by Drew Lefebvre It’s early June in the northern Rockies. The days are long, the trees are in full leaf, and here at MNHC we have just finished up our spring field trip season. Over the past six weeks, our Visiting Naturalist in the Schools program has guided 67...
By Christine Morris Rolling into my driveway the other night I heard a strident peeping. My new pullet must have flown the coop! I began to search under an unused truck topper when I heard the peep again from an impossible height for a chicken. Looking up I saw, of...
By guest blogger & mycologist Tim Wheeler The first thing to know about morels is they are a component of the spring mycota here in Montana. That is, if you’re out looking for morels in the fall, you will end up with an empty basket! The best time to start...
Guest post by Master Naturalist Danielle Lattuga I was wandering around up high on Mount Jumbo this morning, admiring all the larkspur, balsamroot, prairie stars, lupine, and paintbrush in bloom. Yes! The paintbrush is in bloom already, and it literally glowed like...
