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YEAR IN PHOTOS 2015 BY GREG LINDSTROM
As a photojournalist, I have the privilege of witnessing history being made daily in the Flathead Valley and the opportunity to share it with Beacon readers. My work o ers me a glimpse into the heart of our community as I try to capture storytelling images of not only the prominent events, but also quieter scenes. It is the people in these photographs who make them important. Learning their stories and discovering how they shape our community is the best part of my job. Here are the eeting moments, both breathtaking and heartbreaking, that de ned 2015.
 JULY A mountain goat is silhouetted as it walks along the Highline Trail. Glacier National Park is home to one of the largest populations of mountain goats in the lower 48, with an estimated 1,500-2,000 goats roaming the high- alpine environment.
 AUGUST Dan Fagre walks along Upper Grinnell Lake as he takes repeat photographs of Grinnell, Salamander and Gem glaciers. Fagre is one of the foremost climate change scientists in the United States. For the last 25 years, he has led a group of scientists studying one of the most iconic examples of that change in North America: the melting glaciers in Glacier National Park.
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