Nature never fail to amaze me.❄️🌨️

Well Montana once again is a leader, unfortunately it's for the largest increase in diesel prices in the country.

How are you long haulers handling the change?

With the large distance between cities and the largest increase in prices, Big Sky is paying quite a bill these days. 💸

On my way to Fort Belknap, I can always count on seeing some travelers at this pond near Grass Range during early spring or late fall.

Fun spooky activity in Bozeman at Last Beat Comedy!

Taken after Friday's big storm in Western Montana.

Just all my favorite parts of the west, town festivals, hotsprings, natural areas, rockhounding, cabins, ghosttowns, museums, drive in theatres, farmers markets, unique local bookstores...

No ads or anything. Is there anything I should add?

It is insane how thousands of acres of healthy forests I’ve driven through this hunting season y everything has been blown down. I’ve never seen anything like it, and this doesn’t even fall into the micro burst category anymore. Ridge line after ridge line you see whole forests flattened, trees snapped off 20 ft up or just uprooted. most of the hikes I used to go on would require a zip line as the piles are 8 feet deep as far as you can see and there just isn’t any “going around the mess”. I don’t even know if the deer and elk can navigate some of it, as I’m not seeing their tracks where they would feed on the down timber. unless the grow wings, they would never crawl through some of these blow downs. is It like this all over the state? I’m seeing it all over the Blackfoot Clark fork corridors.

Went on the ghost walk last night. It was windy and snowing (oh, Montana!). Multiple skits of the history and a lot of fun.

Tickets are also dirt cheap! Do recommend.

Hi all, I'm a hobby archivist and writer digging through old Montana newspapers for stories from the state's past.

I'm especially drawn to stories about Native Americans, hermits and mountain men, wilderness adventures, early environmental fights, and radical dissenters. If you can think of similar themes or events for me to look up, I'd love to hear them.

A few favorites I've found so far:

• Boy Hermits: a 1912 Boy Scouts ad warning parents not to let their kids become "mental hermits."
• The Yellowstone National Park in Winter: a quaint 1911 piece on winter adventures in Yellowstone.
• Calamity Facts: Annie Diggs, a Populist (the 1800s third party that backed women's suffrage, a graduated income tax, and public ownership of railroads and telegraphs), answers a Republican paper that mocked speaker Mary Lease with a story about Polish women hauling clay in Michigan brickyards. If that's "prosperity," she says, Republicans can answer for it. She also recalls Sitting Bull's shock at seeing worn-out women at the Pennsylvania coke ovens.

For more, there's a long list of old Montana news stories on the niche anti-fascist research archive I contribute to.

Was up at the crack of dawn this morning installing reflectors at the intersection of 141/200 (desperately needed) when a volunteer firefigher rolled up with some coffee. It definitely hit the spot this morning in that 20 degree weather.

Montana has them!

Going up Looking Glass road near Lower Two Medicine Lake, this is the view on the north side facing the east side of Glacier Park. It is quite the view but a very narrow road.

This isn't meant to be political, its just the truth. It has obviously been going on for awhile but we truly are under assault. Let me explain.

Im sure youve heard, Tallgrass and Blackstone Infrastructure announced a $105 million fund for Yellowstone National Park. What makes this worth scrutinizing is the connection to AI. Tallgrass is developing a massive natural-gas-powered data center project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, involving an announced investment exceeding $7 billion.

Matthew Sheehy, Tim Sheehy's brother, previously served as Tallgrass CEO. Given the scale of the data center project and the company's relationship with major investors, I think it's fair to ask whether this donation could help build political goodwill while major energy projects move forward.

To be clear, I'm not claiming a quid pro quo has been established. But when companies make enormous donations while pursuing projects requiring government approvals, transparency matters.

Who funded the donation, what permits are still pending, and are there any communications linking the two? Those are reasonable questions the public deserves answers to.

Edit: Thank you everyone who commented and shared your voice. I feel a lot more hope when I try to express these concerns I have for the beautiful land we call home. I appreciate everyone listening, whether you agree or not. This isn't red vs blue its right vs wrong.

This is according to the Cato Institute. Full link: https://www.cato.org/freedom-50-states/2026