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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…
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…
Unhealthy Snacks
In this week’s newspaper we feature author Bob Love’s book, “Pathfinder” a fine collection of poems, stories and essays that Love has been working on for the past 50 years.
A longer way for a danish
It’s a long way to Tipperary and a pretty long way to the Polebridge Mercantile up the North Fork in Glacier.
History book now available
Lois Walker has done it again!
Now is time to prepare for wildfire
I don’t need to report that the North Fork was filled with smoke last week.
Get off my lawn guy
Well, I’ve stooped to a new low.
Thoughts on the rescue
Everyone in the North Fork followed the story of the young man lost on the Huckleberry Lookout Trail.
Saving money with chickens!
Like a lot of people trying to save a few bucks, I too, have turned to chickens.
Teachers on the front lines
School shootings and the bloody murders of totally innocent children and their teacher caretakers is a societal tragedy that Americans have become numb to. Without the common sense outlawing of the assault weapons…
How to swallow a snake, whole
So a few weeks ago I was sitting in a blind at a private pond watching a great blue heron.