This summer, Montana rallied to kill a congressional proposal that would have opened the door to the sale of public land. Residents there stress the importance of those spaces.

Montanans earlier this year rallied against a proposal in Congress to sell public lands, perceiving the effort, introduced as part of the "big, beautiful bill," as an attack on their way of life. In ...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy has said local interests should get a greater voice in managing federal land. However, he’s consistently said he opposes federal transfers or sales of ...

HELENA, Mont. - Roger Lang says he was an "absolute novice" about what it truly meant to be a Montana ranch owner when he used some of his Silicon Valley millions to buy an 18,000-acre spread here.

He finds that the wealthy buy land in Montana for reasons beyond natural splendor, wildlife, getting away and the cowboy mystique. ‘‘You have something that is very fundamental,'' he said. ‘‘People ...

Should ranches that have been taken out of production continue to be taxed as agricultural property? That’s a question the Montana Legislature will tackle this session in order to address the trend of ...

"In our area here, the people that we deal with, 99% of them are farmers and ranchers," Lesh said. "We don't see a very large number of investor types buying properties. There are a few, but they are ...

Montanans earlier this year rallied against a proposal in Congress to sell public lands, perceiving the effort, introduced as part of the "big, beautiful bill," as an attack on their way of life. In ...

California buyers have flocked to Montana in recent years, snapping up vacation homes and mountain retreats across Big Sky Country. Today, they collectively own more than $9.5 billion in Montana ...

The State Land Board approved the most expensive land purchase in the state’s history on Feb. 20, the $11.3 million acquisition of almost 17,000 dryland acres 25 miles northwest of Miles City in ...

But their tax contributions haven’t kept pace. In the most recent tax year, Californians accounted for just 3.54% of the state’s residential property tax revenue. That imbalance is now at the heart of ...