30 June 2007

Twin Lakes Backpacking

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I had a few days for a backpack trip last week, and friend Dave & his daughter Chelsea suggested Lake of the Isle/Twin Lakes area on the...
26 June 2007

Another Day on the Creek

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Jan, our friend Sheila, and I fished an upper river tributary creek last evening. We began with a picnic at the Home Ranch, and then found o...
22 June 2007

Alpine Solstice Hike

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The first day of summer blazed in with hot 80 deg F temperatures--a good day to head for the mountains. RTD and I loaded up, drove to the Pi...

Collaboration and the Path to Extinction

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The French Vichy, the Norwegian Quislings, and other collaborators learned an important lesson that environmentalists should have learned: i...
19 June 2007

Review: Bruce Babbit, CITIES IN THE WILDERNESS

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George Wuerthner -- artist, ecologist, and author -- sent me a recommendation for former Secretary of the Interiror Bruce Babbit's book,...
18 June 2007

Home Ranch Campout: Montana Beauty

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RTD & I mostly car camp this time of year. The June weather and large lingering snowfields make getting around in the high country (i.e....
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11 June 2007

In Praise of Bitterroots (and other Late Spring Wildflowers of the Northern Rockies)

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Well, here it is, well into June. The weather is spring-crazy, with snow one day and 70 deg F the next, and it has been exceptionally wet. T...
08 June 2007

Cognitvie Development & the Moral Worth of Other Species

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I never fail to be disappointed at otherwise bright individuals who come off as ignorant and uncaring when it comes to the natural world. Ev...
06 June 2007

Big Hole River Salmonflies

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Well, it's that time of year again: the lilacs are in full bloom on the Butte hill and it's salmonfly madness on the Big Hole River....
05 June 2007

Big Hole Watershed Committee Kills Grayling

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Well, here we go again. Once again, it's an above average precipitation year. Furthermore, the past month has been wetter than average. ...