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A New Day for Healthcare in Livingston, Montana
Dr. Laurel Desnick of Livingston HealthCare, Dr. Nick Wolter of Billings Clinic, and Livingston Hospital Board Chair Michelle Becker cut the ribbon on the brand new Livingston HealthCare Hospital in...
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2015: A Banner Year for School Meals and the Health of our Nation’s...
It’s been another outstanding year for healthier school meals programs and the millions of American students that benefit from them. Today, more than 97 percent of schools nationwide report they are...
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High Five Series: Rural America is Home for the Holidays
One of the fifty families in New Hampshire whose affordable rental home was preserved for 30 more Holiday seasons to come. Oh, there’s nooooo place like hooooome for the holidays… Every time I hear...
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46 Million-Year-Old Eocene World in a Forest
Kishenehn fossil mosquitoes are among the best preserved Eocene insects in the world. Scale bar is 2 mm. (Photo credit: D. Greenwalt & C. Labandeira, Smithsonian Institution.) An intrepid fossil...
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Organic Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
Sheep graze on cover crops in a Montana State University sustainable farming study. Photo courtesy of Montana State University. Environmental and economic management of weeds and pests is a priority...
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Citizen Scientists Help Monitor Nation’s Watershed Health
Citizen scientist volunteer Kenny Moore collects a water sample from one of over 60 project sites. All volunteers are trained to follow the collection requirements that ensure their samples can be...
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The Science Behind Fire
Researchers prepare for the next phase in examining physical fire processes by adding the effect of a slope. Photo credit: Mark Finney In recent months, we have all become familiar with images in the...
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Good Land Management Helps Clean Waterways, Wildlife Rebound
The distinct sail-like dorsal fin of the Arctic grayling set the species apart from other members of the Salmonidae family. You’ve seen those markers on storm drains that say: “No dumping. Drains to...
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Students Get Involved in School Lunch through School Lunch Advisory Councils
There are many ways Team Nutrition schools are involving students in the development of school meal menus and health promotion activities. These activities can help schools offer nutritious foods in...
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USDA’s Diversity Programs “Open New Doors” for Montana Student
Robert G. Bruton was hired as an ARS lab technician after participating in a USDA program that helps train students at tribal colleges – Native Americans and those from other backgrounds – in science...
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