Raptor View Research Institute

‘Front Row Center’ host Lauren Korn speaks with ecologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Montana Erick Greene. The two talk about the Montana Osprey Project; the Hellgate Osprey Cam, featuring Iris (as well as her mate, Clark, and chick, Wensi); and a Q&A event taking place online on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 11 a.m. Mountain Time.

Iris the Osprey is a world-famous bird who’s nested along Missoula’s Clark Fork River for most of her long life. She’s also a longtime participant in research tracking mining pollution in the river. After more than a decade, the latest data on the health of the river is expected soon.

A recent study from RaptorView Research Institute in Missoula found that most golden eagles that wintered in the Bitterroot Valley between 2011 and 2018…

The sky of west-central Montana turns into a highway for migrating golden eagles this time of year. And as the birds fly south, researchers are counting.…

I had been sitting in the observation blind for a couple of hours when I heard a commotion outside. Looking through the one-way glass, I saw an enormous…

It’s been a bad year for osprey after record flooding in some parts of Northwest Montana. That’s according to the scientists and educators with the…