Erik Montejano, 26, tops tobacco in 90ºF heat on a farm on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Tobacco, which used to be a major driver in the Harrison County economy, is slipping away. Over the last 20 years, tobacco production has declined 61.9% in Kentucky, according to the USDA Agriculture Census. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

A large structure fire, energized by high winds off Lake Superior, burned for nearly four hours and leveled three local businesses in downtown Grand Marais on Monday, April 13, 2020.

Air Force Academy cadets undergo a series of trainings designed to push their minds and bodies, including an assault course with explosions, during basic training in Colorado Springs on Friday, July 15, 2022.

Willard High School student, Mirsayes Jim, 16, holds the heart of a buffalo shortly after a 900 lb. bull was harvested through the Native American Student Services Department at the Missoula County Public School Agricultural Center in Missoula on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

A bronc rider sets his teeth and prepares for the horse’s release during the saddle bronc competition at the Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo in Colorado Springs on Saturday, August 6, 2022.

Jamie Thompson, 22, and Amariana Kenda, 16 months, giggle at the bounce house during the Rotary Club's Fourth of July celebration at Flat Run Veteran's Park in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

Amish members Mahlon Hostetler, 32, John Gingerich, 35, and Samuel Gingerich, 6, are passed by a car as they head to work by horse and buggy on Lafferty Pike Road near Berry, Kentucky on Friday, June 14, 2024. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

Lillie Juneau, 13, receives her Blackfeet name, Medicine Wolf Woman, from Blackfeet cultural keepers Stephanie Little Mustache Ground, Dugan Coburn, and Larry Ground at the Missoula County Public School Agricultural Center in Missoula on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

A student smudges over a recently killed doe as part of her cultural practice during a University of Montana class on harvesting wild game near Dupuyer, Montana, on Saturday, September 23, 2023.

About 50 people gathered at church to hear Allegra speak about her personal experiences and advice for navigating small town America as a trans woman on Monday, July 15, 2024. “There is nothing wrong with me. I see forward. I am a woman,” Allegra said. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

Students from Ovando’s two-room schoolhouse gather in the cook tent during a horse packing trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness near Seeley Lake, Montana on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

Elizabeth Trujillo and Justice Lord try to wrap their heads around the news that they will need to leave the City Hope family shelter in Colorado Springs by the end of the month. Lord and Trujillo, who both have kids, met at another recently closed family shelter. Facing another closure, they feel hopeless. "We need help," said Lord.

Gov. Greg Gianforte gave his State of the State address to the state Senate and House of Representatives at the Montana State Capitol in Helena on Monday, January 13, 2025. Gianforte was recently elected into his second term as governor of Montana.

A rainbow over Boyd's Station in Berry, Kentucky, on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Project 306.36 is a historical photography archive on rural America, which was started in 2018 by Jack Gruber, and focuses on the community of Harrison County.

Dr. Marc Mentel, 59, an addiction medicine specialist with 406 Recovery, meets with a patient at the Missoula Temporary Safe Outdoor Space (TSOS) on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Dr. Mentel helps people, some as far away as Glendive, manage their mental health, addiction or substance abuse as they navigate their daily lives or reenter society.

Teenager Trey Talbot fools around with a toy gel blaster gun at twilight in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

Jenny Lynn Hatter, 52, sips a health drink while at work for Harrison County Schools in Cynthiana, Kentucky on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Jenny Lynn has battled with weight loss her entire life, but recently started taking compounded trizapetide, a GLP-1 weight loss drug similar to Ozempic and Mounjaro. “You have more mental space to enjoy life,” Hatter said. “Turning off the noise of hunger is the biggest benefit.”

Fresh tobacco set by H2-A temporary agricultural workers at the Barnett family farm on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tobacco, which used to be a major driver in the Harrison County economy, is slipping away. Over the last 20 years, tobacco production has declined 61.9% in Kentucky, according to the USDA Agriculture Census.

A student gently holds a Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog during a three-day horse packing trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness near Seeley Lake, Montana on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

The Aurora Borealis ripples across the night sky above the Arctic Circle near Bettles, Alaska on Monday, February 17, 2018. In this part of the Arctic, the sun disappears around November and doesn’t return until January with temperatures reaching -50ºF.

Eight students from Ovando’s two-room schoolhouse kicked off the 2024 academic year with a horse packing trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness near Seeley Lake, Montana on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

A chimpanzee lounges on the forest floor in Uganda’s Kibale Forest National Park on Friday, April 29, 2016. The population of chimpanzees, which numbers about 1,500, is a popular tourist attraction in Uganda. The primary threats to the primates are snaring and habitat loss.

Daniel Bird, a PhD student in wildlife biology, checks a remote camera trap along an elk migration corridor on the Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Folks from across the region gathered to sing, drum, and dance for the 54th Annual Kyiyo Pow Wow at the University of Montana on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Wisam Raheem sets the table for his family during Ramadan in Missoula, Montana, on Tuesday, April 8, 2024. Wisam applied for asylum in the US with his wife and kids in 2017. They were forced to leave their home in Iraq after Wisam worked with an American company during the US-Iraq war in the early 2000s.

Miner Bill owns the ten racing burros who participate in the annual Donkey Derby Days in Cripple Creek, Colo. Following their races on Saturday, August 13, 2022, Bill and the donkeys will head over to Buena Vista for a 15-miler.

Muslim community members spill out into the hallway during Friday Prayer at the University of Montana on Friday, March 8, 2024. The community, which is partly made up of refugees and asylees, has struggled to find a suitable space to worship in Missoula, Montana.

Gary Rillerna, a friend of the Cobb family, helps shuttle a sick calf by car during calving season on the Charlois Ranch near Augusta, Mont., on Friday, March 20, 2024.

A game of Sunday whiffle ball on the Haag family farm near Mount Olivet, Kentucky, on June 23, 2024. Boyd’s Station Project 306.36

Nicole Grangroth and her 12-dog team silently skim across a frozen lake during the 100-mile Gunflint Mail Run outside of Grand Marais on Saturday, January 11, 2020. The mail run takes place every year as a winter tradition along the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota.

Providence Bouadi finds a friend during "Days on the Range" at Latigo Equestrian Center outside of Colorado Springs on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The Pikes Peak Range Riders Foundation hosted about 50 kids from the Boys and Girls Club to learn about Western lifestyle, raising cattle, and riding horses.