Stories of the Sp̓eƛ̓m̓ (Bitterroot) by Aspen Decker Broadcast 5.25 & 5.28.2021 Listen: My earliest memory of sp̓eƛ̓m̓ (bitterroot) was when I was 12, on a warm spring day in Ql̓nitxʷé, ‘Camas Prairie,’ where I sat with a group of elderly Seliš...
Beloved Balsamroot by Julie Cannon Broadcast 5.18 & 5.21.2021 Listen: There’s not much that brings me more pure joy in springtime than a hillside full of yellow bouquets of arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata). I drive eastbound on the...
How North America’s Only Aquatic Songbird Survives Spring Runoff by Elizabeth Domenech Broadcast 4.27 & 4.30.2021 Listen: The American Dipper is one of my favorite birds. I love the movement they make standing in shallow water or on a rock, the bend...
Landscapes of space and time: Montana’s migratory birds in Panama by Charlotte Elton Broadcast 3.30 & 4.2.2021 Listen: Where do Montana birds go in the winter? What is it like for them in a tropical habitat? What is it like for us, to see them...
Calling All Cranes by Roberta McElroy Broadcast 3.23 & 3.26.2021 Listen: It was a beautiful day for birding. There were broken clouds allowing the March sun to peek through, taking away the morning chill. A gentle breeze blew, keeping temperatures...