Outdoors

Out of Bounds

Muddy Bottom Boys

Mudsnails may fill a trout’s belly, but like a deep-fried Twinkie at the county fair, they don’t provide any nutrition

Glacier Park

The Missing Lynx of Glacier National Park

Scientists recently conducted the first parkwide population survey of Canada lynx in Glacier, filling a critical data gap surrounding the elusive carnivore and pegging Glacier as a potential climate haven

Out of Bounds

Grazing the Kelp Forest

The controversial flavor enhancer MSG was first extracted from kelp, which is an essential ingredient in dashi, the ubiquitous Japanese soup stock

Environment

Friends of the Ghost Forests

Whitefish Mountain Resort gains recertification as whitebark pine friendly ski area for its efforts to promote conservation of a threatened keystone species

Out of Bounds

Nerding Out with Maps

As spring approaches another kind of map draws my attention: the U.S. Department of Agriculture Snow Water Equivalent maps of Montana river basins

Out of Bounds

Crowded Skies of Spring

During this present Spring of Deception, it is warm enough on the Great Plains that I’ve resumed my afternoon jogs. I run on a trail near the river where the migrating birds are staging before they push on for the Northwest Territories.

Environment

Lean Green Burning Machine

Flathead National Forest touts forest-management benefits of new mobile biochar production burner

Out of Bounds

Tail End of Winter

I’m hopeful second winter will be but an instant allowing the spring of deception to reign until summer.

Out of Bounds

Access Makes Freedom Ring

A powerful minority has seen the freedom Montana’s public land, easy access and plentiful native wildlife incubate, and decided they’d rather have Texas.

Out of Bounds

Access Becomes the Commodity

The access fight at Mitchell Slough was about more than just limiting public access on Montana rivers