Forty years ago this week, the Wilderness Act became the law of the land for the United States. At the time, the very idea of preserving nine million acres of land in its natural condition was ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. MISSOULA — At a staggering 1,347,644 acres, the cross-state boundary Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness ...

Editor's note: In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the Tribune will write stories about each of Montana's 15 wilderness areas. The winter of 1978-79, Pete Fromm spent seven ...

WILDLIFE -- The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revive a plan for relocate grizzly bears to the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem in central Idaho and ...

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One of the few reminders of human civilization in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: a bush plane runway created in a close-cropped field of knapweed. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold, NPR engineer Bill McQuay ...