November 2026
Steve McGann
When I was asked to write about hunting, I responded with “Not a hunter.” Rather curt and final. Yet, upon reflection, I realized I had hunting stories, because I had been on hunting trips with friends, participated to some…
November 2026
How ten years of trust and a donor advised fund helped build a bike park fifteen years in the making
Safety First: Bikefill is a Closed Construction ZoneFor 15 years, Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) and the City of Bozeman had envisioned Bikefill, a world-class community bike park just north of Bozeman. Over fifteen years, that vision became…
November 2026
Mati Bishop
I remember my first time skiing,” recalls Cory Birkenbeil. “It was with my mom. I probably was two or three years old, and I remember going to Midway and skiing in between her legs. I looked up and I yelled at her. I was like…
November 2026
Sela Etzel
There is something sublimely peaceful about standing beside a Montana river, watching the water flow through the landscape, seeing mountains in the distance, trees surrounding the banks, and hearing the sound of rushing water filling the air. For…
October 2026
Lisa Vandenbos
On October 22, 2016, my husband John and I were charged by a grizzly in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. All turned out fine for us and the bear, but the memory is still vivid ten years on.
We had parked at a pullout east of Tower Junction, then…
October 2026
Steve McGann
It happens in late August on a day of hiking in the high country. There is a suddenly-noticed reddish tinge to the undergrowth near the trail. A cool breeze runs down the slopes; perhaps a cloud dims the sun for a moment. Autumn is making an…
September 2026
Simon Nathans
The world exists in cycles, which we split into eras and epochs. There is a herd of caribou, around 180,000 strong, that have been migrating from what is now the Yukon and Northwest Territory of Canada to the arctic coastal plain of Alaska — a…
September 2026
Steve McGann
The Bridger Mountains mark the eastern boundary of the Gallatin Valley. The range forms a wall that rises four thousand feet above the plains. Though the Bridgers reach farther both to the north and south, the central high peaks are continuous from…
August 2026
Steve McGann
I like to call the Bridger Mountains Bozeman’s front yard. From the parking lot at the ‘M’ to the parking lot at Fairy Lake twenty miles north, there are always vehicles waiting for people to return from their Bridger adventures…
July 2026
Steve McGann
The young Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark from Fort Mandan to the Pacific Ocean and back has been part of our history for over two hundred years. The facts of her history have often been obscured by myth, speculation and fiction. There…
