High Country Characters

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Forthcoming essays include: Grizzly bear – Wolverine – Rebecca Watters Mountain Goat and Bighorn Sheep Animal Migrations – Joe Riis Bats, Frogs, and Invertebrates – Kayhan Ostovar Corvids Jays, Nutcrackers, Ravens and Magpies Migratory Birds On the flora side: Ecological History of the ABW Lichen     … Read More

Three Fires

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Excerpt: July 3, 1994 We marched up the dry ridge in the 104 degree heat, with pulaskis in hand, excavating the burned stumps and flaming logs, to extinguish the last of the heat. Gloves off. Test the heat of the stump hole with the sensitive back of your hand. Ash floats up around me with every step. Kirsten stops, her … Read More

An Atlas of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness

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In eager anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in 2018, the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation (ABWF) is proud to present this high quality “atlas” of art and essays.  This will not be an atlas in the traditional sense, ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS: Perhaps you are familiar with, or have traveled in the A-B Wilderness, given its shared boundary with Yellowstone … Read More

From Red Lodge to Reed Point to Cooke City: The Human Connections

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Forthcoming essays include: History of the establishment of the AB Wilderness – Ed Kemmick History of the AB Wilderness Foundation – Native Voices – Francine Spang-Willis, Northern Cheyenne Native Voices – Shane Doyle, Crow Native Voices – Crow Youth Mountaineering/exploration of the AB – Joe Josephson Ranger Tales – Hank Rate Camp Senia Illuminates Montana’s Dude-Ranching Heritage Mining history – … Read More