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SUMMARY:Hush of the Land: Stories from the Bob Marshall Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, September 10th\nTime: 7:00-8:30 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: Free\, but please register! (Donations are always appreciated.***) \nREGISTER HERE \nIn Hush of the Land: Stories from the Bob Marshall Wilderness\, Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi take the audience on a journey with horses and mules deep into the mountains of Western Montana. This engaging\, hands-on campfire storytelling event is based on the inspiring memoir Hush of the Land\, which chronicles the six-decade quest of packer and outfitter Smoke Elser to protect wild lands by bringing thousands of people deep into Montana’s mountains on horseback. Experience the joys and thrills of summer rides\, harrowing grizzly bear encounters\, fishing in clear mountain streams\, and many nights around a campfire in some of the West’s last wild places. In this lively program\, Eva shares how meeting Smoke ignited her love for storytelling\, while Smoke recounts how his testimony for the Wilderness Act and his fight to preserve and expand Montana’s wilderness lands influenced his career as an outfitter and educator\, giving him a voice at the center of Montana’s conservation movement. \nAbout the presenters: Arnold “Smoke” Elser is a legendary packer\, author\, teacher\, and U.S. conservationist who has traveled every trail of the 1.5 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Western Montana on horseback over the past sixty years. As a professional wilderness outfitter\, he has provided a once-in-a-lifetime experience deep in the mountains for thousands of people\, many of whom had never ridden a horse before. His famous “Horse and Mule Packing Class” has been taken by the U.S. Navy SEALs\, U.S. Army\, U.S. National Park Service\, U.S. Forest Service\, as well as thousands of civilians and college students. He is the co-author of the leading textbook on horse and mule packing\, Packin’ in on Horses and Mules. His skills\, life\, and persistent work to preserve public lands and wilderness for future generations have been featured in the PBS documentary 3 Miles an Hour\, National Geographic\, The Guardian\, The New York Times\, and The Washington Post\, among others. Smoke is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Montana\, the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America\, the Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award from The Conservation Roundtable\, and the Backcountry Horseman of America award. He is honored to be the only inductee of both the Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame and the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife Thelma\, their dog Spunky\, and their horses and mules in Missoula\, MT. \nEva-Maria Maggi is a writer\, teacher\, and packer. Her new book\, Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (Bison Books)\, is co-written with and about Montana outfitter\, conservationist\, and packer Arnold “Smoke” Elser. She holds a Ph.D. in political science and has been teaching college classes and giving public talks for over 15 years. Currently\, she teaches Wilderness Policy and Packing at the University of Montana\, Missoula. Her recent work has been published in Big Sky Journal and the Montana Magazine of Western History (both forthcoming). Her past research on Europe and the Middle East was published as the book The Will of Change (2018\, Springer) and in several academic journals\, newspapers\, and magazines. She grew up in Germany\, lived in Italy and Morocco\, and now calls Missoula home. \n***This program was previously offered free to the community thanks to support from Humanities Montana\, which has since lost their federal funding and shuttered their Montana Conversations programming. Smoke and Eva are committed to keeping their program accessible to the community; this is a free event and open to the public. Any donations are greatly appreciated and will support MNHC and these knowledgeable speakers.
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SUMMARY:Hunting Dinosaur Fossils in the Bighorn Basin!
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, September 16\nTime: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: $15 for MNHC members\, $20 for non-members\n(Children 17 and under free with ticketed adult.) \nREGISTER HERE!\nIf you’re a fan of dinosaurs\, this evening program is for you! \nMNHC has partnered with Elevation Science Institute to prepare and conserve dinosaur fossils collected by their paleontologists and citizen-scientists each summer in southern Montana. These fossils come from the world-famous Morrison Formation of southern Montana\, rocks dating back over 150 million years! \nIt has been a record year for the team from Elevation Science Institute. Join Jason Poole to hear the latest from this summer’s field work digging up dinosaur bones in Montana’s Bighorn Basin\, some of which will be exposed over the next few months at the Montana Natural History Center before your very eyes! \nDrinks and light refreshments/snacks provided. \nInstructor: Jason C. Poole has worn many hats\, Adjunct Professor of Paleontology\, Scientific Illustrator\, art teacher\, and Paleontology field instructor. Jason has excavated dinosaurs on three continents\, including Africa\, South and North America. Paralititan\, Dreadnoughtus and Suuwassea are three dinosaurs worked on by Poole\, all were new to science when discovered and two of which are supermassive titanosaurs. Poole is also a Paleontological Artist who has published in National Geographic and whose art work appears in many museum and private collections. Jason resides in Missoula\, Montana and can often be found sketching in the studio and the great outdoors. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \nThe course fee (minus a 25% administrative fee) is refundable if a cancellation is made up to 7 days before the event. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline. See our full refund/cancellation policy here. \nDo I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? \nNope! We will have a list of all the attendees.
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SUMMARY:Saving the Big Sky
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, September 24\nTime: 6:00-7:30 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: Free and open to the public\, but please register \nJoin authors Bruce A. Bugbee\, Robert J. Kiesling\, and John B. Wright for a presentation of their book Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana. In documenting conservation accomplishments and suggesting what more can be done\, Saving the Big Sky invites readers to participate in conserving Montana—or whatever cherished landscape they call home. \nREGISTER HERE\nDuring this lecture\, we’ll learn more about the compelling study of how six million acres of biodiverse land were conserved in Montana over the past fifty years. Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge about land stewardship has evolved and since the 1970s tribes\, nonprofit organizations\, land trusts\, and government agencies have conserved land in many creative ways. \nLight refreshments and book signings\, too. Offered in partnership with Fact and Fiction. \nAbout the authors:\nBruce A. Bugbee is a land conservation consultant and founder of American Public Land Exchange. \nRobert J. Kiesling is a real estate broker\, conservation consultant\, and former executive director of the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Big Sky (Montana/Wyoming) office of The Nature Conservancy. \nJohn B. Wright has completed over one hundred conservation easements in Montana and the Rocky Mountain West and is professor emeritus of geography and environmental studies at New Mexico State University.
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