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Apgar Lookout: This early season jaunt a great way to get in shape, with views
The Apgar Mountain Lookout Trail is one of those trails to hike first thing in the season because it’s easy to get…
Get back to the basics
As a Republican candidate for Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, I have a simple, but clear vision for our schools: I want to bring education back to basics.
Opinion: Lucky duck
A bald eagle snatched dinner right in front of us. By the time I got the camera out of the chest bag the eagle was half flying, half swimming with the duck thr…
Opinion: Gassed
With the weather ready to take a turn I figured I better quit hiking in the woods for a weekend or two and cut some firewood.
Opinion: Rolling under the stars
So on Saturday we didn’t have much time, so the boy and I went out into the Badger Two Medicine area south of Glacier National Park.
Opinion: Testing tents in lousy weather
We’ve been going through tents this summer, which Is to say we’re testing our third one.
Opinion: A tight spot
One of my favorite films of all time is “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” starring George Clooney.
Opinion: Moose moments
So I got up early on Sunday morning just in case the moose was out there, you know, in the lake.
Following the ‘leader’
A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona.
A night not to forget
What a beautiful day I said and it was: Clear and cold and not a breath of wind … Jan. 27, 1968.
The Klan in Montana
History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes. Patterns and cycles seem to repeat over time.
CFAC promises to be a dump forever
So I’ve sat through hours of meetings on the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. cleanup and read through hundreds of pages of documents and I’ve come to the following conclusion: It will always be a dump of some sort or a…
Hertz on reappraisals
Property tax appraisals are currently arriving in the mail. It’s important to review the valuation and appeal it if you do not agree with the valuation. The appeal instructions are in the letter that was mailed to …
Group says state carnivore management a sham
Wolf and grizzly bear management planning is underway in Montana, and the Gianforte administration’s strategy for managing these species could not be more clear: our way, or the highway.
Now people expect to be rescued
When I was leading groups into the Wyoming wilderness in the 1990s, once we left a trailhead we were on our own.
The Deck
Contrary to the name Glacier Park Lodge is not exactly in Glacier National Park. Instead it sits on the Blackfeet Reservation a few miles east of the Park’s boundary. It was built in 1913 to serve as the first stop…