Cottonwoods: Where Wildlife Take Refuge in Winter by Ellen Knight Broadcast 2.2010, 2.011, 3.2016, 12.6 & 12.9.2023 Listen: Thinking about plants in winter recently, I remembered a particular good-sized cottonwood I saw while walking along a riverbank. What...
A Portrait Of Kehi-oo-Leh, Rattlesnake Creek By Sarah Moody Broadcast 6.2013, 12.2019, and 11.29 & 12.2.2023 Listen: I grew up in Missoula with the sound of Rattlesnake Creek pouring bedtime stories into my room, its chanting waters carrying me away to...
Hunting Bison in the Place of Smokey Land by Aspen Decker Broadcast 11.2021 and 11.22 & 11.25.2023 Listen: Near Čmʔomʔotúlexʷ (Place of Smokey Land) or Yellowstone National Park, in -5-degree weather, I kneeled on my freshly skinned bison hide,...
Pleistocene Megafauna by Tom McKean Broadcast 11.2013, 11.2018, and 11.15 & 11.18.2023 Listen: A cheetah crouches in the tall grass. Pronghorn graze warily in the cool summer breeze. After minutes of quiet patience the cheetah erupts into a burst of muscle...
Investigating Gizzard Grit by Kathleen Ort Broadcast 11.2015, 12.2018, 10.2021, and 11.8 & 11.11.2023 Listen: Afternoon sunshine was softening into twilight on a recent fall day as I drove with my family down a forest road in the mountains north of...
