CODY, WYOMING-BASED ARTIST MIKE "M.C." Poulsen remembers the genesis of his epic Yellowstone Waterfall Project. An accomplished painter since his early 20s, Poulsen was attending an author’s presentation of the then-newly released book, The Guide to Yellowstone Waterfalls and their Discovery, when he was hit...
An avid fly fisherman based in Bozeman, Montana, Stephen Camelio is a former editor for In Style magazine and has written for Fly Rod & Reel, The Drake, and Field & Stream, among others. He is a regular contributor to Yellowstone Quarterly, and he wrote the...
Part-time Livingston, Montana, resident and long-time writer about the Western experience, Toby Thompson turns his attention to the tradition of Western art and the artists who have created it in his latest book Fired On: Targeting Western American Art (Bangtail Press, $22.95). Through more than...
I’m driving the long way home. Meandering along a backroad meadow where I’ve stalled to breathe and watch the horses play. Let their blood and flesh, grazing knee-deep in fireworks of wildflowers, lift me. Why do I say “play?” Horses I’ve known up close shudder and twitch with nervous alert. Poor brutes, fenced to boredom, plagued with...
At the time of its founding in 1910, Glacier National Park contained more than 150 glaciers. Today, fewer than 25 remain, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) had predicted that these would be gone by 2020. Seeking to capture the fading majesty of the...
I live in an inland rainforest in the northwest corner of Montana, the wild Yaak Valley where — it’s true — in June, one is often bloodstained with the smear of mosquitoes that hover and swarm in sheets and waves. For so many of us...
Scenery and lifestyle are twin drivers behind many of the homes in Big Sky, Montana, which is known for being a world-class ski area and a summer playground for outdoor enthusiasts. For a structure that was to be located at 8,000 feet in elevation, those...
The artwork of Sara Joyce (1923-2011) embodies her own personal language, a rich organic response to the Idaho landscape that was familiar to her, and a deep investigation of color. Her abstracted compositions in oils, fabric, and clay — derived from her dream journals —...
Nestled between the Teton and Big Hole mountain ranges in Teton Valley, Idaho, Alexandra Paliwoda’s Backcountry Blacksmith shop is aptly named, with a nod to both her chosen profession and the natural themes that her metalwork embodies. Elements of the journeys she’s experienced in the...
You might eat the best steak in Montana at the Buffalo Block Prime Steakhouse in Billings. It depends on how you like your meat, but at this establishment, most steaks are aged for a month and some cuts are dry-aged for another 40 days. The...