Watching summer dwindle away is part of life in the Northern Rockies, because, as we all know, it’s fleeting. And it’s busy: Fly fishing, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, visits to and from family and friends, music festivals, and the list goes on, as we stuff...
In 1918, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act was designed, according the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to “make it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts,...
A new bipartisan Senate bill that would authorize more than $1 billion every year to critical state-level fish and wildlife conservation work is drawing the enthusiastic support of public lands sportsmen and women. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) commended the introduction by Senator Jim Risch...
The harvest season and end-of-summer sunshine is celebrated throughout the Northern Rockies with a variety of family-friendly events. McIntosh Apple Day Oct. 6 | Hamilton, Montana | bitterrootchamber.com Hailed as the “Biggest Bake Sale Under the Big Sky,” the annual festival at the Ravalli Museum celebrates the local...
Growing up in Sun Valley, Idaho, with a father who was passionate about bird hunting, Sarah Tilt learned how to use a shotgun at an early age. But it wasn’t until about 20 years ago, when she moved to Montana’s Gallatin Valley and decided to...
Vestiges of the lawless wilds of the Old West, the ghost towns of the Northern Rockies are the perfect backdrop to a fall weekend road trip. And with the departure of summer tourists, these historic treasures have been abandoned anew, making autumn the ideal time...
Fishing is a year-round endeavor, but the fall season is my favorite. Low, clear, and cold water makes for accessible fishing and hungry trout. This fall should be one of the best in recent memory, as the past winter’s snowpack blessed most drainages with ample...
THE PLAN WAS HATCHED LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE DEPARTURE. It had been too long since we’d been out. Enough of town, traffic, chores, work, and deadlines. We didn’t have much of a window; we couldn’t leave until after work on Friday and had to...
Jim Williams’ fascinating new natural history book, Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion (Patagonia, $24.95), examines the seeming contradiction behind the current status of these striking, big cats. He explains that while wild animals — and especially large predators —...
ELLIOT GARFIELD IS A MAN OUT OF TIME. Not hourly time, though as a UPS delivery driver, he is in a perpetual dust cloud of a hurry on his route of graveled Northeast Montana backroads. And not seasonally, though he can seem time-deprived as he rushes...