Forest to Faucet: Bozeman’s Watershed Sustains Water Supplies

Lain Leoniak

After taking friends hiking above Hyalite Reservoir last summer, we sat on the back deck enjoying the beautiful evening.  Sporadic lightening strikes could be seen to the southwest. Conversation turned toward the intense wildfire season…

Do you know your HRDC?

What does it mean to create and maintain a sustainable community? According to Local Initiative Support Community, or LISC, “Sustainable communities are places that offer the resources and environment all residents need in order to participate in…

Energy Efficiency at Home

Tim Ford

April is the month we celebrate Earth Day, and with spring weather approaching, it’s a great time to try to improve a home’s energy efficiency. This not only helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it also helps to reduce monthly and…

Confessions of an Eco-Mom

I am an eco-warrior. It is my mission in life to teach people how to reduce their impacts on the planet and work toward leaving a better world for my daughter, your kids, and our grandkids. The truth is, I am also a hypocrite. An educated…

A New Geologic Epoch On The Horizon

Daniel Smith 

The Earth’s climate has changed often since the Earth formed some 4.5 Billion years ago. Indeed, our northern Rocky Mountain location has, at various times in Earth history, been a humid tropical paradise, a Sahara-like desert, and, at other…

A Bozeman Staycation

Angie Ripple

March is Spring Break for kids of all ages! If you aren’t taking a big trip to a far off place and are looking for some fun stuff to do around town here is a quick list of staycation ideas for any Bozemanite: 1. Visit a MuseumBozeman has one…

Rob Quist: Throwing his Big, Well-Traveled Hat into the Political Ring

Ken Thorsen

On March 5, 2017 Montana Democrats chose Rob Quist to run for the US House of Representative seat left vacant by Ryan Zynke. On February 16, 2017 Ken Thorsen and Rob Quist sat down at Montana State University for an interview, the following is…

Understanding CAP Rates

Tim Ford

The Bozeman Real Estate market has started off 2017 at a blistering pace. 76 single family homes sold in the first month. This is up over 28% from last January and almost double the number of sales in January of 2015.The rental market remains very…