Terrible & Beautiful

Terrible & Beautiful By Kindle Lewis Broadcast 7.26 & 7.29.2023   Listen:   It’s a rare smoke-less late-summer day in western Montana, one of those perfect days in which the heat is obvious but not suffocating and a cooling breeze pushes fluffy,...

Coulee Country

Coulee Country By Heather Bilden Broadcast 7.19 & 7.22.2023   Listen:   Hiking across the expanse of central Montana prairie that I call home, I can see at least three mountain ranges in the distance at all times. On the horizon to the north are the...

Please Don’t Touch the Bison

Please Don’t Touch the Bison By Janet Cass Broadcast 7.12 & 7.15.2023   Listen:   It must have looked like a scene in a movie Western: a herd of bison crossing a river, dust in the air, noise, splashing, all set against the grandeur of Yellowstone...

Wondering About Wind

Wondering About Wind By Lisa Bickell Broadcast 7.5 & 7.8.2023   Listen:   In July I hiked Ch-paa-qn Peak with my family. Its Salish name, “Shining Peak,” is fitting as the highest point in the Ninemile Ranger District, just outside of Missoula, Montana....

Fungus Flowers

Fungus Flowers By Elena Ulev Broadcast 6.28 & 7.1.2023     Listen:   Striped coralroot, candy stick, ghost pipe, and pinedrops. What do these plants have in common besides their fun names? They’re all “fungus flowers,” or scientifically speaking,...