The Wonderful World of the House Sparrow

The Wonderful World of the House Sparrow By Pam Carlton Broadcast 3.2022 and 3.13 & 3.16.2024   Listen:   Whenever you walk out your door into your yard, alley, or front stoop you will likely see them: little brown birds in raucous groups of up to 200...

Cobble Beaches: The Geology of a Worry Stone

Cobble Beaches: The Geology of a Worry Stone by Julie Tennis Broadcast 10.2021 and 3.6 & 3.9.2024   Listen:   Despite being autistic, with a good dose of social anxiety, I’ve ended up in a job where I deliver workshops to adults on a regular basis. This...

Oriole Nests: Relics of Summer

Oriole Nests: Relics of Summer By Joyce Bateman Broadcast 2.28 & 3.2.2024   Listen:   Mid-March brought another dull gray sky to the Helena Valley of Montana. The leaden clouds threatened a snow squall, the latest in a succession of storms. My birder...

Reveling in Hot Springs in Winter

Reveling in Hot Springs in Winter By Briana Wentworth Broadcast 2.2022 and 2.21 & 2.24.2024   Listen:   On a recent trip to Chico Hot Springs, my husband and I put on our bathing suits in the chilly concrete dressing rooms and walked barefoot and exposed...

Trumpeter Swan Restoration: A Montana Love Story

Trumpeter Swan Restoration: A Montana Love Story By Patti Bartlett Broadcast 1.2023 and 2.14 & 2.17.2024   Listen:   Montana is a love story, with life and death, heroes and villains. Right here in my own Blackfoot Watershed is one such chapter in that...