I drove more than 7000 miles this summer, from North Carolina to Montana and back, through vast swathes of rural America, tent camping most nights in state or national parks. This is what I learned: ...

The old license plates read "Big Sky Country," but inside Montana, there's an unofficial state motto: "the last best place." Hemmed by the Plains and the Pacific Northwest, Montana is a patchwork of ...

Thomas Reed is a rancher and writer who lives in Montana. He is the author of “Give Me Mountains For My Horses” and other books. America loves its public lands, but they are increasingly under threat.