture postcard of some yesteryear. Moose muse among the willows. Elk graze on the slopes. White-tailed deer browse ...

The Vital Ground Foundation expanded its Fowler Creek grizzly bear habitat conservation project this month with the acquisition of 64 acres in the Yaak Valley of far Northwest Montana.

PORTLAND, Maine— Renowned musicians, authors, poets and tribal elders will come together Sunday in Portland, Maine, to raise awareness about threats to northern Montana’s ancient Yaak Valley and ...

Far back in the high elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to ...

In Montana’s remote northwest corner, people in the Yaak River Valley find ways to survive in the woods ...

LIBBY, Mont. - The death of a Libby man in Northwest Montana's Yaak Valley over the weekend has sent the tight-knit community into a state of disbelief. "We had no idea that this guy had gotten ...

Nov. 16—The Vital Ground Foundation expanded its Fowler Creek grizzly bear habitat conservation project this month with the acquisition of 64 acres in the Yaak Valley of far Northwest Montana ...