Chasing the Tulip Tree By Jan VanRiper Broadcast 2.5 & 2.8.2025 Listen: A couple years ago I bought a house near Mount Sentinel in Missoula. It has a big backyard shaded in warm weather by a huge tree. I couldn’t place the tree type. The sturdy main...
The Last of the Ents: Listening to the Ancient Silence of the Cedars By Morgan McNeill Broadcast 1.29 & 2.1.2025 Listen: The late fall sunshine warms the interior of the truck as my sister and I drive up a winding Forest Service road. We carefully...
Black-and-White Feathered Bullies By Rick Davenport Broadcast 1.22 & 1.25.2025 Listen: In her senior years, our yellow Labrador, Oakley, loved to lounge on the ponderosa pine-shaded deck off the back of our home in Helena. Weather permitting, Oakley...
Creeping Soil, Bending Trees By Cedar Mathers-Winn Broadcast 2.2023 and 1.15 & 1.18.2025 Listen: As a rule, trees tend to grow straight. Vertical. This is especially true when there is competition for light. It gets crowded in the forest, and light...
Oh, Deer By Karen Curran Broadcast 1.2023 and 1.8 & 1.11.2025 Listen: White-tailed deer abound in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, scene of most of my camping and hiking adventures during the many years I lived in Tennessee and North...
