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Notes from Ranger Doug
I’ve had the pleasure over the years of getting correspondence from longtime Glacier National Park ranger/naturali…
Opinion: Some tips on searching Hungry Horse News archives
One of the biggest requests we get here at the Hungry Horse News is an archive search. The call typically goes like this: “Back in the 1980s my such and such was in the newspaper. Can I get a copy of it?”
Opinion: Made in Montana
So I was flipping through the L.L. Bean catalog the other day and then I picked up the Orvis catalog and something struck me: No, it wasn’t that companies still mail catalogs to old guys like me, it was that virtua…
Opinion: The baluster in the background
So last week I watched a couple of holiday films, Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and then, “Psycho.” Two films I’ve managed to miss. They are on Netflix right now in case you’re looking to get into the holiday spir…
EPA should listen to public
f there is one thing that EPA Region 8 (the Environmental Protection Agency for Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 tribal nations) needs to realize after this recent election, is t…
The joys of rabbit joints
So a few weeks ago I decided to get some quotes on new kitchen cabinets and they came in exactly where I expected, which is to say, way more money than I want to spend or even can afford. Not only that, they were m…
Dealing with disappointment when visiting national parks
There is still something rewarding to be found in travel experiences that don’t live up to our initial expectations.
Daines talks energy
Few decisions made in Washington impact Montanans more than those made about our nation’s natural resources. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pursuit of radical environmentalism and a liberal climate cha…
Zinke on Tranel, his record
It’s the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, grocery prices have climbed 21.5 percent, rent has increased by 22…
Ode to the Glacier Park Lodge
“She sleeps! My lady sleeps!” refers to a sleeping lover in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Serenade. I speak not of this person, but to the Grand Lady of East Glacier Park, Glacier Park Lodge, which by the ti…
Thoughts on NorthWestern Energy
As someone who helps people make financial decisions, I am worried about our state’s largest utility, NorthWestern Energy. NorthWestern provides electric and natural gas services to over 400,000 households and busi…
Celebrating the Wilderness Act at 60
On Sept. 3, 1964, President Johnson signed the Wilderness act; it preserved 54 areas as wilderness, totaling 9,100,000 acres in 13 states. More importantly it envisioned additional areas being added to the newly cr…
Rez dogs of the lodge
They are as much a harbinger of spring as are the swallows of Capistrano … and like the said swallows their return is about as punctual.
Coalition announces meetings
The Coalition For A Clean CFAC will be hosting public meetings on Aug. 20 and 21. These meetings invite the public’s input regarding the proposed Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant Superfund cleanup plan. The August pr…
Pols losing touch to the land
Tim Sheehy, the Republican seeking to unseat Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester, is a business executive born and raised out of state. That same description applies to Troy Downing, a Republican running for one …
Horse Gulch could have been prevented
Writing recently on X (formerly Twitter), Frontier Institute President and CEO Kendall Cotton observed that Montana’s Horse Gulch Fire is burning in a portion of Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest that was slat…