Ben Pierce | March 16, 2010
This morning, March 16, 2010, the Gallatin County Commission unanimously approved the Gallatin Valley Land Trust’s (GVLT) plan to expand and improve the access road and parking area to one of the Bozeman area’s most popular trails. GVLT plans to complete improvements to the Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trailhead, located six miles south of Bozeman, by [...]
Category: Bozeman, Conservation, Hiking, Skiing |
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Tags: Bozeman Creek, cross country skiing, Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Hiking, Sourdough
Ben Pierce | March 16, 2010
SteepWorld will host its spring rock climbing competition, SteepFest, this Friday and Saturday in Billings. The event is expected to draw more than 70 climbers from across Montana and Wyoming. Registration for the adult climbing competition is 6 p.m. on Friday with climbing slated for 7-9 p.m. An awards ceremony will follow. Sign-up for the [...]
Category: Billings, Climbing |
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Tags: Billings, Climbing, Steepfest
Ben Pierce | March 16, 2010
Jim Evanoff, environmental protection specialist for Yellowstone National Park, will present a discussion entitled “Sustaining Yellowstone National Park: A 138 Year Journey” this evening in the upstairs ballroom of the Baxter Hotel in downtown Bozeman. The talk will focus on collaboration between public and private entities to achieve success with environmental initiatives. Evanoff has been [...]
Category: Bozeman, Conservation, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park |
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Tags: environment, Jim Evanoff, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park
Ben Pierce | March 15, 2010
Just got word of a new singles hiking group named the Buddy Mack Hikers. The group is trying to get established in the Gallatin Valley. The Buddy Mack Hikers is meant for large breed dogs and their owners and should offer the chance to meet new friends while getting some exercise in the hills. The [...]
Category: Bozeman, Hiking |
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Tags: Buddy Mack Hikers, dogs, Gallatin Valley, Hiking
Ben Pierce | March 15, 2010
At long last I donned my fishing waders this weekend and set my feet in the chilly water of the Madison River. I feel old having waited until March to cast a fly. In year’s past I’d have been casting in January and February, but the older I get the less tolerant I’ve become of [...]
Category: Fishing |
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Tags: Fishing, Madison River, trout
Ben Pierce | March 12, 2010
As many as 1,000 people are expected to gather at the town square in Jackson, Wyo., on March 20, 2010 for a “Wolf Impact Rally.” The rally is being organized by outfitters, hunters and conservationists to call attention to declining big game populations in the Jackson Hole region and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. According to [...]
Category: Bears, Conservation, Hunting, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park |
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Tags: Conservation, elk, Jackson Hole, Wolves, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
Ben Pierce | March 12, 2010
The 2010 Montana fishing regulations went into effect on March, 1, 2010. Several changes in the Central fishing district are of note for anglers in Southwest Montana. Trail Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is no longer be closed to fishing upstream from the confluence with Cabin Creek to the headwaters. Also in the [...]
Category: Fishing, Montana FWP |
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Tags: Fishing
Ben Pierce | March 11, 2010
Rule No. 1: All guild members will be considered either master or apprentice tiers. Apprentices can never question, criticize or show disrespect for masters. Master Tier Rieger will decide when you have attained master status. So states the first of 15 slightly-revised bylaws governing the motley crew of Belgrade and Bozeman fly tiers known in [...]
Category: Audio, Fishing |
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Tags: Belgrade, Fishing, fly tying, The Fly Tiers and Liars Guild
Ben Pierce | March 10, 2010
A pack of wolves was spotted near the Feely rest area on Interstate 15 just 12 miles from Butte on Tuesday morning. The wolves, members of the Table Mountain pack, were spotted by motorists alongside a herd of approximate 300 elk. “It is normal range for those elk and normal range for those wolves,” said [...]
Category: Conservation, Hunting, Montana FWP, Wolves |
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Tags: Butte, elk, Hunting, Wolves
Ben Pierce | March 10, 2010
I just heard from angler Nick English whom some of you may recognize from the cover of Fly Fisherman magazine. English landed a monster steelhead on the Kispiox River in British Columbia last season that estimated a whopping 37 pounds. A Montana State University college student, English recently founded a new fly fishing club on [...]
Category: Bozeman, Conservation, Fishing, Montana State University |
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Tags: Fishing, Gallatin Flycasters, Montana State University, Nick English