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...

Montana’s Other Aquatic Engineer

Montana’s Other Aquatic Engineer By Zola Kell Broadcast 2.2022 and 2.7 & 2.10.2024   Listen:   Spring and summer mornings, on my way to an early fitness class, I often end up taking a few extra minutes on my walk to admire the pond in the park. As...

Everywhere You Look, Birds Are Dropping Clues

Why is Bird Poop White? by Eva-Maria Maggi Broadcast 3.2021 and 1.31 & 2.3.2024   Listen:   With the joy of birding comes the fear of getting dropped on. Recently, my seven-year-old daughter carefully watched a pair of Canada geese sitting on an old...

Crusty Snow is Special, Too

Crusty Snow by Drew Lefebvre Broadcast 2.2019 and 1.24 & 1.27.2024 Listen:   This morning, the Missoula valley sits under a blanket of fresh snow, and another few inches is forecast for tomorrow. I love the first day or two after a snowfall when everything is...

Small But Mighty: of Chickadees and Chief Plenty Coups

Small But Mighty: of Chickadees and Chief Plenty Coups by Hobie Hare Broadcast 4.2021 & 1.3 & 1.6.2024   Listen:   Black-capped Chickadees are supremely adaptive birds, and are highly regarded by rural, urban and suburban human residents who share...