Crossbill Evolution by Michael K. Schwartz Broadcast 6.2 & 6.5.2020 Listen: As winter faded into spring and the last remnants of snow remained in shadowy patches atop higher peaks, I wandered into the Rattlesnake Wilderness, outside of Missoula,...
Moose Size by Danielle Lattuga Broadcast 6.4 & 6.9.2017 and 5.26 & 5.29.2020 Listen: On a sunny June day, I was standing among a group of budding naturalists, sketching the bark of a cottonwood tree. Suddenly, I heard a series of quiet gasps and more...
Lazuli Buntings by Ron Scholl Broadcast 5.19 & 5.22.2020 Listen: There are poems on the wing upon the mountainsides – fraught with beauty and peril. A female bunting with grass in her mouth is one such poem. In May, lazuli buntings return to the...
Mushrooms by Steven Rinella Broadcast 5.12 & 5.12.2020 Listen: Throughout the human history of traipsing the earth in search of edibles, mushrooms have undoubtedly been the least understood and most feared flora in the forests of the world. Early...
Rocky Mountain Wood Ticks by Tom Schwan Broadcast 5.5 & 5.8.2020 Listen: Spring has hit western Montana in full force. Days are longer than nights, temperatures are warming, and the snow is gone for the lower elevations. Animals that live here...
