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Updated 3 months ago

Notes from Ranger Doug

I’ve had the pleasure over the years of getting correspondence from longtime Glacier National Park ranger/naturali…

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Best Buy

So I’m standing there in Best Buy eyeing the iPads and my thigh is all wet.

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Opinion: Green gate forever changed

During the pandemic I would hike the Half Moon “green gate” trail on occasion, as Glacier National Park was closed to entry for a few weeks at the height of the mess.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Opinion: Bowled over

So I was eating some ice cream out of a cat dish the other night.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Opinion: St. Mary Surprises

So with a long weekend we decided to go to St. Mary in Glacier National Park and see what we could see.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Opinion: Cutting weight?

There was a bright red spot of blood in the track and I wondered how the fox had gotten the injury.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
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.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
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…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
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.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
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.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Opinion: Testing tents in lousy weather

We’ve been going through tents this summer, which Is to say we’re testing our third one.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Opinion: A tight spot

One of my favorite films of all time is “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” starring George Clooney.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Opinion: Moose moments

So I got up early on Sunday morning just in case the moose was out there, you know, in the lake.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Following the ‘leader’

A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
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.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
The Klan in Montana

History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes. Patterns and cycles seem to repeat over time.