Positioned in the northeast corner of the 1.2-million-acre Flathead Reservation, Flathead Lake has hundreds of homesites and other structures along its shorelines and tucked within its dense forests. With its current population density and anticipated growth, the Rocky Point/White Swan area north of Polson, Montana...
Since its inception in 2015, the Montana Wilderness School (MWS) — under the direction of co-founders Gar Duke and Josh Olsen — has helped form and foster meaningful, impactful experiences in the outdoors and an intimate connection to the natural world for youth throughout Montana...
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is working in partnership with a broad coalition of organizations to advance the North American Grasslands Conservation Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate this July by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). This legislation would authorize the investment of $290 million annually...
This July, Brooks Lake Lodge & Spa celebrated its centennial. Tucked into the Shoshone National Forest — proximate to Jackson Hole as well as Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks — the 25-acre, all-inclusive luxury lodge was once just a convenient stopover for 1920s travelers...
For me, the shifting leaves of fall are a regular reminder of change. In the latest days of summer, I scour tree branches for signs that Jack Frost is on his way, a vestige of youthful anticipation for the coming snow. Nature’s canvas, the forest...
Ducks Unlimited (DU), the largest nonprofit dedicated to conserving North America’s waterfowl habitats, recently released its Season in Review report examining habitat conditions, weather, and regional waterfowl abundance trends from the 2021–22 season. This year, the report includes an in-depth look at the 2021 drought and...
Perma, Montana doesn’t have a Wikipedia page. That’s how tiny and insignificant the world-at-large considers this spot on the Flathead River, 30-some miles as the raven — or in this case, the magpie — flies, south of Niarada, population 27, also just as unknown to...
Remember, raise your hoods at night so packrats don’t build nests in your engines!” The campground host’s admonition seemed slightly odd, but she walked on, continuing her evening rounds. My partner Mary and I looked at each other, baffled. My bemused, stubborn, initial reaction: “No...
This morning, the prairie is treating us to a Homeric sunrise as dawn begins to spread her saffron robes across the eastern sky. The time is late March, the place a remote corner of central Montana’s sagebrush steppe, and Lori and I are here to...
Dyna found the ring-necked pheasant and pointed. She froze. Even her tail stopped moving. Brillo stopped in her tracks, too, honoring Dyna’s point. As both dogs held point, Anita Andrus walked forward and flushed the bird. Brillo and Dyna watched it rocket up from the...