For more on the Independence Pass Foundation or to volunteer, visit http://www.independencepass.org. For the first time in more than 50 years, a trip to Mountain Boy ...

The timeless image of a lone forest ranger winding through a mountain pass, trailing a string of pack mules is as ingrained on Western culture as the cowboy riding into the sunset. Next to Smokey the ...

The Forest Service is taking a team approach to restoring a fire lookout on a peak overlooking the Clark Fork River. Although many helping hands are involved, the heavy lifting was done last week by a ...

Nothing takes modern big-game hunters to their roots more quickly and efficiently than a wilderness-bound pack string. Wall tents, wood stoves and saddle sores are part of a Western autumn tradition ...

A project that could have taken weeks with human power has been greatly shortened with the help from some furry friends from Wyoming. For the past week, local Forest Service managers partnered with ...

Every day beginning Nov. 1 and continuing through December, livestock trailers from across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming roll into the stockyard with pack strings to unload for the season. With trail ...

A pack train of mules trotting around the Oval caught the attention of students and administrators on the University of Montana campus Tuesday afternoon. Donning parade saddles and a ...

Old 99 didn't like what he was seeing. The experienced Forest Service mule was making his way up the Big Creek trail on the Bitterroot National Forest at the head of a seven-mule train. Just a little ...

As California's numerous wildfires continue to rage throughout the state, great numbers of aircraft, trucks, personnel and even drones have been deployed to the area. However, the fight to contain the ...