Reflections on Knowing a Wild Place

Reflections on Knowing a Wild Place by Allison De Jong Broadcast 5.2016, 9.2022, 11.2024, and 10.7 & 10.10.2026 Listen:   Montana has so much to offer for those who love wild places, and I’ve spent much of my time here exploring all the new spots I can in our...

Jumping Spider Paddle Battle

Jumping Spider Paddle Battle By Irmi Willcockson Broadcast 11.2022, 10.2024, and 9.30 & 10.3.2026   Listen:   I love paddling my kayak, to get away even for just an hour or two. Sitting in my kayak one morning on a detention pond close to home, I watched...

Investigating Gizzard Grit

Investigating Gizzard Grit by Kathleen Ort Broadcast 11.2015, 12.2018, 10.2021, 11.2023, and 9.23 & 9.26.2026   Listen:   Afternoon sunshine was softening into twilight on a recent fall day as I drove with my family down a forest road in the mountains...

Fungal Guttation: Like Water off a Mushroom’s Back

Fungal Guttation: Like Water off a Mushroom’s Back By Drew Lefebvre Broadcast 9.16 & 9.19.2026   Listen:   I started thinking about guttation on a hike at the end of summer. It was a humid day; it had rained almost nonstop the previous week and there was...

The Fuzzy Orange Spot of Fall

The Fuzzy Orange Spot of Fall By Tricia Erickson Broadcast 9.2023 and 9.9 & 9.12.2026     Listen:   I had visited Glacier National Park in the summer plenty of times to see its rainbow of wildflowers spread across the mountains. Still, I had never...