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Immersed in a cathedral-like forest of tall trees in the cool quiet of morning, my thoughts are interrupted upon hearing an unfamiliar sound behind me – horse hooves. I am hiking the trail to Quartz Lake, where I'll interview Glacier National Park's fisheries crew. I had fallen behind the lightning-paced crew, and now I'm falling behind the mules packing in their supplies, even though the animals are loaded down with inflatable kayaks, nets, fuel and other supplies. F...
Licenses for antelope and fall turkey were drawn Monday. Applicants can check their status by clicking on the MyFWP link at fwp.mt.gov. In some hunting districts hunters who were successful in drawing an either sex antelope license may be able to purchase a doe/fawn license. Those, and any other surplus license’s, will go on sale Aug. 7 after nightly website maintenance is complete about 5 a.m. A list of available surplus licenses will be available on Friday, Aug. 4 at fwp.mt.gov....
The future seemed especially promising – so much so, in fact, that most Montana homesteaders readily heeded the calls by government officials and bankers to "do their patriotic duty" and reinvest their profits in more land and machinery. "Food will Win the War!" the era's propaganda posters proclaimed, and with readily available credit, Montana's homesteaders mortgaged virtually everything in hopes of cashing in on the soaring economy. By Armistice Day in 1918, the state's p...
Citing active wildfires and extreme fire danger across the state, Governor Steve Bullock has issued an executive order declaring a fire emergency in Montana. Prior to signing the executive order, the governor was briefed by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and Disaster and Emergency Services at the Department of Military Affairs. He also spoke with Rick Connell, the Incident Commander at the Lodgepole Complex area, which is currently the state’s largest fire. “Montana is facing extreme fire con...
SweetPro and Agri-Best Feeds have instituted a Drought Relief Discount of $80/ton on qualifying SweetPro orders delivered to ranches affected by the D2-D4 drought according to the U.S Drought Monitor – www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The Drought Relief Discount is effective immediately and will continue on qualifying orders through the month of August. SweetPro is a complete supplement that not only fills in the gaps where the grass is lacking; it also helps cattle break their forage down better, resulting in cattle performing b...
Several short-term trends helped trigger Montana's remarkable homestead boom. The most significant was the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, which doubled the free land available to settlers to 320 acres. In 1912, Congress went even farther, lowering the required waiting period for land acquisition from five to three years, while also permitting homesteaders to be absent from their lands five months of each year. Together, these laws generated an eager response, ensuring that...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks drew the deer and elk B licenses for the 2017/2018 season on July 17. Hunters can check their drawing status on MyFWP. However, antelope licenses will not be drawn until July 31. Refunds for unsuccessful applicants for deer and elk B and antelope licenses will be mailed out mid-August. Those who draw the 900-20 antelope licenses will receive them soon after the drawing as that season begins August 15. Other drawing dates include: July 31 for fall turkey licenses, August 10 for sandhill crane...
The combination of hot, dry weather, drought, and late afternoon thunderstorms on Monday resulted in several new fire starts in Eastern Montana, and prompted existing large fires to increase in size. The Witten and Lee Creek fires located south of Ashland and Lame Deer, Mont., were combined into the Tongue River Complex. A Northern Rockies Type 2 Incident Management Team, with Mike Almas as Incident Commander, is managing this complex. It was estimated at over 26,000 acres as of Tuesday morning. Several new fires have been...
"As I looked across the rolling expanse of prairie, filled with the beauty of a Montana sunset, I sent up a little prayer of thanksgiving from my heart for this our very first home. Only a rectangle of prairie sod, raw and untouched by the hands of man, but to us it was a kingdom .... "... We have no regrets; life is fuller and sweeter through lessons learned in privation, and around our homestead days some of life's fondest memories still cling. We are of Montana, now and alw...
If you have an interest in mining mineral materials such as sand, gravel and scoria in eastern Montana, the BLM Miles City Field Office would like to get your comments. “Public lands provide valuable, tangible goods,” said Shane Findlay, Supervisory Mineral Resource Specialist at the Miles City Field Office. “We rely on and use these resources every day to build our roads, heat our homes and feed our families.” The BLM is preparing a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) to analyze mineral materials excavation activit...
Last Friday, Governor Steve Bullock issued an Executive Order declaring the following counties are in a drought emergency: Blaine, Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Hill, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Valley, and Wibaux Counties, as well as the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation “Farmers and ranchers from many Eastern Montana communities are feeling the impacts of drought conditions,” said Governor Bullock. “My...
Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. members gathered in the Eastern Plains Event Center in Glendive on Thursday, June 1, 2017, for the 2017 Meeting of the Members. Items of business included electing three members to the cooperative's board of trustees, informing members of the cooperative's financial performance and future plans, and awarding 10 scholarships to area students. Trustees Robert Reukauf (District 7), Dane Castleberry (District 8) and Alan Sevier (District 9)...
(BILLINGS, Mont.) – Bids on oil and gas leases in northern and southeastern Montana brought in $720,843 in an online auction held June 13, by the Bureau of Land Management. The sale included 156 parcels encompassing approximately 69,000 acres of federal minerals in Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Garfield, Powder River and Rosebud Counties were offered at auction. Bids were received on 49 parcels totaling nearly 15,611 acres. Caribou Land & Livestock Montana, L.L.C., of B...
During the Dec. 21 winter solstice, the sun takes a brief respite on the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 degrees south latitude. Over the next six months, it journeys north for a June 21 rendezvous with the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees north latitude. En route, on about March 20, for one brief moment it touches its rays directly over the equator, declaring the spring equinox. In Montana, this pronouncement is merely a promise of something to come, as March's third week...
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Combat Raider, a large force exercise involving various military aircraft, is scheduled to begin June 27 in the Powder River Training Complex, and will conclude June 29, 2017. These LFEs provide joint and coalition training under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum operations against modern threats and replicate today’s combat operations. During this period, people living under the following PRTC military operations areas can expect to see multiple types of aircraft utilizing the...
Powder River County resident Darcia Patten just returned from Kalispell as part of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). For Darcia and other members of REAL Montana Class II, this was the final session in their two-year educational program. The seminar was held May 11-12, and experts presented on the current state of the Montana timber industry, forest health, state and federal regulation, trade, and how timber harvest impacts local economies. The...
U.S. SENATE — Last Friday, U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced that an agreement has been reached to open Chinese markets to U.S. beef no later than July 16, 2017. A formalized agreement is expected to be reached in the coming weeks. “Opening Chinese markets to U.S. beef is a win for Montana’s producers,” Daines stated. “With over 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside of the U.S., access to foreign markets is critical to growing good-paying jobs and maintaining Montana’s strong economy. In a state where there a...
Bozeman, Mont. –– Greg Gianforte’s campaign for Congress announced that both Donald Trump Jr. and Vice President Mike Pence will join Greg on the campaign trail this week. Donald J. Trump Jr. will hold a campaign rally with Greg Gianforte at the Richland County Fairgrounds Event Center in Sidney on Thursday, May 11th. Doors will open at 2:00 PM. There will be additional rallies in Helena, Butte, and Great Falls on Thursday, May 11th. Those interested in attending the rally can RSVP for the event at www.Tru...
Helena – The Montana Department of Revenue mailed 2017 livestock per capita fee bills. Payment is due by May 31. Livestock owners can pay online at ReportYourLivestock.mt.gov or by mail with a check. March 1 was the deadline for livestock owners to report livestock they owned as of February 1. If owners already paid their 2017 fees when they reported their livestock, they will not receive a bill. All Montanans benefit from programs funded by per capita fees. Livestock producers benefit from programs to monitor animal h...
(MILES CITY) - Spring turkey season is under way, and hunters in southeastern Montana have had to contend with a wet, chilly and windy spring in the first two weeks of the season. Wildlife biologists in Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 7 report a mixed bag of opportunities around the region. Bird numbers are recovering, but hunters may have to put in some time for a successful season. According to Biologist Steve Atwood, numbers are starting to improve in the Colstrip and Sarpy Creek area, but they are still nowhere near what...
