Custer Gallatin National Forest

Recreationists and hunters are being encouraged to avoid the Line Creek Trail outside of Red Lodge after a hunter encountered a grizzly bear in the area over the weekend.

Update 5:30 p.m.Robertson Draw Fire and Crooked Creek FireFire crews continue to patrol the containment lines on the Robertson Draw and Crooked Creek…

The Robertson Draw Fire burning 24,273 acres south of Red Lodge has been identified as human caused, according to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office. The…

The Flathead Avalanche Center announced Saturday that an avalanche in the Swan range killed one snowmobiler and partially buried three others.High…

The Custer Gallatin National Forest is moving forward with two out of three proposed land exchanges on the southern side of the Crazy Mountains.

As the Custer Gallatin National Forest finalizes a plan that will guide management decisions for the next 15 to 30 years, a coalition of conservation and outdoor user groups is making one last push for that plan to add additional protection to an area called Cowboy Heaven.

Montana is getting ready to green light the proposed expansion of a waste-holding pond at a mine in south central Montana.

The Custer Gallatin National Forest recently released a plan that will guide conservation, recreation and industry decisions on more than 3 million acres for the next decade or more.

Lightning, warm temperatures and dry conditions are keeping firefighters busy in the region. YPR’s Kay Erickson has the details.

Update: An earlier version of this story stated Rob Gregoire won, rather than settled the court case in 2017. YPR regrets the error. A group of unlikely...