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Arts & Culture
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
‘My Montana’: Depictions that resist Western myths
The works of painter Theodore Waddell, a rancher and Montanan.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Learning to live with bears
Two books examine our evolving relationship with bears.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
See portraits of gnarled conifers
A couple draws and writes about the complexities of bristlecone pines and humans.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
Inside a taxidermy shop
In Western Colorado, bringing “life” to freeze-framed wild animals.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
The monkey on art’s back; Bigfoot in Idaho; Tent City’s second life
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Nature got your heart?
These photos tell the story of writer John Nichols’ love affair with the wild.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Relics of Montana’s everyday past
Abstract photos offer an unsentimental beauty.
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An island from the past
Teow Lim Goh’s poetry revisits a dark place in the West’s immigration history.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
Artful science
Data and poetry converge in an experimental forest.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
How a Chicano band blends urban and wild life
Quetzal finds a sense of place in East Los Angeles.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
The winding beauty of Southwest deserts
A collection of photographs capture nature’s rhythms.
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How one artist captured the changing climate in watercolor
Artist and scientist Jill Pelto’s riveting paintings use data to show climate change’s impacts.
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Happy birthday, Wallace Stegner
Reflections on a seminal Western author, years after his death.
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‘Unbranded’ character responds to accusation of ‘mustang neglect’
Ben Masters rebukes a recent opinion piece on his 2015 documentary.
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A place for artists on public lands
The connection between art and the American landscape offers new ways to advocate for lands.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Young people are suing over climate change
The Constitution may hold the key to climate action.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
The Grand Canyon, like you’ve never seen it
An artist’s connection to the landscape through her paintings.
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Mustangs deserve a better film than ‘Unbranded’
The 2015 film’s scenery doesn’t make up for the cruelty endured by the wild horses.
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How to name a rose
A recent book provides a road map to finding literature in nature.