

Low-to-No Snow Future in Paradise Valley
There is strong evidence and high confidence that anthropogenic climate change is actively decreasing the snowpack across the American West.

Attitudes of Landowners towards River Users
The Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group is beginning their fourth year of data collection for their River Recreation study. Early this year, we distributed a survey to riparian landowners in the Paradise Valley to…

AI for Good
Minimizing wildlife conflicts is essential to both wildlife conservation and agriculture production.

Ditches and Canals of Paradise Valley
Did you know that there are hundreds of miles of irrigation ditches and canals throughout Paradise Valley? Only 15% of the water diverted (about 5 feet of water per acre annually) is actually used for irrigation.

Fire and Ice - Paradise Valley Geology 101
Strata volcanoes erupted frequently 65-35 million years ago in Paleocene through Eocene times……

Quaking and Trembling
Perhaps no single element so eloquently captures the aesthetic appeal of the Rocky Mountains as the Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides).

Conifer Encroachment
Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) commonly grow to be more than 250 years old, and specimens over 1,000 years old have been found. Learn how decades of fire suppression, has enabled Rocky Mountain junipers to spread into grasslands and sagebrush-steppe habitats.