Isabel Hicks

Very exciting news... my piece about Montana sheep ranchers and public land management won first place feature (!!!) for @PublishingAdams. My co-workers @bozchron also got well-deserved recognition for their flooding coverage. @Report4America

A culmination of hundreds and hundreds of hours spent inside the Capitol this winter: helenair.com/news/state-reg… By me, Carly Graf and @SeabornLarson

The downtown Bozeman restaurant Dave’s Sushi has settled its lawsuits with seven food poisoning victims, court records show, just over two years after 51 patrons fell ill and two people died after eating there. Broke this story for @bozchron: bozemandailychronicle.com/news/daves-sus…

'A nightmare on every end': Dave’s Sushi settles lawsuits with food poisoning victims dlvr.it/TKWlS7

Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions. #mtnews buff.ly/3D3XG7J

A bit late posting this, but last month @NBCMontana interviewed me about my @mtfreepress reporting on the rental market in Bozeman. If you want to watch me talk for 13 minutes straight about affordable housing policy, you can! youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJx0Y…

I'm still busy freelancing in Bozeman! My debut piece for @MoJoGYE digs into Yellowstone bison numbers ahead of the first winter under the park's new bison management plan. mountainjournal.org/yellowstone-bi…

My latest for @mtfreepress highlights a common challenge across the West: how to build affordable housing that's denser, taller and with less parking in areas shaped by open space, mountain views and a small town past. #montana montanafreepress.org/2024/09/09/can…

With typical rents hovering around $2,000 a month, officials search for a balance between affordability and preserving what’s left of the city’s small-town past. #mtnews buff.ly/3zfyHfR

Following an initial rejection, a citizen initiative to ban single-use plastics will make the Bozeman ballot after city officials agreed to a court settlement this week. #mtpol #mtnews montanafreepress.org/2024/08/22/ban…

Covering the many perspectives surrounding bison management in Montana is always a challenge. For this @mtfreepress story, I focused on how Yellowstone's calls for more bison will impact hunting and the tribal transfer program outside the park. montanafreepress.org/2024/08/20/yel…

How Yellowstone National Park’s first bison management update in 24 years is set to impact herds and hunting beyond its boundaries. #mtnews buff.ly/4dxLNUA

It wasn’t until Tuesday, July 16, that fire responders were able to contain the fire at all. Even now, with many residents returning to their homes, the blaze continues.

Life on the farm has been pretty sweet. Still a similar pace to daily print news though, to keep up with the weeds! Feeling pretty lucky this is my life right now.

"I think agriculture is reduced by a lot of people to just the production part. But the whole system has to work if you’re going to produce something that’s nourishing." Read my story on Montana ranchers rebuilding local meat supply chains @mtfreepress montanafreepress.org/2024/07/09/lan…

@HicksChemistry Thanks for sharing!

The second annual gathering highlights the efforts of Montana ranches to opt out of national supply chains and keep meat local. #mtnews buff.ly/3zsyZzB

My latest for @mtfreepress dives into Big Sky's $50 million expansion of their wastewater treatment plant and reuse of wastewater for irrigation and snowmaking. Some remain unconvinced the upgrade justifies rapid growth in the wealthy mountain abode. montanafreepress.org/2024/06/27/big…

GYC and the US Forest Service finalized the second phase of the Absaroka-Beartooth Gateway acquisition project, turning several former mining claims into protected public lands. Now, the risk of mining on these lands is greatly reduced. greateryellowstone.org/blog/2024/gyc-…

This story made me think about how to build human infrastructure in a landscape shaped by geologic and ecological change. “The river is a living organism that is going to continue to change. We’re using this opportunity to predict how we can be prepared for that,” a source said.

Excited to see I won the 3rd place best feature story for the Montana Newspaper Association awards! The story is about how the Yellowstone ecosystem changed from catastrophic flooding in 2022. Read it here: bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environme…