Letters to the Editor
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The importance of reporting bear conflicts
In summertime, we all know what to do if we see smoke in the forest – report it. Quick detection helps fire crews …
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What is it that makes rewriting history so glamorous and provocative to those who are offended by the truth? Turning urban legends into fact is not a presentation of the truth, it is simply a function of fulfilling…
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Regardless of one’s political views, the Wall That Heals presentation south of town was poignant.
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Regardless of one’s political views, the Wall That Heals presentation south of town was poignant.
Fire Feedback
We the people of Montana need to stand up and be heard.
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Can we re-assess forest policies?
Mental health also affected by gloomy wildfire smoke
As a mental health professional, I have been counseling people through challenging times for 45 years. One of the techniques I teach to alleviate anxiety is deep breathing, but the toxic soup of smoke that surround…
Do we really want solar energy at any cost?
The PSC’s decision making in two recent solar energy rate cases have been so mischaracterized by interest groups and editorial writers, that some Montanans actually believe the five commissioners “have it in” for s…
'Confine and contain' - huh?
As a former park ranger of 20-plus years with several hundred fires under my belt, my alarm bells were going off when I heard about a lightening-caused fire midway between the iconic, century-old Sperry Chalet and …
Either we manage the forests or they will manage us
Montana’s crisis isn’t too much water or hurricanes — it’s fire. It’s smoke filling Big Sky Country and filling our lungs, communities being evacuated, structures lost and tons of fuels just lying on the forest flo…
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Can we re-assess forest policies?
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The news the other day included Lolita Zinke, wife of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, being named the campaign manager for Republican candidate Troy Downing for the upcoming U.S. Senate race.
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The news the other day included Lolita Zinke, wife of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, being named the campaign manager for Republican candidate Troy Downing for the upcoming U.S. Senate race.
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The tragic loss of the Sperry Chalet on Friday was caused by the mismanagement of fires by the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. The lack of willingness to use mass air drops to alleviate these fires i…
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The tragic loss of the Sperry Chalet on Friday was caused by the mismanagement of fires by the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. The lack of willingness to use mass air drops to alleviate these fires i…
Reader says students acted like snowflakes instead of as 'team'
I have no idea who Jackie Fuller is. I’ve never met the woman and wouldn’t know her if I passed her on the street, but I take my hat off to this strong-willed woman for standing by her principles.