Dam maintenance and non-native fish reduction efforts led the government to reject an environmentally restorative flood in ...

For phlox’ sake, please keep your dogs leashed on the Ridge Trail atop Waterworks Hill — at least while Missoula’s fragile cushion plants are in bloom.

The first flush of blooms in May showed the lovely flower color for which the plant is named, but the small, non-uniformly shaped shrubs never achieved full floral coverage, as shown in the ratings ...