In the remote, heavily logged Yaak Valley, an unlikely stand of old growth sits at the center of a debate about what a forest is for—and how best to protect it New perk: Easily find new routes ...

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. The ...

The association seems not to know, but I do. 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 ...

“The Yaak is wilderness, and the Yaak, though atypical to our state – atypical to the world – carries the spirit of Montana, the spirit of a place without borders ...” – Rick Bass ...

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 as Black Ram ...

The federal bureaucracy is way out of bounds when it comes to what’s happening in the Yaak Valley, in northwestern Montana. Does it make sense to mix smugglers, hikers and grizzlies? The Yaak is ...

And her roots still serve up unique life — now in a new role as executive director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council. With an academic background in communications and philosophy that later ...

“We’re trying to figure out how to get back to the table,” said Yaak Valley Forest Council member and author Rick Bass. “We believe the Forest Service and Pacific Northwes ...

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Bass moved to the Yaak Valley from Mississippi at age 29 with his then partner, painter Elizabeth Hughes Bass, as they searched for a place to make their lives and their art. He describes the ...

Grizzly numbers in the ecosystem are declining, not increasing. And the limiting factor for grizzlies in the Yaak is not food, but human caused mortality. Grizzlies need fewer roads and better ...

Learn more. The people of Montana owe a debt of gratitude to the people of Maine, who raised their voices to stop the Black Ram timber sale in northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley. I can’t think of ...