Thermophiles: Multitudes In The Hot Spring by Shelly Pace Broadcast 11.19 and 11.22.2019 Listen: Perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a relaxing soak in one of Montana’s numerous hot springs. Sometimes it’s enough to simply picture yourself there as you...
Montana Fens by Steve Shelly Broadcast 11.12 and 11.15.2019 Listen: Even as the deep snowpack buries much of the landscape in Western Montana, there are some very special wetland habitats that will not freeze at all this winter. These wetlands, known as fens,...
Wild Horse Island by Ruth Royter Broadcast 11.5 and 11.8.2019 Listen: Just the name – Wild Horse Island – sends the imagination soaring. The short boat trip to this island on the west side of Flathead Lake about ten miles north of Polson is magical. This is...
Geology of the Bitterroot Mountains by Mike Peterson Broadcast 10.20.2019 Listen: It is easy to imagine that Western Montana, dominated as it is by the Rocky Mountains, should be a great place to be a climber. I’m lucky enough to live in Missoula, where the...
Black-billed Magpies by Susie Wall Broadcast 10.8 and 10.11.2019 Listen: When I first moved out West, I was impressed by the large black-and-white bird I noticed strutting around my yard and campsites, its long black tail dragging on the ground behind it. The...
