Columns
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Of Art and Cake
I received a call from Hungry Horse artist Nick Oberling last week. He lamented that Glacier wasn’t open to loca...
Opinion: The Russians are coming
I was over to my good friend Paranoid Pete’s house the other day.
Kicking the bucket
A classic G. George Ostrom column from April 1999
More North Fork meetings on tap
Mother Nature has been in the mood for teasing. We have had a few nice days but mostly it has been wet with rain and loud with thunder and a few heavy hail storms thrown in. No known coronavirus on the North Fork...
The Class of ‘46
A classic G. George Ostrom column from 2006.
Polebridge parade all but canceled
For all intents and purposes the Polebridge Fourth of July Parade is canceled. That does not mean everyone agrees with the cancellation. However, the WWII airplane flyover is canceled, there will be no Porta Pott...
Oatie, high water and a search
Beautiful sunny weather for most of this week. I really enjoyed getting out on my ATV with temperatures in the mid-70s on the North Fork. That ended Saturday night with a massive thunderstorm about midnight. Now,...
Grizzlies more concerning than a flood
It happens every year, but while still possible, a flood is by no means certain, maybe not even likely. Historically highest river levels occur in June, usually after the 6th. This first little push of runoff cle...
Germs and Grizzlies
So last week I called up the county commissioner’s office to get the login and password for the Thursday meeting.
Should the North Fork have a July 4 parade?
The coronavirus seems to go on and on, disrupting normal routine even though there are no North Fork victims and only a few in Flathead County. Even so, lots of things are changed and most of us continue to be at...
Gassed
My friend Paranoid Pete has one of those kegerators in his basement.
More thoughts on permits
Having a cluster of special permit requests to the Forest Service certainly created a firestorm of comments from North Fork landowners. Like my neighbors I oppose any more permits for commercial activity on the N...
On fishing
A Classic G. George Ostrom column from 1973.
Opposes permits
I am really tired of writing about the coronavirus, but I did not expect the U.S. Forest Service to step in with a big controversy, all in the last two days.
Paranoid Pete and other tales
“What’s up Paranoid Pete?” I asked. “You look a little flush.”