EcoRover

Stories and photos about life along the Continental Divide in Montana between the Clark Fork (westslope) and Big Hole (eastslope) Rivers. Fresh back from a Fulbright in South China, I am looking at American culture/nature through new eyes. Backpacking, cross country skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking... this is the story of a 4-season outdoors person.

09 November 2007

Montana Mule Deer Hunting

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Mule deer hunting is to elk hunting as an easy morning hike is to a three-day peak bagging trip. Both mulie and elk hunting are wonderful pu...

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25 October 2007

EcoRover Goes To Washington (D.C.)

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Thanks to some "spark plugs" such as Sara Pritchard ( http://www.sts.cornell.edu/viewprofile.php?ProfileID=273 ) and Tim LeCain ( ...

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12 October 2007

Pickled Heart

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Grandma Beryl Nell Munday, good Scot Irish Presbyter that she was, wasted not. Though I now wish I had recorded her recipes for things such ...

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11 October 2007

Is THAT all there is... (to an antelope hunt), my friend?

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An old friend from Pennsylvania (thanks, Bob!) emailed me about the previous "Pronghorn Antelope Hunt" entry. I'll exagerrate ...

10 October 2007

Pronghorn Antelope Hunt: Big Hole River Valley, Montana

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As I put the rifle case in the pickup bed, I looked up through the frosty predawn darkness at Orion, the hunter's constellation. Pausing...

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08 October 2007

The Chokecherry Rhythm

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Here at 6,000 feet in the Northern Rockies, we are perhaps more sensitive to the ebb and flow of seasons. You can thrive on the cyclic rhyth...

02 October 2007

WANTED: Graduate Candidate in Environmental Communication

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Seeking a student interested in pursuing the MS in Technical Communication in the research area of Environmental Communication. NSF funding ...

01 October 2007

Yellowstone National Park: Wolf Watching, Elk Whistling

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The morning we were to leave for a weekend in Yellowstone National Park, the local newspaper headline read, "Area wolf pack exterminate...

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25 September 2007

Travelocity Sucks: Boycott Travelocity

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In many ways, web-based travel reservation companies such as Expedia have proven to be a great advantage for people who book their own airli...

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21 September 2007

Shotguns: Functional and Symbolic Objects in American Culture

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I grew up in a culture where shotguns were important tools. Since deer season was only a week or two long, a deer rifle might get out of the...

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EcoRover: Eco, from the Greek oikos: home, with a connotation of wholeness. Once upon a time I lived at the headwaters of the Allegheny River and roamed the hardwood forests. Now I roam the mountains, rivers, and prairies of the northern Rockies. Disclaimer: I am a professor with Montana Tech in Butte, but nothing posted on this site should be construed as an inference that I am speaking for the institution.

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