Book Review: Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie By Allison De Jong Award-winning journalist Gloria Dickie’s Eight Bears is a that takes you places: you’re going on a world tour, visiting Peru and China, Vietnam and Ecuador, India and arctic...
Book Review: Campfire Stories, Volume II: Tales of America’s National Parks and Trails, edited by Dave Kyu & Ilyssa Kyu By Allison De Jong Campfire Stories is a book that feels good in your hands. The cover is woven, textured, pleasantly rough beneath the...
What is it about showy yellow flowers? Is it their brightness? Their cheer? The fact that they look like golden bits of sunshine dropped in a meadow or on a hillside? This #WildflowerWednesday we are loving on blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata), another stunner in...
You asked: “What is this plant I’ve been seeing all over Mount Sentinel and the south side of Missoula?” The answer: This is winter vetch (Vicia villosa), also known as hairy vetch. It is non-native, introduced throughout North America from Europe...
Is there anything lovelier than the deep bluish-purple of penstemon blossoms echoing the azure of the sky on a summer’s day? Penstemons come in an array of colors, from deep blue to all shades of purple to yellow to white. We have 36 species in Montana, though...
