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BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor’s book on the history and science of wheat has been named to the longlist for a national award.

“Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop,” written by Catherine Zabinski, has been included in the 2022 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Young Adult Science Book category.

The prize celebrates outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults and is meant to encourage the writing and publishing of high-quality science books for all ages. Some criteria finalists had to meet include having the ability to engage young adult readers in all aspects of science; encourage the discussion and understanding of scientific ideas; enable high school readers to view science and technology thoughtfully; and more. Finalists for the 2022 prize will be announced in November. The winners will be announced in January 2022.

The book, Zabinski’s first, was published in September 2020. The professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in MSU’s College of Agriculture said she wrote the book to tell the story of how humans have altered the evolution of wheat for people who don’t necessarily have a science background.

The longlist titles in the 2022 Young Adult Science Book category are: 

• “Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop,” by Catherine Zabinski. The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
• “Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life,” by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim. Illustrated by Claire Lenkova. Translated by Sarah Pybus. Greystone Books, 2021.
• “Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began,” by Guido Tonelli. Translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
• “Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved,” by Kenneth Catania. Princeton University Press, 2020.
• “How to Make a Vaccine: An Essential Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond,” by John Rhodes. The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
• “The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World,” by Kale Williams. Crown, 2021. 
• “Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life,” by Jess Phoenix. Timber Press, 2021.
• “Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet,” by Chelsea Wald. Avid Reader Press, 2021.
• “A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You,” by Sean B. Carroll. Princeton University Press, 2020.

In August, the Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted several changes to the 2021/2022 wolf hunting and trapping regulations.

Changes include eliminating quotas, increasing the number of wolf trapping and hunting licenses allowed for individual hunters, extending wolf trapping seasons and the allowance of snares to harvest wolves.

The changes also specified that hunters are allowed to purchase and possess 10 wolf hunting licenses – a separate license for each wolf they harvest – and trappers are allowed a bag limit of 10 wolves. This means an individual who hunts and traps can take a total of 20 wolves in a license year.

The regulations initially said hunters and trappers could take 10 wolves total. The regulations will be corrected to align with the intent of the commission.

“We want to make this clarification so hunters, trappers and members of the public are clear about the wolf regulations for this hunting and trapping season,” said FWP Director, Hank Worsech.

For more information on hunting and trapping wolves in Montana, visit fwp.mt.gov. To view the current wolf harvest status, visit the online harvest page.

Bozeman Parking teams up with Gallatin Valley Food Bank to “Can the Griz” by reducing parking tickets through canned goods

Bozeman, MT— The City of Bozeman Parking Division is partnering with Gallatin Valley Food Bank to collect canned good donations in exchange for reduced parking citation fees from November 6-20. The program is a part of “Can the Griz,” an annual friendly, off-field competition between Montana State University and the University of Montana to see which school can collect the most donations for their local food bank.

How does the program work?
• Drop-off locations will be available from November 8-20 at the Bozeman City Hall Finance Department (121 N Rouse Ave) from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30– 3 p.m. Monday – Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Individuals with outstanding parking citations will be able to reduce their ticket by $2 for each can up to five cans, individuals who bring in five cans will get their citation reduced by half (the maximum amount that can be reduced.)
• Eligible citations include: overtime citations, parking garage citations, street maintenance citations, and Montana State University/Bozeman High School parking permit citations
• Tickets issued for safety violations will not be eligible to participate
• Citations issued in the last year (after November 21, 2020) are eligible for reduction
• Any can brought in will only apply to the base citation amount and cannot be applied toward late fees or collections fees

Bozeman Parking Manager Mike Veselik says, “The opportunity to support this great cause and give people a chance to get their tickets paid off seemed like a perfect match for Bozeman Parking. If you’ve got a parking ticket that’s collecting dust, don’t wait. Get it paid off for less and help us can the Griz!”

The program will be in place for the entire length of Can the Griz from November 6 -20 (City Hall drop off locations will open Monday November 8.) For more information on the Can the Griz Food Drive as well as a list of desirable items visit canthegriz.com

Virtual events are becoming all the more important, especially during a global pandemic, and there are some key advantages. Costs are lower, both for setup and attendee admission. People can interact from all across the globe without spending ludicrous amounts on hotels or flights. You may even be able to hire high demand speakers that don’t have the time to commit to an in-person event, and people that won’t be able to make in-person events can attend from their own homes.

Perhaps you’ve heard all about this but are not sure how to host one of your own? Fortunately, we’ve consolidated the most helpful tips on how to plan a successful virtual event. Let’s take a look!

1. Understanding your target audience

Before you begin planning, you will need to know your target audience like the back of your hand. Just like any marketing plan, the backbone lies with an understanding of your ideal customer. These are the sorts of questions that you need to ask yourself:

• How familiar are your audience with social media?
• What subject in your industry are your audience most interested in?
• What incentives do not respond to the best (e.g. sweepstakes, discount codes, competitions)?

Test the water and send out surveys to your audience, facilitating a discussion to acquire the data you need to plan. Don’t begin planning until you have a full grasp of your target audience.

2. Defining your format

Much like a conference, there are many flavors to virtual events. They can take the form of a single person presenting, or they could be more like a workshop or tradeshow. Whatever form your event will take, the key is to make it unique and something that stands out from your competitors.

Be crystal clear about what the audience will see, setting clear expectations about your event from the get-go. Will your audience be able to interact and ask live questions? Try to make use of this functionality as it will boost engagement. Are there cameras going to be on? If so, they will need to know this in advance. Will the event be high-level or tactical? Set the stage to make sure that the people registering, know exactly what they will get. By having a strong sense of purpose, you can also leverage the ‘why’ in promotional emails that remind those who are marked as attending as to why they signed up in the first place. Reminding a registrant will be valuable, refreshing their memory and increasing the likelihood that they will turn up.

3. Choose your platform

With all the live streaming services out there, which do you choose? There is no right answer to this question - it depends on your needs. In general, we’d recommend looking into services such as Facebook Livestream, Zoom, Periscope, and YouTube live. Most of these services offer free trials way can perform dry runs. To make use of these before your event - you should become familiar with the basic functionalities of your platform, and have the timeline down to a T.

4. Choosing a host

Special consideration needs to be placed on who will host the event. If you think of yourself as a prominent public speaker, you can take the lead. It’s not uncommon for many companies to hire a professional speaker, or choose in-house members of staff who have had presentation experience - the kind that can respond at the spur of the moment to unexpected events. After all, there are a lot of things that can go wrong with live streaming such as poor connectivity or technical issues.

Whoever will be hosting the event, should speak clearly and respond to queries through social media and any relevant tech channels. The audience needs to feel a personal connection with direct eye contact, so get them comfortable looking directly into the camera. Anybody can spot script reading from a mile away!

5. Marketing your event

Your marketing plan shouldn’t differ from that of any face-to-face event. We recommend using social media to get the hype out well in advance of the event. Make use of all the channels to provide information, entice people to register, and create engaging content that can be shared amongst people. Perhaps you can make use of channels such as Snapchat or Instagram to show viewers where the event will take place? You could link to the biography of the speaker, a tutorial video on how to access the event on the day, or even use this as an opportunity to share content that will complement the event’s topic such as an e-book or infographic. Make use of all the tools available to build brand recognition.

6. Choose your venue

You may be thinking what this means considering virtual events are online - “can’t I just host it from my bedroom with a background screen?”. While this is certainly an option for a budget event, you should make a virtual event look just how an in-person event would. People want to feel like they’re in a real-life space and feel a personal connection. Consider hiring a space that you can fill with basics such as audiovisual equipment and a podium. Your camera should be zooming in and out, giving your audience a good view of your background. If you’re a bit strapped for cash, at least decorate your room as best you can to fit the theme of the event, avoiding the need to hide in front of a cheesy and cheap-looking background screen.

7. Choosing a date and time

One great thing about virtual events is that geographical concerns are a non-issue. However, people can become complacent and not turn up because nothing is constraining them to attend. The best times to host are generally the weekends and early evenings, but it is an inexact science.

Time zones are critical and more relevant than ever, so research your target audience and think about where they are located. How many overseas followers do have? If the majority are overseas, in what time zone? Are you looking to conquer a particular market? Which one, and what time zone represents it? Gather information from your audience to suggest when people are most available. You could send out surveys or emails to collect data. If you are contacting people in a time zone that would not suit them, ask them how likely they would be considering certain times. As a last resort, suggest that you can always upload a recording of the event on a channel such as YouTube.

Virtual events are different because people can log off at any time at their convenience. Attendees are also more likely to get bored or notice “dead time”, given that they are most likely watching from their own home. The event itself should be kept as short as possible to focus your audience’s attention. Practice makes perfect - get everything down to an efficient format and make sure everything runs smoothly.

Conclusion

Now that you read our article, we hope that you can host a successful virtual event that engages and connects your audience to your company. Be sure to boost engagement by offering a range of interactive elements, responding quickly to queries, offering excellent speakers, and having everything run smoothly. Once you’ve got a great plan in place, round it all off with a tech-savvy social media campaign that gets the word out. Last but not least, practice until perfect. Good luck and all the best!

PRAY, Montana (November 1, 2021) – Sage Lodge, an outdoors-focused Montana resort located 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park and managed by Columbia Hospitality, is excited to announce the selection of Ben Jones as its new executive chef. The lodge, which opened in 2018 and has a long-standing partnership with Sage Fly Fishing, continues to solidify its reputation as one of the state’s premier lodging properties, ranking in the top one percent in the world in Tripadvisor’s “2021 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best” awards.

In his new role, Jones will create and implement the culinary vision for the property, which includes the on-site restaurants The Grill at Sage Lodge and the Fireside Room, as well as meetings and events.

“I am very impressed by and excited to work with the team here in the breathtaking Paradise Valley,” said Jones. “I look forward to developing a culture of team and guest focus that is above any other, and I can’t wait to further enhance and expand our cuisine offerings and make this the premier culinary workplace in Montana.”

Jones’ experiences span more than 20 years. He started his career as chef de cuisine at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago and worked his way up to becoming the executive chef at both The Resort at Paws Up in Greenough, Montana and more recently at Alderbrook Resort and Spa in Union, Washington. In these roles, Jones gained extensive experience with regional culinary operations, including bolstering culinary events and programming, controlling budgets and creating systems to maintain staff retention and guest satisfaction.

Jones has also participated in key events, including as guest chef for the 2016 James Beard House event; published recipes in the Smoke and Fire cookbook; and hosted the James Beard Boot Camp on sustainability and food waste. He is also the founder of and chef at Open Hearth Private Chef and Catering LLC, a private-chef and custom-catering company, alongside his wife and partner, Michelle Byerly.

In his new role as executive chef, Jones looks forward to developing and mentoring his team, being creative with food preservation, sourcing and highlighting local ingredients year-round, bolstering The Grill’s dry-age room program, developing culinary event programming and maintaining the consistency and quality of the culinary offerings at the property.

Jones is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and has a degree in culinary arts from Nelson Polytechnic in Nelson, New Zealand. In his free time, he keeps himself busy with an assortment of activities, including volunteering at food banks, splitting firewood, weightlifting, reading, writing poetry, studying wine, cheesemaking, making charcuterie, and horseback and bike riding with his wife and three children.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “When we realized we weren’t getting to spend 2020 with No Shoes Nation, I never thought it would be three years until I would see my most favorite people in the world,” says eight-time Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney ahead of his Here And Now 2022 stadium tour presented by Blue Chair Bay Rum and fueled by MARATHON, set to launch April 23 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. “My favorite place in the world is anywhere we all come together. They come strong. They get loud. They love the music. But most importantly, they live life – every second – for all its worth! They inspire me, and I want to get out there and get going, creating the greatest night of the summer every time we hit the stage.

“Putting this line-up together has been awesome,” Chesney continues. “We’ve got Dan + Shay, who continue to set records with their music and have been burning it up on their own headlining tour this year. We have an old favorite, who just keep getting better, Old Dominion – it’s almost like it wouldn’t be a stadium show without them! – and one of my newest friends in Carly Pearce, whose so

"Chesney, the only Country artist on Pollstar’s Top Touring Artists of the Decade, wanted to bring the people who come out every summer the very best show possible. It meant a lot of mixing, matching and sorting potential line-ups to arrive at this group that will keep people feeling good and give them several different performances throughout the evening.

Starting with Pearce, a current CMA Female Vocalist and Album of the Year nominee, the show kicks off with a woman who honed her skills as a teen doing five shows a day at Dollywood and has since topped the charts at Country radio. Following Pearce is No Shoes Nation favorites Old Dominion, the reigning four-time ACM and three-time CMA Vocal Group of the Year, as the momentum just keeps building. Rounding out the opening sets are Dan + Shay, the duo who have shattered streaming records and created their own lane of soul meets smooth Country with hits such as “10,000 Hours,” “Speechless” and “Tequila,” as they take their power of positive energy to new levels.

“No matter who you are,” Chesney says, “someone who’s been coming since the very beginning or is curious what the fuss is all about, I wanted to give No Shoes Nation the best lineup of music that’s gonna give them the kind of celebratory night we all deserve after waiting so long.”

Kicking off April 23 in Tampa, Fla. at Raymond James Stadium, Chesney will play 21 stadium concerts, finishing Here And Now 2022 with what has almost become a No Shoes Nation tradition: a double-play at New England’s Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on August 26 and 27. All current ticketholders remain in their original seats at each stadium.

To celebrate the news of the Here And Now 2022 lineup, the 19 stadium shows already announced are getting “Five Day Party Pricing,” to honor those fans who normally attend multiple shows each summer with limited discounted tickets at multiple price points igniting the Here And Now 2022 summer. To make it super-easy, no codes, no clubs, no special sign-ups and prices will already reflect any discounts. Just look for the price that fits your party now through Nov. 5.

“Let’s make this simple!” Chesney says. “It’s been a long time. No Shoes Nation moves around, shows up in lots of cities. So, to say thank you for being the most awesome people in the world, I thought this was a way to recognize the people who do more than one or two stadiums each summer!”

In addition to the previously announced stadium shows, Chesney has also added dates at Charlotte, N.C.’s Bank of America Stadium and Columbus, Ohio’s Historic Crew Stadium. Tickets to the newly announced Charlotte show go on sale to the general public on Friday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. local time, with on sale details for Columbus TBA.

American Express® Card Members can purchase Charlotte tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday, Nov. 11 at 10 p.m. local time.

Here And Now 2022 presented by Blue Chair Bay Rum and fueled by MARATHON picks up where one of contemporary music’s greatest love affairs left off. Having sold over a million tickets every year since 2002, Chesney is ready to get back out there – and he’s bringing a few of his very best musical friends with him.

For more information and to purchase tickets to all dates, visit www.KennyChesney.com.

July 9***        Bobcat Stadium             without Dan & Shay                     Bozeman, Mont.

Nowadays, many people in the world work as freelancers. Of course, this is convenient these days, because representatives of far from all professions want to get to the office every day. It takes a lot of time that can be spent on work or leisure. Many companies are now not recruiting permanent employees, but place orders for the freelance market. For example, bloggers' copywriters always work online. This is a very important profession now because, thanks to interesting posts, they do not have to buy Instagram followers. In this article, you will find out why this format is not always beneficial and safe.

What problems do freelancers face?
One of the main problems with this format of work is its unreliability. Unfortunately, to this day, many workers are faced with scammers who give the task in order to subsequently receive it and not pay for it. Of course, there are many freelance services with which you can conclude a secure contract between the customer and the contractor, but such services always take a commission.

Sometimes you can find a commission of 9% or even more. In addition, such platforms take a commission for depositing and withdrawing funds. Consequently, for an inexpensive order, the performer can get even less money. This is extremely disadvantageous.

However, many owners of Instagram accounts order writing posts or design pictures on such exchanges. It benefits them because they don't buy followers on Instagram thanks to the beautifully designed profile, but they still spend a lot of money to pay for their safe deal.
Another important disadvantage is that most freelancers do not have formal employment contracts with companies. As a rule, they often work with different customers and do not stay with one. This can be convenient if you prefer to have an unstable schedule and travel often, but the earnings will not be constant. Those who often change customers periodically have moments when they cannot find new orders and do not receive a salary.

How to find a way out of the situation
If you work as a freelancer and do not plan to get a job in a company, then it cannot be said that this is the wrong choice. However, you should monitor the safety of your transactions and work only with trusted customers. For example, you can find out about some companies or entrepreneurs from your friends.

Also, try to always ask for prepayment for every order. As a rule, honest customers agree to a 50% prepayment. If he does not agree to such a condition, you should think about whether it is worth cooperating with this person.

You can try to work with freelance services to protect yourself from unscrupulous customers but try to find a platform with a lower commission. The service will keep the money until the employee hands over the job. After that, the customer will check and accept the order, and only at this moment, the payment will go to the employee's account.

We hope this article will help you in the future. Good luck!