The Construction Zone Blues

Jerry Schuster

Be alert! Be aware! Drivers, it is time to get prepared for another road construction season. Do not be afraid. I am going to give you some succinct basics so that you understand what is happening here. Study this article and carry it with you on…

Where To Go And What To Do

According to the Gallatin Valley Land Trust

Nearly every weekend my husband and I have the exact same conversation. It goes something like this:  “Would you like to go for a hike?”  “Sure. Where do you want to go?”“I dunno. Where do you want to…

The Last, Best Place

Kris Drummond

What does it mean to be “The Last Best Place,” exactly? That combination of words has confused me since I was a kid. I can’t help but feel that a comma is needed between last and best. Otherwise it kind of reads like the opposite of…

Fresh Air Fridays

We pressed ourselves against the bus windows, binoculars in hand, looking at the sleeping bear. Is it a grizzly we wondered- to which we have decided, yes it is- and marveled at how in just our first hour in Yellowstone National Park we had seen a…

Was a Dog Found Tortured in Bozeman?

Animal abuse is often the first sign of serious disturbance among adolescent and adult killers. In 1997, Luke Woodham, in a suburb of Jackson, MI, stabbed his mother to death and then opened fire on his high school classmates with a hunting rifle…

How Do School Gardens Grow?

Cultivating Young Gardeners with Gallatin Valley Farm to School

A garden is a powerful place. It can transform kids into scientists, artists or mathematicians when concepts they learn in the traditional classroom suddenly become real. Gardens provide the ideal space for experiential learning, engaging all five…