Our question comes from a Missoula resident curious about a handful of defunct mines north of Butte that have high concentrations of the radioactive gas radon. Watson says her grandmother used to go to these mines with her friends in the '50s and '60s to relieve their arthritis pain. Although the EPA and W.H.O. attribute radon as the second leading cause of lung cancer, the mines are still popular today.
In Montana we have a unique law that says anybody can fish or recreate on the state's streams and rivers below the high-water mark regardless of who owns the land beneath them. How did Montana end up with this exceptional level of stream access, and what does the law's future look like? Find out now on The Big Why.
Election Day is around the corner, and one of the most fundamental rights we have as American citizens is the right to vote. With so much at stake this year,
Just as a rancher would never neglect a sick calf, nor a farmer his broken-down tractor, so should agriculturalists never neglect their mental wellbeing, according to Montana ​​Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark. On April…