Celebrating 2023 Accomplishments
By Blackfoot Challenge staff Last year marked the Blackfoot Challenge’s 30th anniversary as an organized, community-driven conservation organization. All of you who support and take part in our work are […]
Hunting in Grizzly Country
Tracking Rare Carnivores
Hear from Luke Lamar of Swan Valley Connections, who helps lead a collaborative project to monitor populations of rare forest carnivores like Canada lynx, wolverines, fishers, and more. SVC and […]
Celebrating 2022 Outcomes
By Blackfoot Challenge staff Hard to believe it’s already two months into 2023. We don’t want to let too much of this year roll by without recognizing all of our […]
On Horseback in Bear Country
Interview with Jack Rich of Rich’s Montana Guest Ranch Interview by Seth Wilson The following is excerpted from Carnivore Damage Prevention News, Issue 24. The complete edition is available online […]
Bears visiting the classroom
Story and photo by Jean Pocha, Pathfinder staff. OVANDO – “There’s three kinds of bears in Montana, black, brown and very, very brown,” chimed a young student at the Ovando […]
Riding the Fences
Riding the Fences: Listening and learning as a means to safely live with grizzly bears Written by Jessianne Castle of the Grizzly Bear Collective. This is an excerpt from the […]
Potomac rancher Denny Iverson shares the Blackfoot wolf experience with Colorado
This November, Colorado residents will be voting on a wolf reintroduction ballot proposition. If passed, the proposition would charge the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission with reintroducing wolves to the […]
Meet the Blackfoot Challenge Range Riders
It’s summertime in the Blackfoot, and that means our team of range riders are back in the saddle. Every summer when cows are put out to graze their summer pastures […]