Ben Pierce | July 15, 2010
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – There’s a place on the Yellowstone where two-pound native cutthroats rise to three-inch dry flies. They rise so slow you’ll never believe it until you see it with your own eyes. Those cutts have eaten those bugs for as long as both have been in that river. And they eat them [...]
Category: Fishing, Hiking, Yellowstone National Park |
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Tags: Black Canyon, cutthroat trout, salmonfly hatch
Ben Pierce | July 8, 2010
George Dieruf of The Powder Horn on Main Street remembers a lot about Jason Matzinger. He remembers the young hunter coming into his store to buy his first slingshot, his first rifle, his first shotgun. He remembers Matzinger’s first hunts. He remembers the trophy bulls. Of course he should, he was there for all of [...]
Category: Bears, Bozeman, Elk, Hunting, Wildlife |
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Tags: Jason Matzinger, Powder Horn Montana
Ben Pierce | July 5, 2010
The Bozeman Recreation Department is offering a new mountain biking program for youth ages 15 and up on Thursdays from July 15-Aug. 5. The club will meet from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Recreation leaders and participants will head out onto beginner trails in the Bozeman area. Registrants must provide their own bike and helmet. The club [...]
Category: Bozeman, Cycling |
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Tags: Bozeman Recreation Department, mountain biking
Ben Pierce | July 3, 2010
Montana State Parks will pursue development of a campsite reservation system in up to 21 state parks beginning in the spring of 2011. An Environmental Assessment (EA) was issued on the proposed project on April 26, 2010. Following public comment and review, a formal decision notice was issued. “We are excited to be proceeding with [...]
Category: Montana FWP |
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Tags: camping
Ben Pierce | July 2, 2010
When whirling disease was first discovered in Montana waters in 1994, an alarm bell sounded across the state. Its echo was heard loud and clear in Washington, D.C., when reports were published documenting a shocking 90 percent decline in the Madison River’s rainbow trout population. “If Montana, which is known as the state of ‘A [...]
Category: Boating, Fishing, Madison River, Montana FWP, Montana State University, Trout Unlimited |
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Tags: aquatic invasive species, Dave Kumlien, Eileen Ryce, whirling disease, zebra mussels