Opinion
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Opinion: Christman recalls flood
The Great Flood of 1964 had a profound effect upon my life. In fact, in my stories of “Tales of a Misspent Youth,…
Thanks to the Bergs
By the time this column appears in the paper, North Forkers will have received the spring newsletter from the North Fork Landowners Association. At first glance it includes a summer social calendar pretty similar t…
Montana taking AIS seriously
Montanans know how precious water is. It’s essential for fish and wildlife, boating and angling, irrigating, drinking and creating much of our electricity. When something threatens our water — such as aquatic invas…
Salmon and peanuts
This week G. George Ostrom picked out a column from August, 1969.
A road trip to Florida includes another cool national park
Took a two-week road trip to Florida, which is to say I loaded up a very old truck camper onto my 22-year-old truck and hoped for the best. I know engines don’…
North Fork residents should be kept in the loop
A Forest Service announcement that they were going to remove the additions to the rear (north) end of the Ford Schoolhouse has created some comment and concern among North Fork folks.
Subdividing Glacier Park
A column G. George Ostrom picked out from September, 1970.
A trip to Disneyland
A column G. George Ostrom picked out from June, 1968.
Stop vilifying bison
In the last two years the Inter-agency Bison Management plan (IBMP) has killed almost 1,200 bison in 2018, and 1,300 in 2017. That is about a quarter of the entire Yellowstone herd each year.
Church leaders respond to terrorist attacks
Fear, grief, loss, pain, and anger converge in our hearts at the murder of 50 innocent prayerful people, and the injury of 50 more, who were gathered in two sacred Muslim houses of prayer in Christchurch, New Zeala…
Be careful not to compromise dark skies
Later this spring crews will get to work on the North Lake McDonald Road to extend power and phone lines to Kelly’s Camp. The camp, as most of you are aware, was razed by the Howe Ridge Fire last summer.
A chauvinistic column
A column G. George Ostrom picked out from March, 1973.
The diplomat's tour
Here’s a classic column that G. George Ostrom picked out from August, 1970.
Who is old?
Here’s a classic column that G. George Ostrom picked out from July, 1973.
Time to make the 6-mill levy permanent
In 1947 thousands of WW II veterans eligible for G.I. Bill higher education benefits were overwhelming the university system. The feeling in Montana and the rest of the country was that nobody was entitled to a liv…
The paradox of improved access
Main concerns on the North Fork remain the same from year-to-year, can only be solved by government agencies and are most often controversial.