Book Review: Grizzly Confidential

Book Review: Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator (2024) by Kevin Grange By Mary Ann Reuter “Respect the bear, and the bear will respect you,” is an Alaska Native adage about brown bears, also known...

Book Review: Birding for Boomers

Book review:  Birding for Boomers: And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World’s Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by Tanner Barkin This is a 2024 Honor Book from the Montana Book Award! Sneed is leading an MNHC...

Book Review: Hush of the Land

Book review:  Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness by Arnold “Smoke” Elser with Eva-Maria Maggi By Allison De Jong Hush of the Land is the powerful story of a life lived outdoors, entwined with the natural world in ways most of us...

Book Review: Tenacious Beasts

Book review:  Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher Preston By Allison De Jong Christopher Preston is a Missoula treasure, a professor of environmental philosophy at the University of Montana and someone you’ll...