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It’s the limestone cathedral of the Smith, the caddis hatch on the Madison, the rushing emerald water of the Flathead that draw more and more people to the arterial waterways of Montana’s wild country. That’s just to name a few. Anyone who’s spent time on a river in Montana in the past decade probably saw a variety of people using the waterways.  Especially since the pandemic, use of the state’s streams has escalated as more people have sought ways to recreate outdoors.  The Montana River Recreation Advisory Council was recently created by Fish, Wildlife & Parks to look into river recreation and all of the issues that come with it. These may include garbage, crowding and sometimes fistfights as tempers escalate. The council recently met over three days to come up with some suggestions for FWP. Here to talk about the group is Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette.  

The 16th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem held at Big Sky recently covered a wealth of topics about the region, which includes southwestern Montana. Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, attended one day of the three-day event. From that, he’s written stories regarding the pressures facing the region that national park and forest officials are seeing, as well as talks about grizzly bear management.

Pronghorns, also called antelope, are one of the coolest animals in Montana. They have lived in North America since the last ice age when woolly mammoths and cheetahs roamed the region. Those animals are gone, but the pronghorns remain. For four years Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks scientists, aided by graduate students, conducted a study of eight pronghorn populations across the state.  Here to tell us more about what the study revealed is Billings Gazette outdoor editor Brett French.

On July 18, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reported a member of its staff had killed a male grizzly bear that had been raiding homes, businesses and garbage cans in the Gardiner area for weeks. Repeated attempts to trap the 15-year-old bear were unsuccessful. The bear was shot while in the Yellowstone River, about 4 miles north of Gardiner and the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. One of the raids the bear made was at Chester Evitt’s house. Here to tell us more about that encounter and the situation in Gardiner is Brett French, outdoor editor for the Billings Gazette.

Part 2! It's 1924 and 23-year-old, Winona Green, has confessed to murder. Join us in this two-part case as we follow this woman through her next fifty years. Will we ever know how many people she scammed? Or how many people she killed?Tea of the Day: Empath's TeaTheme Music by Brad FrankSources:“Police Seek Missing Man.” The Californian, Wed, Dec 02, 1953, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/519103568/“Slaying Bares Eerie Story of Former Belle.” The San Francisco Examiner, Sun, Dec 06, 1953 Page 15, https://www.newspapers.com/image/458799149/“Woman Leads Police to Body.” The San Francisco Examine, Sun, Dec 06, 1953, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/458798390/“Cat Woman's Lie Detector Test Leads to Confession.”Oakland Tribune, Tue, Dec 08, 1953 Page 18, https://www.newspapers.com/image/277527378/“‘Cat Woman' In Not Guilty Plea.” The Napa Valley Register, Fri, Jan 22, 1954 Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/562977930/The Commercial Appeal, (Memphis, TN) Wed, Jan 27, 1954 Page 22, https://www.newspapers.com/image/769944904/“Salinas Murder Trial Scheduled for March 8th.” Santa Cruz Sentinel, Mon, Jan 25, 1954, Page 10, https://www.newspapers.com/image/58953469/“Salinas Murder Trial Jury Being Selected.” The Tribune, Tue, Mar 09, 1954, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/807223440/“Woman Faces Trial on Murder Charge.” The Daily Advance, Wed, Mar 10, 1954 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1008806279/“34 Testify in Murder Hearing.” Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, Thu, Mar 11, 1954, Page 29, https://www.newspapers.com/image/844492819/“Jury Will View Scene Of Slaying.”Spokane Chronicle, Fri, Mar 12, 1954, Page 24, https://www.newspapers.com/image/564471054/“Mrs. Freeman Keeps Composure Waiting For Jury's Verdict.” The Californian, Fri, Mar 19, 1954 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/519765849/“‘Cat Woman' Arguments.” The San Francisco Examiner, Wed, Mar 17, 1954 Page 17, https://www.newspapers.com/image/458179133/“Final Arguments Slated Today In ‘Cat Woman' Trial.” Sapulpa Daily Herald, Wed, Mar 17, 1954 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/661727645/“Woman Relates Shooting Story.” The Spokesman-Review, Tue, Mar 16, 1954 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/569541253/“‘Cat Woman' Defends Self In Murder Trial.” The Brownsville Herald, Mon, Mar 15, 1954 Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/23844616/“Surprise Is Due for Cat Woman.” The Daily Oklahoman, Mon, Mar 15, 1954, Page 41, https://www.newspapers.com/image/449569064/“Grand Lake Death Suspects Charged.” The Daily Oklahoman, Sun, Mar 14, 1954, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/449566038/“Woman Is Charged In Veteran's Death.” The Billings Gazette, Sun, Mar 14, 1954 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/411394440/“Body of Slain Man Is Found In Grand Lake.” Tulsa World, Wed, Aug 28, 1946, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/884624372/“Grand Lake Murder Ranks As Major Mystery in State.” Tulsa World. Sun, Nov 17, 1946 Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/885244267/“Grand Lake Murder Victim Is Identified.” Sapulpa Herald, Sat, Mar 20, 1948, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/661703019/“‘Cat' Woman Is Given Life Term By Irate Judge.” The Modesto Bee, Tue, Mar 23, 1954, Page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/image/690104309/“‘Winnie' Sentenced To Life Term in Corona.” The Californian (Salinas, CA), Tue, Mar 23, 1954, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/519766383/“Murder Charge In Grand Lake Prove Dropped.” Miami News-Record, Fri, Apr 23, 1954, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/897935787/Ruth Reynolds, “Forgeries, Bad Checks Lead To Murder.” The Knoxville Journal, Sun, Feb 10, 1957 Page 51, https://www.newspapers.com/image/588087977/“Winnie Spriggs perhaps wasn't always so gentle.” Redlands Daily Facts, Thu, Oct 31, 1974 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/15124837/On This Day, “What Happened in 1953.”  https://www.onthisday.com/date/1953

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will talk about several cases, including a few revenge-related incidents.Read Alice and Brett's excellent opinion piece on true crime here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dark-side-true-crimeA press release from the Michigan Department of Attorney General on the charges against Detective Sergeant Brian Keely: https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2024/05/28/charges-filed-against-trooper-in-samuel-sterling-deathA statement from Michigan State Police Director Colonel James F. Grady II on the death of Samuel Sterling: https://www.michigan.gov/mspnewsroom/news-releases/2024/04/18/fatal-officer-involvedAn article from the Detroit Free Press on the death of Sterling: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/05/28/msp-trooper-faces-murder-charge-in-death-of-samuel-sterling/73882203007/Coverage from Target 8 including expert analysis on Keely's chase of Sterling: https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/expert-chase-that-killed-samuel-sterling-a-criminal-matter/Coverage from the Topeka Capital Journal on the recent assault of Yanez Sanford: https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2024/05/28/man-acquitted-of-topeka-triple-murder-reports-violent-crime-a-day-later/73843037007/Coverage from the Topeka Capital Journal on the rape and murder of Camrah Trotter, her unborn baby, and her boyfriend Dominique Ray, as well as the acquittal of Yanez Sanford: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yanez-sanford-acquitted-killing-pregnant-woman-boyfriend-topeka-apartment/NBC's coverage of the murder charges against former Centerville, South Dakota mayor Jay Ostrem: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-south-dakota-mayor-charged-triple-murder-rcna154360We also accessed articles from the Rapid City Journal, the Casper Star-Tribune, the Billings Gazette, and the Associated Press on Ostrem's background from Newspapers.com. KELO-TV's coverage of the suspicious death of Dana Adamson: https://www.keloland.com/cold-cases/who-pulled-the-trigger-a-shooting-in-a-small-town/USA Today's coverage of the murders of Paul and Zach Frankus and Timothy Richmond: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/28/jay-ostrem-charged-centerville-south-dakota-three-men-shooting/73883635007/WTTW's coverage of the exoneration of Darien Harris: https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/21/chicago-man-who-was-wrongfully-convicted-murder-based-testimony-blind-witness-freed-afterThe Associated Press's coverage of the exoneration of Darien Harris: https://apnews.com/article/darien-harris-murder-blind-witness-lawsuit-baa469f1ca54727c57d451e227afcbc1The FBI's page on missing person Richard Petrone: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/richard-petroneThe FBI's page on missing person Danielle Imbo: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/danielle-imboABC 7 Chicago's coverage of the Petrone-Imbo disappearance: https://abc7chicago.com/danielle-imbo-richard-petrone-missing-person-cold-case/14446145/The FBI's 2009 statement on the Petrone-Imbo case: https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/philadelphia/press-releases/2009/ph021809.htm#:~:text=They%20were%20riding%20in%20Petrone,vehicle%20have%20ever%20been%20located.NBC Philadelphia's coverage of the Petrone-Imbo disappearance: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/imbo-richard-petrone-marge-angela-missing-persons-anniversary/116309/Support The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 333 Communal Growth   In life we all put aside something when life becomes to busy, maybe it was a hobby you used to enjoy, or a new project you swear you're going to get to you just need to finish this other thing first, or maybe it's a skill from your childhood like playing the flute that you decided to put away because of limitations or self intimidation. But that's the great thing about life, we have all the time in the world to pick back up those things and enjoy them again. In this episode Sarah Elkins and D'Vaughn Hayes discuss the importance of giving yourself grace when you are trying to pick up something new, the importance and value of encouraging another to do the same, and how through these experiences we grow into stronger and happier individuals.    Highlights The universe brings us together in strange and amazing ways. The importance of music in our lives and how it comes back during times in our life when we need it most. It's okay if it takes time for you to pick up something you want to do or if you aren't good at it immediately. It takes time. The self-fulfillment of helping another grow.   Quotes “The sales just makes sense because it's “Hey you have this issue or this problem with your organization, I've got this really great solution and makes sense, let's move forward. Everybody's happy.” of course it benefits me and my bottom line and the income I bring into my family, so you get some warm and fuzzies there but the real impact for me is what I do to help other people get to where they want to be, to help them share their stories, or to watch them grow right in front of my eyes. To the person that they didn't think they could be when we first met and just to watch that process is incredible.” “That's not a good thing, as a community for your youth to grow up thinking that and believing that (There are no options or opportunities in the place you grew up) and just having this sense that they need to leave. If your community is to grow and thrive it needs to retain young people, they need to believe that this is a place where things happen where they can envision a bright future for themselves.”   Dear Listeners it is now your turn, I want to know what you're going to pick up that you put aside years before? What is one of those ideas that you've had in your head that maybe you started in the past and gave up too soon. I want to know about this and D'Vaughn wants to hear about it so we can support you in reaching that goal or sharing that idea so you feel compelled to complete it. And, as always, thank you for listening.    About D'Vaughn  D'Vaughn LaSean Hayes is a seasoned professional with a proven track record in sales, marketing, and leadership. Currently serving as the Field Marketing Manager for Billings at TDS Telecommunications, D'Vaughn has consistently driven impressive results. His innovative strategies led to an exceptional $2 Million ROI in his first year, exceeding company standards. In 2023, he achieved an NPV of $1.5 million and an IRR of 83%, earning a well-deserved promotion to the role of Commercial Sales Manager for all of Montana, set to commence on 12/04/2023. Beyond his corporate success, D'Vaughn actively contributes to community service. As the Director and Lead Organizer of TEDxBillings, Incoming Chair of Billings NextGEN, and a Member of the Board of Directors for United Way of Yellowstone County, he thrives on driving positive change. D'Vaughn is a social media influencer, running @406media with 11.5k followers, sharing content about the great state of Montana. He serves as the Marketing Director and Project Manager for Beartooth Mountain Saloon, a Bitcoin mining operation set to launch in early 2024. D'Vaughn has diverse experience in the crypto community, primarily on the Cardano blockchain. Recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the 2021 NextGEN Exceptional Emerging Leader Business Excellence Award from The Billings Chamber of Commerce, 40 under Forty Honoree of the 2022 class by the Billings Gazette, and the 2014 Market Manager of the Year Award from Smart Circle International, as well as an Outstanding Achievement Award from Smart Circle International, Consumer Electronics Partner of the Year Award from DirecTV, and recognition as one of the Top 5 salespersons in the whole country by DirecTV and Smart Circle International, D'Vaughn is celebrated for his outstanding contributions. Be sure to check out his LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram!  About Sarah "Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision." In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I've realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don't realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they're sharing them with. My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home. The audiobook, Your Stories Don't Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available! Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana. Be sure to check out the Storytelling For Professionals Course as well to make sure you nail that next interview!

Since Intake Diversion Dam was completed on the Yellowstone River in 1905, pallid sturgeon have faced a blockade during their annual upstream spring spawning runs. The dam is located between Glendive and Sidney and became a popular place for paddlefish snagging since the fish stacked up below the dam in spring. In the spring of 2022, after three years of construction, a 2-mile long bypass channel was opened. This short waterway allows pallid sturgeon, paddlefish and other native species to swim around a dam that has long blocked their passage. The bypass channel was a $44 million investment to see if pallid sturgeon, which were listed as an endangered species in the river in 1990, will now have enough room to migrate upstream and successfully spawn. To learn more about pallid sturgeon and efforts to save the fish, Brett French, outdoor editor of the Billings Gazette, is here to talk with me today.

When it comes to accessing public lands, the Bullwhacker Road dispute south of Havre has been one of the longest simmering and most contorted in Eastern Montana. For 18 years the public, agencies and landowners have jousted over motorized access into a section of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument via the road. It provides vehicle access to between 35,500 and 50,000 acres of public land, depending on how it’s counted. The rugged coulees peppered with pine trees is located north of the Missouri River, west of Cow Creek and south of the Bears Paw Mountains. Driving the Bullwhacker Road to reach the land, overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, requires traveling across almost 4 miles of private property. That’s where the dispute started. On this episode, Brett French, outdoors and natural resources reporter for the Billings Gazette newspaper, untangles the back and forth of public access into the Bullwhacker area.

When the big game season ends in November, there is a guaranteed influx of goose hunters along the Yellowstone River east of Billings. Since 1958, a portion of the river has been closed to waterfowl hunting. From the junction of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers, downstream to the Rosebud-Custer county line, the river has been off-limits to waterfowl hunting. The closure was initiated when goose and duck numbers were low in the region. A survey in 1961 found only 500-some geese. By 2013 the same section held almost 40,000 geese. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has proposed reopening the river section to hunting. The Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider the idea at its April 17 meeting. Brett French, Billings Gazette outdoor editor, recently wrote about the issue and is here to discuss what he found out.

Moose hunting in southeastern Montana? That may sound like the punch line for a off-beat joke, but Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering its first moose hunting permit for Region 7 this spring. The lone tag is being offered as the population of the largest member of the deer family has steadily grown in the region. This seems at odds with what’s happening with the long-legged creatures in what is considered their native habitat, where populations have declined. To learn more about the story, Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, is here to talk about the story he recently wrote.

Last week the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission debated what’s become a hot-button issue – restrictions on nonresident upland game bird hunters. The debate arose after Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Dustin Temple asked Commissioner Lesley Robinson to carry two amendments to the group. One would push back the nonresident bird dog training season by two weeks, the other would delay the nonresident bird hunting season by two weeks. Here to discuss what led up to the discussion and the resolution is Brett French, Billings Gazette outdoor editor.

In the bird world eagles are majestic, swans are elegant and ravens are … amazing. At least, that might be your conclusion after talking to scientist John Marzluff, who has studied the king of corvids in Yellowstone National Park for decades. His recent research where Yellowstone National Park ravens were fitted with tiny GPS backpacks is revealing astonishing facts about the birds.  With me today is Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, who recently talked to Marzluff who’s now retired about his studies in the park.  

As the year comes to a close I thought it would be a good time to gather our team of outdoors writers and put a bow on it. I asked the reporters to send me some of their most important stories from 2023 so we could re-hash them for folks as the last episode of the year. So with me today is Rob Chaney and Joshua Murdock, from the Missoulian, Brett French from the Billings Gazette, and Duncan Adams from the Montana Standard. All familiar voices if you've listened to the show in the past. Some of these stories will also be familiar to habitual listeners. Topics we'll discuss today will be E-Bikes in National Parks, Snowbowl ski area, tribal Bison hunting outside Yellowstone, and Anaconda's urban mule deer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirty-one years ago, 1,321 mule deer were shot by hunters in Hunting District 502 — a record high. In 2021, the total mule deer harvest in HD 502 was 477.  There are a number of hunting regulations being proposed for big game species in Montana that the Fish and Wildlife Commission has on its Dec. 14 meeting agenda. Anyone interested in their hunting district or region should check out the online information to be informed about what is going on. Ideally, most hunters have already taken part in one of the many meetings offered around the state.  In looking at the proposals before the commission, Billings Gazette outdoor editor Brett French noted one common theme popping up across the state, declining mule deer numbers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Healthy, Wealthy, and Smart podcast, guest host Dr. Stephanie Weyrauch interviews Dr. James Denisar-Green about rural healthcare. Dr. Denisar-Green shares his background and experiences growing up in Montana and his journey through medical training in both urban and rural settings. He discusses the challenges and rewards of practicing medicine in smaller communities and highlights the close-knit nature of these communities. Tune in to gain insights into the unique aspects of rural healthcare.   Show notes:  [00:00:23] Rural healthcare challenges. [00:05:58] Family medicine filling OB gap. [00:09:22] Challenges in rural healthcare. [00:12:55] Overcoming transportation challenges. [00:16:23] The conundrum of patient responsibility. [00:21:13] Healthy options at the supermarket. [00:26:38] Getting more providers in rural areas. [00:27:38] Bringing in rural providers. [00:32:01] Training physicians to stay. [00:35:36] Finding Meaning in Primary Care.   More About Dr. James Denisar-Green:  Dr. James Denisar-Green is a dedicated medical professional with a diverse range of clinical expertise, including general preventive medicine, maternity care, and graduate medical education. He currently serves as an Attending Faculty Physician with a Federally Qualified Health Center and Associate Program Director for a Family Medicine residency program located in Billings, Montana. He provides full-spectrum care in multiple settings including outpatient, inpatient, adult, pediatric, and maternity care.  Dr. Denisar-Green completed his residency in Family Medicine with UNLV School of Medicine and holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Physiology as well as M.D. from the University of North Carolina. He has been recognized for his achievements, including the 40 under 40 award from the Billings Gazette in 2023 and the Resident Teacher Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine in 2019. His research contributions include publications in PubMed and primary care lecture presentations. His passion for improving healthcare extends beyond the clinic, as evidenced by his involvement in hospital committees and community initiatives. Resources from this Episode:  Website email: mudphudgreen@gmail.com   Follow Dr. Karen Litzy on Social Media: Karen's Twitter Karen's Instagram Karen's LinkedIn   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: YouTube Website Apple Podcast Spotify SoundCloud Stitcher iHeart Radio      

In late October, what appears to be an adult male grizzly bear was captured on a game camera in the Missouri Breaks. Although tracks of grizzlies have been found farther east, in the Winifred area, this was the first photographic evidence of a grizzly so far from the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. The photo is both surprising, in that a bear made it so far without getting into trouble with humans, and not surprising, because grizzlies have been pushing east for more than a decade. What may help this bear survive is that it has reached a large swath of public land, including the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. Here to talk about his reporting on the subject is Billings Gazette outdoor editor Brett French.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Interagency Bison Management Program partners met at Chico Hot Springs Resort in early November. The partners include tribal representatives, state and federal officials.  When the Park Service attempted to change some language in the group's adaptive management plan, the executive officer of the Montana Department of Livestock protested. But, there's a lot more to this story than this one meeting. At play are simmering tensions between the State of Montana and the Park Service over managing the migratory bison that call Yellowstone National Park home for most of the year. With me today is Brett French, outdoors editor at the Billings Gazette, who attended the gathering and has reported on Yellowstone bison for years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Greater Yellowstone Coalition recently announced it had raised $6.25 million to buy out Crevice Mining Group's 1,368 acres, claims and water rights just north of Yellowstone National Park's border. Crevice came onto the scene in 2015 when it proposed mining on a mountainside above Gardiner. The proposal led to more than 400 local businesses and groups fighting to protect the area. The opposition was also focused on a proposal to mine just outside of Chico Hot Springs, in Emigrant Gulch. This eventually led to the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, signed into law in 2019, removing 30,000 acres of public lands from mining in the region. However Crevice was not halted by the act, since it already owned private claims. The GYC decided the best solution to halt any mining was to buy the Crevice owners out. Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, recently reported on the buyout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In late September the Legislative Audit Division released a report investigating Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Enforcement Division. The audit documented a division riddled with morale problems and distrust in management. What's more, the report found FWP's Human Resources Division – which is responsible for all FWP employees – was opening the agency up to the risk of litigation because of its practices. Prior to the audit's publication, the Enforcement Division chief retired with an additional $150,000 in compensation, two top administrators were reassigned and FWP's director has stepped down and been replaced. Here to talk about the audit today is Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently released the results of two hunter surveys. One was sent to 5,000 residents and another to 800 nonresidents. The surveys asked questions about the state's management of elk and mule deer, two iconic species in the state. Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, recently wrote about the results of the survey. Since the story on the FWP survey came out, Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers examined the methodology the agency used. The group contends that counting neutral responses to the survey as those satisfied with the state's elk management sways the calculation to FWP's favor. On this episode French, talks about the survey and subsequent blowback to the results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ailments like brucellosis and chronic wasting disease have become well-known in hunting circles over the past few decades. Both are known to infect elk and be spread by close contact between infected animals.  That's why it seems ill-advised that Wyoming operates winter feedgrounds for elk. Spread across the western third of the state, the sites congregate elk allowing brucellosis and CWD to spread. Right now.  The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is taking public comments on its newly unveiled feedground management plan. To learn more about the issue, we're talking with Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last June south-central Montana suffered a historic 500-year flood. High water wiped out bridges and roads in Yellowstone National Park and the Custer Gallatin National Forest, as well as destroyed private homes and bridges.  On August 4th, more than 400 days later, the Forest Service has restored access to one of the most popular areas in the Beartooth Mountains – East Rosebud Lake. Here to talk with us today about the recovery efforts is Brett French, outdoor editor for the Billings Gazette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this year a freight train derailed near Paradise, spilling thousands of beers into the Clark Fork River. For some it was comical, for others it was a close call.  And now three months later another train derailment. This time, on the other side of the state, into the Yellowstone River. But this wasn't a close call and not comical by any standards. Early Saturday morning about 5 miles east of Reed Point, tanker cars from a Montana Rail Link train plunged into the river along with twisted railroad tracks, steel beams and concrete from the trestle. The tankers were each carrying hazardous materials in varying level of toxicity. With me today is Chirs Jorgensen, managing editor of the Billings Gazette newspaper, who was first to report the situation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent federal court ruling in Wyoming has once again sparked discussions about the legality of corner crossing. I want you to visualize a checkerboard. A grid of black and white squares. Now imagine that layout on a map, where the black squares are public land and the white ones are private. This land ownership layout is common in the west, a relic of past when the government was divvying out land to railroads pushing lines west. Corner crossing refers to the act of traveling from one piece of that public checkerboard to another, by crossing where they meet in the corners.  In the recent Wyoming case, a judge found that four Missouri men did not trespass onto adjoining private land as they stepped from public to public land at a corner designated by a survey marker and using a ladder.  Brett French, Outdoors editor at the Billings Gazette, is here to untangle the issue and give a bit of context as to what this mean for MontanaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast Brett French Talks to The Captain and Downrigger about his over 30 years of reporting on Montana's Great Outdoors. Over the years Brett has written some incredible articles for the Billings Gazette and MontanaOutdoor.com.  He talks about some of his favorite stories and the ones he felt made the biggest impact on our outdoors, both good and bad.Brett also talks about some of the things he feels will be making the news in the future. Will bowhunters have GPS on their arrows? When and where will regulators draw the line on too much fishing technology? Brett and the boys talk a bit about that and a whole lot more. You will also find out about one of the funniest things that has ever happened to Brett when out working on a story. Oh, and Downrigger tells a story about he and The Captain way back in their early days in Radio over 30 some years ago. Spoiler Alert: It was a bit embarrassing for The Captain. Rigger also asked Brett an interesting question, “Brett if you could interview anyone, even someone in the past, who would it be?”. Brett gave a VERY interesting answer! What do you suppose he said? Listen to the podcast and find out that and a whole lot more!With all those years of reporting on some of the most important news that has ever happened in Montana's Outdoors Brett French truly has a unique perspective when it comes to what goes on out there under the Big Sky. DO NOT MISS THIS PODCAST!Remember to always checkout Brett's articles every Saturday  on MontanaOutdoor.com and in the Billings Gazette. Click here to read some of Brett's past articles about Montana's Outdoors. If you have a news tip, questions for Brett or would like to suggest a topic for him to look into and possibly report on you can email him by clicking here.Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

The Beartooth Pass climbs between Wyoming and Montana at an elevation close to 11,000 feet. The route through the Beartooth Mountains, Highway 212 between Cooke City and Red Lodge, contains the highest mountains in the state. Because of its elevation, the high landscape is a fragile tundra ecosystem where roads not driven in 50 years are still visible on the landscape. The highway opens on Friday morning, prior to the Memorial Day weekend. And because so much snow is piled atop the pass, skiers and snowboarders come from around the West to carve a few final turns before summer. Lately, however, snowmobile use atop the pass has increased. The machines are used to tow skiers back up the mountains, as well as just to ride. As a result, there's a crowding issue and fears of damage to the fragile environment. Brett French, Outdoors editor at the Billings Gazette, talks about the situation on this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you. For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins. It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever." - Leviticus 16:29-31 This Episode's Links: Hunt, slaughter or harvest? Advocates argue over tribal killing of Yellowstone bison - Brett French, The Billings Gazette Ancient hunters used high-alpine driveline; similar artifacts concentrated in Paradise Valley - Brett French, Billings Gazette 'Peter Pan & Wendy': How Disney's 2023 live-action remake fixes 'problematic' animated original - Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Disney's "Peter Pan" - What Makes the Red Man Red? - DisneyMusics, YouTube Transgender Teacher on Removed After Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Students - Lorenz Duchamps, The Epoch Times CNN contributor blasts teachers' union boss Randi Weingarten over COVID school closures: 'I hear no remorse' - Joseph MacKinnon, The Blaze Ron DeSantis Suffers Major Blow as Key GOP Donor Says... - Cullen Linebarger, Gateway Pundit Florida Legislature Clears Way for DeSantis to Run for President Without Resigning - Bill Pan, The Epoch Times Photographer documents Italy's vanishing cowboys, the butteri; exhibit on display in Cody - Brett French, Billings Gazette “Blew My Mind”- Elon Musk Reveals Disturbing New Details Regarding Government Access to Twitter... (VIDEO) - Cullen Linebarger, Gateway Pundit Daily Wire Co-CEO Reveals Secret Cancel Blitz Against Matt Walsh, Brett Cooper, Michael Knowles - Zach Jewell, DW --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

Montana's only wild horse herd is found in south-central Montana's Pryor Mountains. This is an area of extremes. The lowlands are desert-like, while the mountain tops rise to more than 8,700 feet. Across about 42,000 acres of this rugged land a herd of about 205 are spread across lands managed mostly by the Bureau of Land Management, but also the Custer Gallatin National Forest and the National Park Service. The Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range is one of only four designated wild horse and burro ranges in the country, which means the area is managed principally, but not exclusively, for wild horses. These horses were made famous by documentary filmmaker Ginger Kathrens. Her films following the stallion known as Cloud from birth his birth in 1995 to adulthood have drawn visitors to the region from around the world.  Recently, the BLM released a proposed management plan that would reduce the herd, an always controversial topic among wild horse advocates. The federal agency would prefer to see the herd cut to no more than about 120 horses. To do that, the BLM is proposing “gathers” that would trap horses that could then be adopted out. To learn more about this unique horse population, I talked with Brett French, outdoor editor of the Billings Gazette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2022 a male wolf that was captured and fitted with a GPS collar south of Dillon decided to take a long hike through some of Montana's most spectacular wild country. If the wolf had hitchhiked a ride in an automobile, the distance covered is close to 300 miles. But those miles don't reflect the elevation gains and losses of climbing up and over the mountain ranges. They also don't tally the rivers that course through the landscape, including the Madison, Gallatin, Yellowstone and Clarks Fork Yellowstone. Unfortunately, we only know all of this because the wolf made a decision that proved fatal. With me today is Brett French, Outdoors Editor for the Billings Gazette, to tell the story of this lone wolf's trek.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Montana has one of the most unique wildlife situations in the world. Yellowstone National Park bison almost annually migrate into Montana during the winter. Since the bison are carriers of the disease brucellosis, which can cause pregnant female cattle to abort, the park animals are not allowed to freely roam like other wildlife. Instead, they are confined to designated zones outside the park's north and west entrances, near the communities of Gardiner and West Yellowstone. Incremental progress has been made in addressing the conflicts between those who believe the bison should be allowed to roam like other wildlife and state and federal officials in charge of managing the big mammals. With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considering a petition to list bison as an endangered species, and Yellowstone officials writing a new bison management plan, the iconic species that is now the national mammal stands at the cusp of more management changes. In addition, a bison advocacy group has publicly plotted a plan to argue that bison should be allowed to roam freely so tribes can hunt them, bringing treaty rights into the mix. On this episode is Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, who recently wrote a story on the ins and outs and disagreements over bison management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Tom Kuglin and Sam Wilson talks about one legislator's quest to legalize the use of crossbows for hunters with disabilities and the process of drawing new legislative district maps. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms — the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers' websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 * Guest: Chris Carlson – Without God, we can never win, With God, we can never lose, The Battle for Freedom is the Lord's, but we need to be engaged in the fight! * Chinese balloon called ‘dry run' for EMP attack – Nuke at altitude could destroy electronics for hundreds of miles – WND.com * Another Chinese Spy Balloon Traveling Over Latin America, Pentagon Confirms! * Americans are reminded how China responded when a US spy plane neared Chinese airspace in 2001. * China has claimed its balloon is a weather balloon and is not a threat, and the Pentagon has so far rebuffed demands to shoot it down. * ‘They shut down the airport and wouldn't let anyone land or take off, but wouldn't say why,' said Mr. Mayer, who works for The Billings Gazette and is also a pilot. * Is there a link between, Northeast faces ‘ferocious Arctic blast' and wind chills near minus-60 and the CCP China weather balloon? * Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton said on CNN that TikTok poses a national security threat to the US and said it is imperative the government takes swift action against the app. * Jimmy Kimmel Attempted to Humiliate Mike Lindell by Putting Him in an Arcade Machine – It Didn't Work Out Very Well. * Election under investigation after votes double-counted! – ‘Possibly flipping the outcome of a race' – Bob Unruh, WND.com * officials in New Jersey have announced a formal investigation into the general election results from Monmouth County. A statement from Attorney General Matthew Platkin confirmed a “full investigation is warranted” based on the evidence at hand. Hour 2 * Amazon's DEEP government partnerships could RUIN YOUR LIFE – glennbeck. * SEC Unrepentant For Bernie Madoff Scandal – WorldAffairsBrief.com, Jan, 27th. * Bureaucracies RARELY make apologies, ONLY unless literally forced to do so by the public (that is, political) exposure. This is also true of churches, true of universities, true of the media, and true of governments… I read along time ago where Solzhenitsyn wrote two short stories under the title “We never make mistakes”. This doesn't just apply to the Soviet government! * Trump's USMCA Full of Globalist Fine Print: Remember how Donald Trump bragged about his revision of NAFTA, the US Mexico Canada Agreement as a wonderful thing? * Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will Stay in US for ‘Few Days,' Pentagon Says. * Trump Labels DeSantis a ‘RINO Globalist' in Latest Tirade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

* Guest: Chris Carlson - Without God, we can never win, With God, we can never lose, The Battle for Freedom is the Lord's, but we need to be engaged in the fight! * Chinese balloon called 'dry run' for EMP attack - Nuke at altitude could destroy electronics for hundreds of miles - WND.com * Another Chinese Spy Balloon Traveling Over Latin America, Pentagon Confirms! * Americans are reminded how China responded when a US spy plane neared Chinese airspace in 2001. * China has claimed its balloon is a weather balloon and is not a threat, and the Pentagon has so far rebuffed demands to shoot it down. * 'They shut down the airport and wouldn't let anyone land or take off, but wouldn't say why,' said Mr. Mayer, who works for The Billings Gazette and is also a pilot. * Is there a link between, Northeast faces 'ferocious Arctic blast' and wind chills near minus-60 and the CCP China weather balloon? * Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton said on CNN that TikTok poses a national security threat to the US and said it is imperative the government takes swift action against the app. * Jimmy Kimmel Attempted to Humiliate Mike Lindell by Putting Him in an Arcade Machine - It Didn't Work Out Very Well. * Election under investigation after votes double-counted! - 'Possibly flipping the outcome of a race' - Bob Unruh, WND.com * officials in New Jersey have announced a formal investigation into the general election results from Monmouth County. A statement from Attorney General Matthew Platkin confirmed a "full investigation is warranted" based on the evidence at hand.

Nursing homes in Montana are closing this year, and I keep hearing about it from Billings Gazette. The latest one in Miles City makes eleven so far in 2022. And presumably the elderly and otherwise incapable of caring for themselves cannot be taken in by family, or else they wouldn't be in nursing homes. Right? Of course right. Don't ask such triggering questions. You should know better. Also, you must celebrate WNBA player Brittney Griner being traded for the Russian "Merchant of Death." If you object, or question, or express disapproval, you run the risk of being called a bigot of any one or more of several varieties. And you don't want that kind of trouble, do you? Oh, while you're at it. Do make sure to mourn that Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema just announced she's leaving the Democratic party and registering as an Independent instead. Shame on her. I'm not sure why, but this is probably a threat to Democracy. Someone should follow her into a bathroom with cameras again and see if they can persuade her to change her mind. It's worth a shot. Thankfully, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty," is both merciful to the penitent, and also just toward the stubborn and stiff-necked. But that brings us to the rather less comfortable question of whether we Americans have become a stiff-necked people. Enter Thomas F. Booher and Brad Littlejohn, writing for The Tulip Driven Life and Ad Fontes, respectively. Again and again, it seems, we come back to this issue of what to do about so-called "Christian nationalism," including the preliminary, and entirely routine, attempts to define both "Christian" and "nationalism" to exclude the unorthodox, and distance ones self from the heterodox. But let us do also spend some time on the curious case of Cameron Bretuzzi, of Capturing Christianity. Less than a month ago he sat down with Matt Fradd of Pints With Aquinas to discuss his conversion from de facto Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Other than the architecture and art, what's the draw? Perhaps this: that some people do just want to be told what to do, think, feel, and believe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/support

On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the disappearance and murder of Lisa Marie Kimmel. Live Online Show Tickets: https://www.moment.co/murderwithmyhusband Free MWMH World: https://murderwithmyhusband.world.co/?page=home Links: https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Case Sources: Scott, Robert (2009). Rivers of Blood. (2009, New York: Pinnacle), by Robert Scott Wikipedia.org, Lil' Miss murder Charleyproject.org, Amy Joy Wroe Bechtel Trib,com, “Inmate: Eaton confessed,” by Tara Westreicher, March 10, 2004 Trib.com, “Victim's family shares their anger as Dale Wayne Eaton sentenced to life,” by Victoria Eavis, May 8, 2022 Billingsgazette.com, “Court hears 1988 tape of Kimmell,” by Tara Westreicher, March 3, 2004 Billingsgazette.com, “Another Eaton victim lives to tell of ordeal; California woman expected to testify at penalty phase of trial,” by by Greg Tuttle, March 17, 2004 Billingsgazette.com, "Eaton upset as convict testifies," by Tara Westreicher, March 9, 2004 Ranker.com, "The True Story Behind The Lil' Miss Murder," by Rachel Souerbry, February 19, 2021 WyoFile.com, "Wyoming should abolish the death penalty, even for Eaton," by Kerry Drake, June 16, 2020 caselaw.findlaw.com, EATON v. STATE Department of Psychology Radford University, Dr. Mike Aamodt, Dale Wayne Eaton  http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Eaton,%20Dale%20Wayne.pdf Newspapers.com sources:  Pat Bellinghausen and Tom Howard, "Billings teen disappears during trip,” The Billings Gazette, 29 March 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/410694282 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.7-A Vikki McLaughlin, “Searchers suspect foul play,” The Billings Gazette, 1 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/415632449 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.1 “Wyoming lawmen looking for missing Montana teen-ager,” Casper Star-Tribune, 30 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349601308: accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.3 Pat Bellinghausen, "Kimmell's body identified,” The Billings Gazette, 4 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/415636958 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.1 Pat Bellinghausen, "Cops: No leads in teen's death,” The Billings Gazette, 5 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/415637713 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.1 Tom Howard, "Kimmell had stab wounds,” The Billings Gazette, 7 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/415639477 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.1 Rita Munzenrider, "Kimmell's friends say goodbye,” The Billings Gazette, 9 April 1988, archived (https://www.newspapers.com/image/415641872 : accessed 27 October 2022); citing print edition, p.1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GPS collars attached to wildlife like deer, bears, moose, elk and pronghorns have opened biologist's eyes to how far these species may move across the landscape as the seasons change. Epic feats of travel have been recorded in Wyoming showing elk swimming streams in spring runoff to reach ideal grazing areas. A mule deer doe has trekked 500 miles each year from the Red Desert of southwestern Wyoming to Grand Teton National Park. Pronghorns, although prairie animals, have been photographed moving through mountainous areas to reach good food. Likewise, in Montana pronghorns have been recorded crossing a frozen Fort Peck Reservoir and running down Highway 2 on the Hi-Line for six hours during a blizzard. Grizzlies have been tracked moving across Interstate 90. Mountain lions have been monitored swimming the Missouri River and traveling as far as the Dakotas from the Missouri Breaks. Brett French, outdoors editor at the Billings Gazette, talks about this accumulation of migration information, as well as to help us understand how this data is being used.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In mid-June historic floods ripped through Yellowstone National Park. Thousands of visitors were evacuated and the park was temporarily closed as officials assessed the damage. Eventually, all but two entrances to the park were reopened. The North Entrance, near Gardiner, and the Northeast Entrance, near Cooke City, have been closed to the public all summer due to road damage caused by the flooding. Since then the Park Service has launched a heroic effort with federal partners to reopen the roadways. On this episode, Brett French, outdoor editor for the Billings Gazette, talks about how those efforts are going and what the impacts of the park's closing of the two entrances has had on the gateway communities of Cooke City, Silver Gate and Gardiner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It might surprise some to learn that Montana's largest National Wildlife Refuge doesn't contain a single mountain. Instead all 1.1 million acres of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, or CMR, consists of sweeping prairie encompassing the massive Fort Peck Reservoir and rugged, impassable badlands that spin the land into a labyrinth of gumbo hills and plummeting draws.  But for all its rugged wildness, the refuge has not always stood as a pristine example of prairie grasslands and more than a century of western expansion, homesteading and ranching has left behind barbed-wire remnants of when the refuge was parceled out as ranchland years ago. But one conservation group, known as Keep It Public, alongside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field offices that oversee the refuge are hoping to remove those fence lines in a decade's long effort to restore the refuge's prairie to its untamed glory.  On this episode, A.J Etherington, city editor of the Billings Gazette newspaper, talks about his time spent in the CMR reporting on work done by conservationists. This podcast is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers' websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inside a trench the length of a football field, against the mesmerizing backdrop of the Rocky Mountain Front lay a scattering of granite-hued bone fragments, each exposed for the first time after some 75-80 million years preserved in the Two Medicine Formation's alkali powder.  David Trexler, a lifelong resident of nearby Bynum, Montana, and paleontologist for a half-century calls it the most spectacular and complete bone bed he's ever worked on.  What Trexler knows so far is that many of the multi-species bones unearthed are from a new breed of duck-billed dinosaur. Trexler sees more than the Earth's distant past in dig sites like that along the Front He also connects the dots to an ominous outcome for humans humans don't view what he describes as a “ticking time bomb” through a more holistic and urgent lens. This week Jeff Welsch, editor of Lee Enteprises' Montana newspapers talks about discoveries of creatures of the past and Trexler's theory about the future. This podcast is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers' websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we talk about wildlife data, age is one of the first things biologists look to for understanding the health of animal populations and how management actions may affect trends. Age is also often the subject of debate among hunters, who look at things like body size, antler growth or teeth wear to estimate how many winters a harvested animal has been on the mountain. This week, we're going to do things a little differently and talk about a story Tom Kuglin worked on back in the spring. In March we went down to Manhattan and spent some time at Mattson's Laboratory. Not only did we learn some new science, but with hunting season around the corner those heading to the field might be interested in what the lab has to offer. This podcast  is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers' websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2001, American Prairie made an appearance in Montana with the goal to stitch together private and public lands in Eastern Montana to create a large grassland reserve. By buying ranches from willing sellers, the group – once known as the Prairie Foundation, American Prairie Foundation, and American Prairie Reserve – has become a lightning rod for criticism, legislation and political divisiveness. This is in part because it has stocked some of its land with bison. Recently, the Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the group to alter grazing plans on federal lands to accommodate bison, reigniting the long simmering feud. On this week's episode Brett French, outdoors and natural resources reporter the Billings Gazette discusses the contentious history of American Prairie's attempt to create a native grassland prairie inhabited by bison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This summer, in an urban state park on the westside of Helena, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has been conducting a very visible research project. One that includes colorful birds, excited biologists and the public is welcome to join in. The station is part of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program, which captures birds for banding and data collection. Banding allows tracking of population trends, including survival, reproductive rates and movement patterns across the country. This work has become important as a number of bird species are experiencing population declines, according to the Western Ecological Resource Center. The MAPS program provides crucial information to help biologists monitor and help species recover before it's too late. There are up to 1,200 MAPS bird banding stations nationwide. The MAPS program has operated since 1989 and collected more than 2.5 million records.  But, the banding station at Spring Meadow is unique, said Allison Begley, an avian conservation biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The program is open for the public to observe the work and then assist with the release of birds.   This podcast  is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers' websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Idaho bowhunter Raymond Jones went missing on his son's 12th birthday, Sept. 7, 1968. Fifty-three years later, Jones' body was found by another bowhunter, solving a mystery that had long haunted his relatives, including his only son. Our host Teri Barr talks with Brett French, Montana Untamed editor for the Billings Gazette, who covered the story last year. You can read his article at the article at the link below: 'Discovery of bowhunter's remains after 53 years finally gives son closure' If you appreciate what we're doing with this program, we encourage you to invest in local journalism and support whichever newspaper serves your community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the last few days rivers in south-central and southwest Montana have risen to unprecedented levels, wreaking havoc on the communities along their banks. Images and videos of houses and bridges being washed away in rising floodwaters have populated social media sites. Whole communities in the area are isolated without any road access to them. Law enforcement and government agencies are still conducting search and rescue operations in the region. Runoff from the Beartooth mountains turned Rock Creek into a raging torrent almost overnight Monday. Flood damage at the headwaters of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone national park caused road washouts, bridge failures, rockslides and mudslides. The Yellowstone River crested at just over 49,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) at Corwin Springs in the upper Paradise Valley on Monday, shattering its previous records of 32,200 set in June 1996. Wiping out all roads to Gardiner leaving huge crowds of travelers and residents trapped in the mountain town. Downstream, floodwaters reached Livingston where the hospital was evacuated and Billings, forcing the city to shut down its water treatment plant. While many questions remain, on this episode Brett French, outdoors editor for the Billings Gazette discusses what we do know about Montana’s current high water crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friday, March 25th, 1988, Lisa got in her Honda and headed north. She would take Interstate 25 to Casper, Wyoming, and from there she would take the mostly two-lane US-20/26 to Greybull, where she would then finish the trip at her boyfriend's house in Cody, Wyoming, on US14. She'd planned to stay the night there and make the remaining hour-and-a-half trek to Billings the next morning with her boyfriend in tow. When Lisa Marie didn't arrive at Ed's house in Cody, as planned, he was immediately worried and called her parents. Lisa was nowhere to be found. She had vanished somewhere on her 600-mile journey home.Lisa's case would go cold for 14 years until DNA would link authorities to her killer.Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'Long Road To Justice: Lisa Kimmell'.Thank you to the folks who help make the OTCP greatListener Discretion by Edward @OctoberpodVHS. You can find him on all your podcast apps or at https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideoProducer and theme music by Nico Vettesewetalkofdreams.comResearched and written by Rett MacPhersonSources:The Murder of Lil Miss: A Mother's Brutal 16-Year Fight for Justiceby Sheila Kimmell https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Lil-Miss-Mothers-16-Year/dp/0976747006/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X49XOXGA1264&keywords=sheila+kimmell&qid=1655250436&sprefix=sheila+kimmell%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIHEI1el6ssn Unsolved Mysteries Season 1 Episode 12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5DV-DKhqhA CrimeVaulthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DW0CGco4gc TiffanyKristinaXOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqtvdTjKLG8 Scary Mysterieshttps://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/the+Great+Basin+Serial+Killerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Miss_murder https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8701970/lisa-marie-kimmellhttps://oilcity.news/crime/2022/03/25/convicted-murderer-dale-wayne-eaton-re-sentenced-30-years-after-disappearance-of-lisa-marie-kimmel/https://www.ranker.com/list/lisa-marie-kimmell-facts/rachel-souerbryhttps://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/news/2013-03-04/authorities-to-investigate-new-leads-in-the-1997-disappearance-of-amy-wroe-bechtel Billings Gazette: https://www.newspapers.com/image/415632475/?terms=Lisa%20Marie%20Kimmell&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/415638597/?terms=Lisa%20Marie%20Kimmell&match=1Billings https://www.newspapers.com/image/352228824/?terms=Ed%20Jaroch%20Kimmell&match=1On The Case with Paul Zahn Season 5: Episode 4 No One To Trusthttps://samplius.com/free-essay-examples/victim-studies-the-murder-of-lil-miss/https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMK1NE_Ronald_Ketchum_Natrona_Co_Courthouse_Casper_WYhttps://goldenhistory.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Colorado%20State%20Industrial%20Schoolhttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/wy-supreme-court/1438693.html paragraphs 147-170 http://www.dmmserver.com/DialABook/978/078/601/9780786019960.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/467450900https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120652068/belynda-may-granthamhttps://charleyproject.org/case/amy-joy-wroe-bechtel!Rivers of Blood (book 2009) by Robert Scotthttps://www.grunge.com/723969/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-amy-bechtel-explained/https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a21749005/missing/ excellent articlehttps://www.newspapers.com/image/410519069/?terms=scott%20breeden%20dale%20eaton&match=1http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Eaton,%20Dale%20Wayne.pdfhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/467451083/?terms=scott%20breeden%20dale%20eaton&match=1https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/trib.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/d3/cd31a4b4-1d02-5491-adba-339339461424/54c6d42d89aa8.pdf.pdfhttps://oilcity.news/crime/2022/03/25/convicted-murderer-dale-wayne-eaton-re-sentenced-30-years-after-disappearance-of-lisa-marie-kimmel/https://www.thesheridanpress.com/news/regional-news/kimmell-family-shares-anger-over-change-in-killer-s-sentence/article_bbcfebfe-aeb5-11ec-9cc6-ff733461194c.htmlhttps://www.wyomingnews.com/news/from_the_wire/kimmell-family-shares-anger-over-change-in-killer-s-sentence/article_4ec51114-db8f-51c4-88ad-fc43887c8b6d.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-torches-painful-memories/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/canoncitydailyrecord/name/ronnie-kimmell-obituary?id=8850675

On Tuesday, voters in Montana had their say in the state’s midterm primary election. While the primaries for the new western congressional seat drew most of the attention, voters also weighed in on state Supreme Court positions, seats on the Public Service Commission, legislative races and more. On this episode Montana State News Bureau reporters who give us a run down on who won, who lost and where votes are still being counted. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1988, an 18-year-old woman hit the road in Colorado to visit her family in Montana. But when she never arrived, police began their search for her in Wyoming and gathered some incredibly bizarre witness sightings. Sightings that only added more questions when her body was found soon after. This is the story of Lisa Kimmell, also known, as the Lil Miss Murder.  BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Unsolved Mysteries Episode: https://unsolved.com/gallery/lisa-kimmel/ 2. Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/lisa-marie-kimmell-facts/rachel-souerbry 3. Casper Star Tribune: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/victims-family-shares-their-anger-as-dale-wayne-eaton-sentenced-to-life/article_96a099f9-e547-5672-bd9a-6f1bd1b4b471.html?mode=comments 4. K2: https://k2radio.com/no-death-penalty-in-brutal-casper-lil-miss-murder-rape/#google_vignette 5. Death Penalty Info Center: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/bungled-resentencing-of-wyomings-only-active-death-penalty-case-revictimizes-victims-family 6. Crime Vault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5DV-DKhqhA 7. The Missoulian: https://www.newspapers.com/image/352283324/?terms=ricky%20kimmell&match=1 8. Crime Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ5uxP9uL9E 9. Eaton vs. the State of WY: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wy-supreme-court/1438693.html 10. Background on Dale: http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Eaton,%20Dale%20Wayne.pdf 11. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/eaton-v-wilson 12. Casper Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/349755856/?terms=lisa%20marie%20kimmel&match=1 13. Billings Gazette: https://www.newspapers.com/image/411965577 14. Casper Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/467450900 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Angel Quest: Karen Noé & Marie Antoinette Kelley Enhance direct communication between you and your angels. As you invoke those in the heavenly realm, you'll receive accurate, uplifting messages to help you better understand the steps you need to take to move forward in life. Deepen your connection with the angelic realm. Receive the support from the unseen. Connect to your angelic team and co-create with the Universe. How do we connect with the angelic realm? What is divination? How does the soul speak through imagery, color and symbolism. Tune in as we receive messages from the angels. Two beautiful souls came together for an Angel Quest. Karen Noé is a renowned psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list for appointments and consultations. She is the author of several books. Marie Antoinette Kelley is a self-taught artist who has done hundreds of portraits and whose work is well known throughout Montana. Karen Noé is a renowned psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list for appointments and consultations. She is the author of several books. This is her first oracle deck. Karen is also the founder of the Angel Quest Center in Waldwick, New Jersey, where she teaches classes, gives readings, and practices alternative healing. You can listen to Karen on The Angel Quest Radio Show by going to www.hudsonriverradio.com . Learn more about Karen and her work by visiting: www.karennoe.com Marie Antoinette Kelley is a self-taught artist who has done hundreds of portraits and whose work is well known throughout Montana. Her art has been featured in local magazines and newspapers, such as the Billings Gazette, Rural Montana, The Bozone, and the Montana Pioneer. In 2019, the Delaware North general stores began selling her artwork in the form of woven blankets throughout Yellowstone National Park. Learn more about Marie Antoinette and her work by visiting: www.makfineart.com Learn more about Simran here: www.iamsimran.com www.1111mag.com/

From author Karen Noé and illustrator Marie Antoinette, this heavenly divination card deck was created to enhance the communication between you and your angels so that you may move forward in life with comfort and protection. For those seeking guidance from above, the Angel Quest Oracle will serve as your guide to connecting with the celestial realm. Karen Noé is a renowned psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list for appointments and consultations. She is the author of several books. This is her first oracle deck. Karen is also the founder of the Angel Quest Center in Waldwick, New Jersey, where she teaches classes, gives readings, and practices alternative healing. You can listen to Karen on The Angel Quest Radio Show by going to hudsonriverradio.com. Learn more about Karen and her work by visiting: karennoe.com. Marie Antoinette Kelley is a self-taught artist who has done hundreds of portraits and whose work is well known throughout Montana. Her art has been featured in local magazines and newspapers, such as the Billings Gazette, Rural Montana, The Bozone, and the Montana Pioneer. In 2019, the Delaware North general stores began selling her artwork in the form of woven blankets throughout Yellowstone National Park. Learn more about Marie Antoinette and her work by visiting: makfineart.com. ------------------------------- As of this moment, we have over 80 hours of premium videos available at path11tv.com, with new videos added regularly. Watch Path 11 TV wherever you want, on the iPhone, AppleTV, Android, Amazon Fire, and Roku Apps.

LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 25: Bruce Whittenberg In this episode, Chantel speaks with the founding Executive Director of Leadership Montana, Bruce Whittenberg.  Bruce gives listeners an inside look into the earliest stages of Leadership Montana's formation including the original vision for how a leadership training program could positively impact people and communities across Montana.  Bruce also tells Chantel about his long tenure as Executive Director of the Montana Historical Society and why capturing and sharing Montana's history is so important to him.  Finally, Bruce talks about the significance of receiving Leadership Montana's most prestigious award, the Tom Scott Award for Leadership Excellence. Chantel Schieffer Host Chantel, Class of 2010 and Masters Class 2019 alumna, is also our President & CEO. An occasional host, she brings to Listen First Montana a deep knowledge of our alumni and the many ways they work to build a better Montana. Bruce Whittenberg Guest Bruce was the founding Executive Director of Leadership Montana, a statewide effort to develop a sustainable network of leaders who share a commitment to the future of the state. Prior to that, Bruce was publisher of the Helena Independent Record from 1993-1998, and publisher of the Billings Gazette from 1998-2000. His newspaper career spanned 25 years in three states. He recently retired as the Director of the Montana Historical Society. Bruce's long record of public service most recently includes the Board of Directors of the Friends of Montana PBS, the Board of Directors of the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, the Lewis and Clark Library Foundation and the Burton K. Wheeler Center for Public Policy.  He currently serves as executive director for The Greater Montana Foundation. Bruce has two sons. Jake is a graduate of Montana State University and Emmy Award-winning broadcast news journalist for KING5 NBC television in Seattle. Jonathan is also graduate of Montana State University in graphic design and works for Spark R & D in Bozeman, MT. Bruce is also blessed with a beautiful granddaughter, Lula and grandson, Oliver, and two wonderful daughters-in-law, Tara and Beth.

Would you like to communicate with your Angels? If so, the heavenly divination card deck Angel Quest Oracle created by Karen Noé and Marie Antoinette Kelley will enhance the communication between you and your angels so that you may move forward in life with comfort and protection. For those seeking guidance from above, the Angel Quest Oracle will serve as your guide to connecting with the celestial realm. Karen Noé is the founder of the Angel Quest Center in Waldwick, New Jersey, where she teaches classes, gives readings, and practices alternative healing. She is a renowned psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list for appointments and consultations. Karen is also the author of several books, and this is her first oracle deck. Marie Antoinette Kelley is a self-taught artist who has done hundreds of portraits. Her work is well known throughout Montana. Marie Antoinette's art has been featured in local magazines and newspapers, such as the Billings Gazette, Rural Montana, The Bozone, and the Montana Pioneer. In 2019, the Delaware North general stores began selling her artwork in the form of woven blankets throughout Yellowstone National Park. Join Karen Noe, Marie Antoinette Kelley, and me on Wednesday, March 9, 10-11 A.M. CT U.S. Our conversation will be about their remarkable life's journey. And how you can use the collaboration of their unique gifts, the Angel Quest Oracle, to communicate and seek guidance with your Angels with ease!

This just in. The Billings Gazette reports that the State of Montana will not have enough money to cover all the claims of livestock killed by predators. And so we ask:

This week, Tom Kuglin of the Montana State News Bureau goes over a proposal from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks major changes to limited-entry elk permits for 14 central Montana hunting districts, including elimination of permits in some districts or opening up general license hunting on private land for bull elk. The districts that are part of this proposal are all 200% or above population objectives with elk largely concentrated on private land. The proposed changes would mark a significant shift in elk management for multiple districts in Region 4 and 5. In eight hunting districts, the number of limited-permits would be cut roughly in half and restricted to public lands. On private lands, hunting for bulls would switch to a general license. The remaining six district proposals are a mix of dropping permits altogether or during archery seasons or increasing the number of permits. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Representative Derek Skees joins me live to respond to the lies dished out by the fake news publication known as the Billings Gazette, with JD Hall on the call Show Call-In Line: 516.418.5884   E-mail: mgradio@protonmail.com Montana Gazette Radio: https://tinyurl.com/2823f6k7 Montana Daily Gazette: https://tinyurl.com/87tcu6eb MG Radio Livestream: https://tinyurl.com/4kynpwda Montana Murder Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2rka7e7a Support the show: Bio Stove: https://myprostove.com Great Health: https://bloodboost.net

A lot has happened as bureau reporters Holly Michels and Seaborn Larson continue to follow the state attorney general and his office's involvement in a dispute with the hospital in Helena over the treatment of a COVID-19 patient. Michels and Larson run down what’s new, including information about the involvement of state Public Service Commissioner Jennifer Fielder, the political reactions to an inquiry into the events and what remains unclear about what happened. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Flathead Beacon has welcomed a new staff reporter, Mike Kordenbrock, who joins the newsroom after a seven-year stint with the Billings Gazette. Mike joins podcast host Micah Drew to chat about his start as a journalist, the transition from a daily to a weekly paper and what' he's excited about as a member of the Beacon newsroom.Later, Micah runs through the latest stories from the last week including the end of the football season, increased needs at local food banks and the vote that derailed a proposed development on Big Mountain Road.Read more about all of this week's stories and get the latest breaking news at flatheadbeacon.com and sign up for our new daily newsletter at flatheadbeacon.com/newsletter.RELATED LINKSNovember 24 E-EditionHigh Holiday Demand at Flathead Valley Food BanksWhitefish Planning Board Votes Against Mountain Gateway DevelopmentVikings Fall in Title GameThe music in this this episode is “Thinking Music” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Big Sky Lede, reporter Holly Michels and host Thom Bridge discuss the hectic 36 hours before a judge in Montana put a temporary halt to three new abortion laws in the state. From the erroneous removal of a judge to filings before the state Supreme Court and finally the issuing of a 10-day restraining order on the new laws, they’ll break down the complicated timeline and explain what to expect next. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John "Liver-Eating" Johnston was one of the  "mountain men" who explored the American Northwest in the mid to late 1800s. Like the other "mountain men," Liver-Eating Johnston had his fair share of battles with the Native Americans who were defending their land. Unlike the other "mountain men," Johnston supposedly ate the livers of hundreds of natives he had killed. It was only recently that we learned this wasn't exactly true, but in Johnston's case, the truth might just be more horrifying than the fiction.Sources:The Anaconda Standard, February 11, 1900. Bellows, Alan. “Liver-Eating Johnson.” Damn Interesting. Damn Interesting, January 21, 2020. https://www.damninteresting.com/liver-eating-johnson/. Bunker, Robert, and Raymond Thorp. Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson. New ed. Indiana University Press, 2016.“Woodhawks.”The Flathead Courier, May 12, 1927. French, Brett, and Dave Shors. “The Legend of Liver-Eating Johnson Keeps Getting Taller.” Billings Gazette, August 24, 2017. https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/the-legend-of-liver-eating-johnson-keeps-getting-taller/article_7864cffc-afe4-5adf-8403-dbad9fe37450.html.The Helena Independent, May 7, 1893. Herda, D. J.. The Never-Ending Lives of Liver-Eating Johnson. (Helena: Twodot, 2019).Langford, Nathaniel Pitt. Vigilante Days and Ways: the Pioneers of the Rockies. (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912).Maccar, David. “The True Story Behind 'Jeremiah Johnson': What We Know (and Don't).” Free Range American, September 14, 2021. https://freerangeamerican.us/true-story-jeremiah-johnson/.McLellan, Dennis. The Avenging Fury of the Plains: John "Liver-Eating" Johnston. (Mountain Man Tales Publishing Co., 2021).“Noted Pioneer Dead.” Red Lodge Picket, February 2, 1900. Rasmussen, Cecilia. "Trailing a Wild West Character to his Graves." Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2005. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-21-me-then21-story.html“The Real Jeremiah Johnson.” Notes from the Frontier, April 7, 2021. https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-the-real-jeremiah-johnson.Western Kansas World, October 12, 1889. Music: Dellasera by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comFor more information, visit www.oldbloodpodcast.com

Montana’s troubled teen industry is tucked into the wooded mountains of northwest Montana, where these programs treat youth with different behavioral health issues in the isolated landscape away from their homes and family and friends. The industry has undergone a few sea changes in regulations over the past 16 years to better ensure the safety of these participants, but issues remain. Late last month bureau reporter Seaborn Larson learned about a suicide at a therapeutic boarding school for troubled girls outside of Thompson Falls, and we now know that state officials are investigating the death. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who here is familiar with America's Indian Nations? I mean, this is really embarrassing but I don't or let me rephrase that, I didn't know much until I started doing research for this episode. Did you know they have their own constitution? Did you know they don't fully trust or rely on outside (out of tribe) law enforcement?How many of you heard these statements, “They are all addicts and drunks.” “Violent, be cautious.”Do you know how many tribes and reservations there are in the US?Can any of you recall seeing news reports of missing or murdered indigenous women & girls? I know we hear about the casinos, and them being forced off their lands, or how they are going on strike, but I can honestly say... I have not, however I try very hard not to follow the news because it either summons sadness, madness, depression, or flat-out hopelessness... I tend to lose all hope for humanity and want to find a magic wand to make everything better for those who are suffering. However, this is not a Disney movie, its real life, and for those indigenous women & girls who've had their lives taken, deserve justice. Their families deserve justice!So, this episode involves a few cases from the Crow Indian Agency in Montana. These are the MissingAnd the murderedwomen & girls.. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, cousins, wives..... a friend! Knowledge is Power:- Very short documentary - Awaxaawippíia: The Crow Nation's Sacred Tieshttps://youtu.be/9OlUx6Xg4TY- Still Here: A Crow Nation Story (boarding school phase, full blooded %, native language)https://youtu.be/OvPLw1pI8zk- Crow Nation's Ultimate Warrior Challenge (Woman Warrior - Brittany Iron)https://youtu.be/nW1zh1Oxoek- 2019, the Senate officially made May 5th, National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S (Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits)https://youtu.be/7bpTcvYiyCsResources:- Urban Indian Health Institute (aka UIHI)https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf- Native Womens Wildernesshttps://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw- Governer's Office Of Indian Affairshttps://tribalnations.mt.gov/crow- The actual Hanna Act bill #21https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099/HB0021_1.pdf- The Billings Gazette, by Ashley Nerbovig – 6/17/16https://www.newspapers.com/image/602650987/?terms=roylynn%20rides%20horse&match=1- The Crow Websitehttp://www.crow-nsn.gov/constitutions-and-bylaws.html- 5/5/21 – Advocacy committees - https://pres-outlook.org/2021/05/advocacy-committees-call-for-recognition-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-day/- Oppression – Mental Healthhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615430/- NPR - MMIWhttps://www.npr.org/2018/11/25/670631164/the-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-from-across-the-u-s- Warrior Womenhttps://www.warriorwomen.org- MMIW-USAhttps://mmiwusa.org/?fbclid=IwAR0xL8r7LKAbNRDg-vXYXBWtT25EvDHrLYz-PNkFCOtWE_qbuMaazp02krk- The Smithsonian's New Exhibit Spotlighting Native Women Artistshttps://msmagazine.com/2020/04/07/enjoy-the-smithsonians-new-exhibit-spotlighting-native-women-artists-from-your-home/- By Chrissy Bobic – 2/26/2020https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-hanna-harris- The woman who created Hanna's Act - Peppershttps://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/hannas-act-signed-into-law/article_bcd67080-f492-5683-afd3-84a85e9db80e.html- Brandi Bends interview: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/10/23/crow-nation-is-a-place-where-one-could-vanish-and-many-have

“Help wanted” signs have become ubiquitous in Montana at restaurants, stores and other businesses across economic sectors and up and down the income ladder over the past few months. As vaccines have become broadly available alongside the onset of summer, there’s been an acute labor shortage for many jobs. This week, Sam Wilson shares his reporting and the data he's found trying to understand Montana's workforce shortage. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merissa Underwood is an Environmental and Animal Rights activist. She attended Loyola Marymount University pursuing a degree in Political Science. In 2019 she won the title of Miss Montana USA which allowed her to speak openly about the relationship between Animal Agriculture and Climate Change, as well as the ethics of living a vegan lifestyle. As cattle ranching is one of Montana's largest revenue sources, she was attacked and ostracized for her beliefs. Angry members of the Animal Agriculture industry created a change.org petition which garnered thousands of signatures to strip her of her title of Miss MT USA. She was harassed endlessly across social media platforms and even threatened physically in person by gun wielding ranchers holding military grade weapons in downtown Missoula. Rather than hide and remain silent, Merissa continued to speak out for animals and environmental protection as she traveled across Montana speaking to different groups about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. During this journey she discovered the importance of speaking to those who disagree and responding with empathy and love, even when hatred was thrown in her face. These experiences brought her to have multiple Op-Ed pieces published, including one in the Billings Gazette, Montana's largest newspaper. She was a panelist speaker at the Earth Optimism Summit for EarthDay.org in 2020, has been interviewed on many podcasts, including Our Hen House, and went on to compete at Miss USA 2020. When not using her voice for the planet you can find Underwood DJing, writing, or singing. InstagramFacebookVegan Blogs mentioned in the show:Cruelty Free KittyEthical ElephantSupport the show (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authentic-voice-with-janice-mcqueen/id1462542236)

On June 20, 1921 the Billings Gazette reported that a man and a baby drowned and barns, granaries, houses and a bridge were swept away before an unprecedented downpour tapered off in McCone County. The 11.5 inches of rain that fell in 24 hours at Springbrook, near Circle, established a state record. That record stands today. Hot and humid air covered the great plans as winds all the way from the Gulf of Mexico pushed the summertime heat and moisture northward. Circle sits on the vast high flatlands that rise toward the Rockies and often times it gets covered with stifling heat and humidity. Temperatures can sometimes top 110 degrees. At the same time cold air can sweep down from Canada, even in the summertime and this causes violent clashes in the atmosphere. Those dynamics lead to the cloudburst and heavy thunderstorms that inundated the region on June 20, 1921. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, reporter Seaborn Larson tells us how Darigold canceled its 30-year contract with the Montana State Prison, forcing the state's prison work program, Montana Correctional Enterprises, to scale down its dairy operation from 350 head to about 70, enough to produce milk to self-sustain the Department of Correction's facilities around the state. Then, Tom Kuglin talks about how the state of Montana is trading Holsteins for hens at Montana State Prison, hopeful that a new pheasant rearing and release program will help recruit hunters and provide inmates continued work opportunities. Welcome to the second season of Big Sky Lede, where our team brings you an examination of Montana’s new landscape with new laws, a new governor and a new republican dominance across all of state government. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 67th session of the Montana Legislature ended last week as lawmakers put the final touches on the state budget and plans to spend about $2 billion in federal covid aid. Our bureau was there to cover it all, and on this episode they’ll explain how it all wrapped up in the last few days. There was a late scramble by some Republicans to amend previously voted down policy into remaining bills. There was also a last-ditch effort to change a bipartisan broked deal on cannabis implementation that hung up lawmakers for hours on the final day of the session. The 80-day term saw major efforts to overhaul the state’s hunting, wildlife management and public lands access landscape. And long-time voting access rules changed with backing from a GOP-majority Legislature and backing from the Secretary of State. To wrap up, the team shares their takeaways from a session unlike any other, and not only because it was held in a pandemic. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we talk about  Anna Paige's life in journalism, feeding communities thru Eat. Share. Give. and Project Love. We also touch on her extensive work  with Apsáalooke people in the Yellowstone Valley. Anna takes us through the podcast like a journalist looking over field notes. Her uncanny ability to make space and time for her journey and her experiences, brings a deeper understanding to her story and the stories she tells.

Lawmakers came back to the Capitol on Tuesday after a brief shutdown because of COVID-19 and they wasted no time getting back into action. Reporter Seaborn Larson covered one of the most controversial bills of the session, one to block gender-affirming care for transgender minors. It died by a procedural move in the Senate on Tuesday. He’ll explain how that happened. Seaborn also continued his coverage of the conflict between the legislative and judiciary branches of government. He’ll discuss what happened when all seven justices showed up unexpectedly at an investigatory hearing led by GOP lawmakers. Reporter Sam Wilson also had some court coverage this week. Sam wrote about the second lawsuit filed so far to challenge legislation backed by the GOP and signed by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte. Sam has closely tracked the two bills at the root of the challenge -- one that ended Montana’s same-day voter registration and another that tightened up what counts as a voter ID to register and vote. Sam will walk through who filed the lawsuit, what their concerns are and why these bills were priorities for the GOP this session. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s episode, we’re going to do things a little different. With a standoff brewing between the legislative branch and the judicial branch of government over legislation advocated for by the executive branch, reporter Seaborn Larson spends the entire show explaining what’s happening and what to expect next. Host Thom Bridge, deputy Tom Kuglin and bureau head Holly Michels also chime in. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Things are moving quickly as we get toward the end of the Legislative session, with rumors of wrapping up by the end of this month. This week Holly Michels, head of the bureau, runs down the status of a major piece of the puzzle still missing — the implementation of a recreational marijauna program. Three bills cleared the House, what’s next for them? Holly will also walk through reporting from Seaborn Larson on the legal challenge to the new law giving the governor direct appointment power when there’s a judicial vacancy. Emails obtained by the Montana State News Bureau show judges around the state weighed in on the bill, posing challenges for who can hear the case now. And then deputy Tom Kuglin will explain what happened with a bill that would have originally let state agencies charge the public to comment on environmental impact statements and how the bill was dramatically changed to make it less controversial. Tom will also describe how the pandemic made the public lands rally that normally fills the state Capitol building a much different event this year and get into a bill Gov. Greg Gianforte just signed that will put Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks conservation easements under the Montana Land Board, reversing a policy that under his predecessor went to the state Supreme Court. Then Holly wraps up with the possibility of the Legislature overriding Gianforte’s first veto, something that hasn’t happened in nearly two decades. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the Legislature took up not just one, but three proposals to implement a recreational marijuana program in Montana. Reporter Seaborn Larson covered all of them and deciphers some unexpected drama as the bills crashed up against a legislative deadline. Then deputy Tom Kuglin explains a bill that would change how prescriptive easements work in Montana, including a pitch to create a formal registration process along with fees and possible limitations if there’s public lands access nearby. To wrap up, reporter Sam Wilson walks through how a bill to increase access to voting on the state’s reservations, a proposal that a legislative committee worked on extensively, ended up dying on the House floor. He’ll also talk about two bills that would prohibit so-called “vaccine passports” and loosen vaccine requirements, right as the state ramps up efforts to immunize residents against COVID-19. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s show, Holly Michels, head of the bureau, dives into the $2.7 billion Montana is expected to get from the federal American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress. While a lot is still up in the air about the funding, Holly shares what she’s been tracking. Then reporter Seaborn Larson details what happened at initial Senate confirmation hearings for two judges appointed by former Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock. If the Senate doesn’t approve the judges, it means Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte can directly appoint to fill the vacancies under a new law Gianforte advocated for. All that’s happening as a legal challenge to the law advances. Seaborn will also explain what’s going on with COVID-19 cases at the Capitol. A lawmaker tested positive this week but for the first time refused to release their name. And then deputy Tom Kuglin will update what’s happened with a number of bills he’s tracking to change hunting laws in the state. Tom will also talk about how high demand was on the state’s great outdoor recreation opportunities last summer because of the pandemic and what we can expect to see this year as the weather warms up. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s episode of Big Sky Lede takes a bit of a different format. We’ll run down what’s going on in the Capitol and around state government, but also spend some time reflecting on the year-mark of the coronavirus pandemic in Montana. Up first, Deputy Tom Kuglin talks elk management and a bill that would drastically change Montana's approach to it. The bill, crafted by Republican Speaker of the House Wylie Galt in coordination with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park, saw a lot of opposition both on the process that brought it and its contents. Then Reporter Seaborn Larson delves into the Montana’s new attorney general joining a lawsuit that’s aimed at stalling out immigration policy coming from the Biden administration. Through reporting that lawsuit, Seaborn found another story about Montana quietly entering into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security over the enforcement of immigration laws. Then, the bureau’s reporters have a roundtable discussion on the passage of a year since Montana's first COVID-19 cases and the process of chasing the story, from the early days when everything was up in the air to living through a pandemic while reporting on it. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Legislature hits the midway mark, our team breaks down what’s happened so far, what’s left to come and our observations along the way. Holly Michels, head of the bureau, walks through what bills have already passed the Legislature and how other key priorities have fared. She’ll also run through what died up against the transmittal deadline and how busy the last two days before the break were. Then reporter Seaborn Larson casts an eye toward what is likely to be the biggest issue of the second half of the session -- the implementation of legalized recreational cannabis. He’ll explain who’s working to create the program, where the money generated from taxes on marijuana might go and what we can glean from the state’s experience creating a medical marijuana program. To wrap up, reporter Sam Wilson will run through what’s alive and dead when it comes to legislation related to how Montanans vote. He’ll detail the revival of the Ballot Protection Interference Act, a legislative referendum voters approved in 2018 but was struck down by a Billings judge in 2020. There's also a major proposal to increase access to voting on Montana’s reservations that nearly failed by lack of passing the deadline but got a last-minute reprieve. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are taking a quick break this week, but we will back next week for transmittal deadline of general bills at the legislature. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, deputy Tom Kuglin digs into the dynamic between the Montana Legislature and the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission as lawmakers debate bills that would usurp the commission rule-making process. Then reporter Seaborn Larson shares the details behind a lawsuit and subsequent court ruling when evidence was spoiled by Montana Highway Patrol, and explains how the new head of the patrol was involved in that mishandling of a video from a trooper's car. To wrap up, reporter Sam Wilson give us an outline of how infrastructure legislation is working its way through the halls of the Capitol this session and how a bonding deal brokered in 2019 is holding up. This podcast from the Montana State News Bureau is created in partnership across five newsrooms – the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Republic, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard and the Ravalli-Republic. You can support this podcast and our efforts by subscribing. Visit any of these newspapers’ websites, and click on the Become a Member button at the top of the home page. We appreciate your support of local journalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just when you thought no one lived in Montana, we find out about this guy. Also known to many as " The Missoula Mauler" this guy was definitely not the one you wanted as a neighbor or a co-worker at that. Having taken the lives of 4 people are being suspected of 2 others, this guy got what he deserved. Join us as we dive into the life and crimes of Wayne Nance and his ultimate fall at the hands of one of his victims. (sources include: MontanaRightNow.com, KHQ.com, The Billings Gazette and many more!) Follow Us! @TrueCrimeDropouts on Insta & FB Stay In School!

In this new episode, the Tribal Research Specialist (TRS) team discuss some important details related to journalism in Indian country. The episode starts with an old Salish Owl Dance Song from an unidentified reel in the Alan Merriam collection. The search for the singers and origin of the song are an important component. As with many aspects of Tribal histories, much has been undocumented or remains unidentified. The quest for knowledge of these tracks leads us into discussing the main tenets and role of Native Journalism.To assist in this discussion, the TRS invites Luella Brien (Apsáalooke), the General Manager of the Big Horn County News. Luella is a graduate of The University of Montana School of Journalism with experience in graduate schools at Montana State University. Luella has a wealth of experience in journalism, including positions on the staff of The Billings Gazette, The Ravalli Republic, as an internships at papers in Seattle, Great Falls and Missoula. She has also previously worked as a communications instructor at Little Big Horn College and a consultant for the Crow Tribe media department. She rounds off her expertise also working as a community outreach coordinator at the St. Labre Indian School.The discussion focuses on identifying elements within Native journalism that set it apart from mainstream media sources. From the commentary, there is a debate as to whether journalism as a profession must dominate Native journalistic style or if the culture and life of Natives has a greater influence to shape and add a unique spin to news in Indian Country. The second half of the episode starts with a discussion on the role of Tribal Governments providing oversight and therefor censorship of Native journalism. The discussion examines this quandary from a journalistic endeavor, where freedom of press and expression should be paramount. In addition to this, the question is explored if elements of Tribal storytelling sneak their way into European model of journalism when written and distributed through Native Journalists. Join the discussion and  let us know your thoughts.Visit and read works by the Big Horn County Newshttps://www.bighorncountynews.comGuest: Luella Brien (Apsáalooke)Hosts: Aaron Brien (Apsáalooke), Shandin Pete (Salish/Diné)PodCast Website: tribalresearchspecialist.buzzsprout.comApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tribal-research-specialist-the-podcast/id1512551396Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1H5Y1pWYI8N6SYZAaawwxbTwitter: @tribalresearchspecialistFacebook: www.facebook.com/TribalResearchSpecialistYouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCL9HR4B2ubGK_aaQKEt179QWebsite: www.tribalresearchspecialist.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/TribalResearchSpecialist)

From kitchen tables worldwide you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: “Stop playing with your food.” Children aside, this rebuke needs to be loudly directed at the profiteers of industrial agriculture. They keep toying with the very nature of food, not to benefit consumers, family farmers, workers, or the environment – but to fatten the profits of Silicon Valley tech giants, food monopolist, and Wall Street financiers. Meet Recombinetics, Inc. It’s a high-tech, gene-manipulation corporation with bio-engineers in its labs remaking farm animals. Pigs, for example. Recombinetics wants to mess with the very DNA of Mother Nature’s oinkers to make them produce bigger litters to supply the pork factories of brand-name marketers. It is also genetically altering milk cows to withstand hotter weather, so climate change won’t reduce the output of huge dairy corporations. Of course, this corporate-government collusion to build Franken-animals faces a high hurdle in the marketplace, for consumers have shown again and again that they don’t want the food they put on their family tables tampered with. The tamperers, though, have a solution to that problem: Secrecy. The industry is lobbying to outlaw any requirement that milk and meat produced by genetically altered animals be labeled as such. Better to keep consumers in the dark, because… well, if given a free choice, people might reject Recombinetics in favor of natural food. The industrializers are not out to make food better or more affordable for us, but strictly to make it more profitable for them. Rather than remaking animals and the marketplace to benefit corporations that play with our food, let’s remake the corporate system so it cooperates with nature and serves the common good. “Farm animals may get new features via gene editing,” Billings Gazette, November 18, 2018.

In this episode, host David Graf interviews Billings Gazette and 406mtsports.com senior sports writer Mike Scherting about his experience covering the Pioneer League and the Billings Mustangs. Scherting has been at the Billings Gazette since the summer of 2000 and has spent many Billings summer nights at Cobb Field and Dehler Park. This would have been his 20th summer covering the Billings Mustangs.Scherting talks about how the Pioneer League has evolved over the past 20 years, his experience going to Mustangs games as a kid, his relationship with former Mustangs manager and MLB All-Star Rick Burleson, and how the loss of the Pioneer League's affiliation with Minor League Baseball would impact the Billings community.The final episode of the first season of The Pioneer League Podcast features former Great Falls Dodger and 11-year MLB veteran James Loney, and it will be released on Tuesday, July 28th.Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast to help other baseball fans find the podcast! Donate at the link in the description below, or you can Venmo @davidgraf.You can follow David and Mike on Twitter:@mrdavidgraf@GazSportsSchertYou can follow David on Instagram:@davidgrafShoutout Turntkenny on the music! Check him out on Tik Tok @turntkenny and Instagram @sometimes_turnt!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-pioneer-league-podcast/donations

In this episode, host David Graf interviews 2014 Billings Mustang and current Tampa Bay Ray Brian O'Grady about his time in the Pioneer League. O'Grady was drafted in the 8th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds out of Rutgers University. O'Grady enjoyed a solid year in Billings and helped lead the Mustangs to a Pioneer League championship. He slashed .257/.354/.449 and chipped in 17 doubles. He also socked knocked in 6 homers and 42 RBIs.O'Grady talked about his favorite memories of playing in Billings, an appearance by a couple of rats in the showers in Helena, his whirlwind of an MLB call-up, and what it's like to play winter ball abroad.The next episode featuring Billings Gazette senior sports reporter Mike Scherting will be released on Thursday, July 23rd.Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast to help other baseball fans find the podcast! Donate at the link in the description below, or you can Venmo @davidgraf.You can follow David and Brian on Twitter:@mrdavidgraf@BrianOGrady21You can follow David and Brian on Instagram:@davidgraf@bogrady21Shoutout Turntkenny on the music! Check him out on Tik Tok @turntkenny and Instagram @sometimes_turnt!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-pioneer-league-podcast/donations

Today we celebrate the Roman leader who is still honored with flowers. We'll also learn about one of the best botanical writers of all time. We celebrate the man remembered with the naming of the Cottonwood. We also celebrate the life of a beloved English poet through his poetry - every year on this day, he is still remembered with flowers. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about a teacher from the Bronx who germinated an idea and started a movement, changing his life and the lives of his students. And then we'll wrap things up with the inspiring story of the Fairchild Tropical Garden. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Jennifer's Pesto Resources (During the Pandemic) Pine Nuts from Amazon   Curated News 12 front garden ideas – inviting designs to boost your curb appeal | Real Homes These front garden ideas will transform your home, creating a smarter and more individual look 1. Keep The Route To The Front Door Simple 2. Choose Big Plant Pots To Create An Impactful Look 3. Choose Sympathetic Materials For The Path 4. Highlight Your Front Door 5. Hide The Bins In A Bin Shed 6. Pay Attention To Paintwork In A Small Front Garden 7. Paint Your Front Gate An Inviting Colour 8. Choose Cost-effective Gravel To Cover Ugly Surfaces 9. Parking Or Garden? 10. Choose A Planting Structure For Year-Round Interest 11. Pick A Front Garden Colour Scheme 12. Consider Front Garden Security   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 100BC    Today is the birthday of the Roman leader Julius Caesar. On this day, Romans lay a wreath at his statue and throw flowers in the Forum where Caesar was murdered.   1858   Today is the anniversary of the death of Jane Loudon, who married the prolific garden writer and publisher: John Claudius Loudon. Jane was a fantastic writer in her own right, but she also possessed an inner determination; she was a survivor. When her father lost the family fortune and died penniless when Jane was only seventeen, it marked the beginning of her career writing Science Fiction. In her books, Jane wrote about cultural and technological advancements that eventually came to pass. For instance, the women in her books wore pants. In any case, her successful book, The Mummy was published anonymously, in 1827, in three parts. Now, in one of her books, Jane featured something she imagined would come to pass: a steam plow. And that concept attracted the attention of John Claudius Loudon - her future husband. Loudon wrote a favorable review of her book, but he also wanted to meet the author. Loudon didn't realize Jane had written the book using a nom de plume of Henry Colburn. Well, long story short and much to Loudon's delight, Henry was Jane; they fell in love and married a year later. The Loudons were considered high society, and they called Charles Dickens, a friend. As John and Jane grew old together, John's arms stopped working as he grew older, after an attack of rheumatic fever. As a result, Jane became John's arms, and she handled most of his writing. And, when his arms got so bad that surgeons needed to amputate his right arm, they found him in his garden, which he said he intended to return to immediately after the operation. Two weeks before Christmas in 1843, John was dictating his last book to Jane, and the book was called, A Self Instruction to Young Gardeners. Around midnight, he suddenly collapsed into Jane's arms and died. To honor John's memory,  Jane completed the book on her own.   1890  Today is the anniversary of the death of the American explorer, soldier, and the first Presidential candidate of the Republican Party, John Charles Frémont. Frémont is remembered as "The Pathfinder" after helping many Americans who were heading West by creating documents and maps of his expeditions. In fact, John and his wife, Jesse, created an entire map of the Oregon Trail.   Now, when Frémont saw Nebraska for the first time, he didn't see merely an endless prairie; he saw beauty. To Fremont, the entire state was one big garden, accentuated with fertile soil, swaying grasses, and wildflowers as far as the eye could see. Fremont was one of the first explorers to write about cottonwood trees. He discovered them near Pyramid Lake in Nevada on Jan 6, 1844. Years later, botanists would name the Cottonwood in his honor, calling it the "Populus fremontii." Cottonwoods are the fastest growing trees in North America. And, the Cottonwood was sacred to Native Americans. To the Apaches, the Cottonwood was a symbol of the sun. In Northern Mexico, Cottonwood boughs were used in funeral rights, and the Cottonwood was a symbol of the afterlife.  And, there's an old Native American Legend that tells how the Cottonwood tree gave birth to the stars. For a time, the tree held the stars and kept them safe. But then, one late spring, the stars were released until they filled the night sky. And, every spring, we can remember the legend when we see the female trees release their star-shaped seeds into the air.  Now when I was growing up, all of the beautiful elm trees at my childhood home succumbed to Dutch elm disease.  My parents selected cottonwoods because they knew they would grow quickly -  up to six feet or more each year. They couldn't stand how naked the house looked without the beautiful large elm trees. In truth, there's no comparison between a cottonwood tree and an elm tree, which is regarded as one of the most beautiful trees by landscape painters. Still, Cottonwood trees do grow quickly. But be forewarned: Cottonwood trees often have weak wood that can easily be injured or damaged. Cottonwood trees are in the Poplar species. Only the female trees produce the fluffy cotton seeds that float through the air and collect in your garden and garage in June.    Unearthed Words Today is the birthday of the English poet John Clare who was born on this day in 1793. Each year on his birthday, the children of his village make little flower posies, and then they lay them on his grave where they read poems they write in his honor.   All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal; and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There's nothing mortal in them; their decay Is the green life of change; to pass away And come again in blooms revivified. Its birth was heaven, eternal is its stay, And with the sun and moon shall still abide Beneath their day and night and heaven wide. — John Clare, English poet,  All Nature Has a Feeling   Loud is the summer's busy song The smallest breeze can find a tongue, While insects of each tiny size Grow teasing with their melodies, Till noon burns with its blistering breath Around, and day lies still as death. — John Clare, English poet, July   Grow That Garden Library The Power of a Plant by Stephen Ritz This book came out in 2017, and the subtitle is A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools. Stephen Ritz is the founder of Green Bronx Machine and has devoted his teaching career to improving health and academic results for children in the South Bronx. His work has been featured by major media and documentaries, including Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, and his TEDx talk has been viewed over one million times. Dubbed the Pied Piper of Peas, Ritz and his family reside in the Bronx and continue to farm with children all year round. Tom Colicchio said, "The only thing bigger than the impact Stephen has had helping countless students understand the importance of their food choices is his infectious personality. The Power of a Plant outlines the remarkable work he has done to date and provides a blueprint for how educators around the world can implement his learnings effectively." The book is 304 pages of Stephen's's story - "a green teacher from the Bronx who let one idea germinate into a movement and changed his students'' lives by learning alongside them." You can get a copy of The Power of a Plant by Stephen Ritz and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $7.   Today's Botanic Spark 1986  On this day, The Billings Gazette ran a story about the Fairchild Tropical Garden in a post called Florida Garden is a Must for Touring Northerners. It starts out this way: "Northern garden-lovers looking for a lush botanical escape from their own barren landscapes claim that this garden is at its best when northern winters are at their worst. Others say that it is prettiest right now and in the fall. In any case, this 83-acre botanical garden just south of Miami's Coconut Grove is a four-season attraction for those who are interested in plants, beauty, or in oddities. The Fairchild Tropical Garden is a distinguished first cousin of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, a place where rare plants are preserved, the public is educated, and serious research is conducted. Be forewarned that a visit can quickly reduce the most seasoned gardener to amateur status. You may know all about the different kinds of Iris and Lilacs, all about how to prune raspberries or harden off Tomato starts; you may even know your way around rare shrubs and trees. But what do you know about Lilly Pilly, Bushman's poison, Cannonball trees, or Shower-of-Orchid vines? A trip to Fairchild Tropical Garden is like a trip to a foreign country - actually, several foreign countries. More than 4,000 different plants from Australia, Sumatra, the Bahamas, Burma, South Africa, Jamaica, Zamboanga, and many other tropical regions have taken root here. There are Ficus Trees considerably larger than the one under your skylight. In fact, only a few representative species are grown here because of the great area each mature one requires. A single tree has been known to cover acres! "Ficus" means fig, and some kinds do bear edible fruit. So do some members of the philodendron family, which grow outdoors here year-round. One, called "Monstera deliciosa" (believe it or not), sets fruit that is among the world's most delectable. The Bromeliads... can be seen here growing on and among rocks and trees... There are ...  jewel-colored tropical Water Lilies, ... Orchids that bloom year-round on the grounds … the orange and purple Bird-of-Paradise and the Columbian Flamingo Flower, or Anthurium, which looks a bit like a shiny red patent-leather Calla Lily. Many of the plants are definitely odd. The 40-foot-tall Cannonball Tree, a native timber tree in some South American countries, produces fragrant, fleshy, 6-inch purple blossoms on strange special branches that the trunk sprouts near the ground at flowering time. These are followed by 8-inch rusty cannonballs, dangling from heavy strings suspended from the trunk, that make a noise when the wind blows them against one another. In their native South American countries, these "cannonballs" are often hollowed out and turned into drinking cups. Another curiosity is the Calabash tree, whose egg-shaped fruit, when dried and filled with seed or BB shot, becomes the maracas familiar in Latin music. The garden is named after Dr. David Fairchild, an American plant explorer responsible for introducing many important species and varieties of plants to us, such as soybeans, dates, and improved varieties of rice, wheat and cotton. He was a close friend of the garden's founder, a New York tax attorney named Col. Robert H. Montgomery [co-founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Montgomery] spent his fortune on collecting tropical plants and providing a place for them to grow. The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami."" During the pandemic, the Garden is open every day, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., with special times available for seniors and individuals who identify as vulnerable. For your safety and theirs, guests and members must preregister for timed entry. Reserve Your Timed Ticket and Review their COVID Policies and Procedures on their website.

Rep. Shane Morigeau, MCV's endorsed candidate for Auditor and Insurance Commissioner, talks with Whitney Tawney about why he wants to rebuild trust in the office (his wife's famous recipe for wild game panang curry is below!). Also, Jake Brown and Aaron Murphy cover this weeks headlines. LINKS: * Shane Morigeau's Campaign Website: https://shaneformontana.com/ * The Billings Gazette's scathing editorial about the PSC: https://bit.ly/2Lw6Xak * US House's latest LWCF letter, not signed by Rep. Gianforte: https://bit.ly/3dNdo4R MONTANA's PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONERS: * District 1: Randy Pinocci, (406) 444-6166 * District 2: Tony O'Donnell, (406) 444-6165 * District 3: Roger Koopman, (406) 444-6168 * District 4: Bob Lake: (406) 444-6167 * District 5: Brad Johnson: (406) 444-6169 JAMIE IGUCHI's WILD GAME PANANG CURRY: * 2-3 lbs wild game roast thin sliced (elk or bison is perfect) *1 Tbsp panang curry paste * 1 Tbsp coconut oil * 2 cans coconut milk * Sriracha * Garlic powder * Onion powder * Soy sauce * Red pepper flakes * 1 lime * 1 stalk green onion, sliced * 1 cup cilantro, chopped * Steamed rice In a large saucepan, sautee panang curry paste in coconut oil over medium heat for 1 minute. Then add sliced meat to the pan, along with the red pepper flakes, garlic powder, onion powder, soy sauce, and sriracha to taste. It's hard to go wrong with these ingredients, so feel free to experiment with the proportions. Once meat is thoroughly cooked, carefully stir in the coconut milk and heat through. Before serving, stir in the green onion slices and squeeze juice of half of the lime. Slice the other half of lime into pieces and place those slices on a separate plate with cilantro that guests can use at the table for garnish. Spoon over steamed rice.

The guys are back with guest Kyle Hansen with KPAX News to talk about all the current topics around sports and Grizzly Athletics.  Kyle brings a perspective as a former sports reporter with the Missoulian and Billings Gazette. He is now the sports reporter for KPAX News and the MontanaSports.com website.  In this podcast the [&hellip The post Griz Fan Podcast – Guest Kyle Hansen to talk all things Griz appeared first on Montana Mint - The greatest website north of Wyoming..

Hot Mic with Dom Izzo from Friday, December 13, 2019. The show includes Forum Columnist Mike McFeely, Henning Head Boys Basketball Coach Randy Misgaedes, Greg Rachac with the Billings Gazette and Grand Forks Herald UND Beat Writer Brad Schlossman.

The Montana Department of Justice’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force held its second meeting in Great Falls on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Montana Free Press founder John S. Adams interviewed task force members Deputy Attorney General Melissa Schlichting and Ellie Bundy McLeod of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to discuss the results of that meeting, the formation of the task force, and plans moving forward. Montana’s Indian Country is in the midst of an epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people, mostly women and girls. The Billings Gazette reports that more than two dozen indigenous women went missing in Montana in 2018, and indigenous women nationwide are being killed or trafficked at rates much higher than the non-Indian national average. In the last legislative session, lawmakers passed a series of bills aimed at untangling jurisdictional conflicts, developing reporting guidelines, and creating a central repository for data on missing and murdered indigenous people. “I think the problems have always been there,” McLeod said. “We don’t have the data so much, but we do have the stories … It’s the combination maybe of the drugs, the domestic violence, the runaways. There are just so many things happening, but I don’t think we can blame any one thing.” One of the Montana bills, Senate Bill 312, created the Looping In Native Communities, or LINC, Act, authorizing Attorney General Tim Fox to appoint a statewide Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force. The new task force includes representatives from each Indian tribe in the state, the attorney general’s office, and law enforcement. Schlichting said, “One of the main directives to the task force is to determine what the scope of the missing indigenous persons issue is within the state of Montana, to specifically identify any jurisdictional barriers that exist … so that we can all better address the missing persons in Montana.” The task force’s third meeting is scheduled for Sept. 27 in Billings, and will be open to the public. Schlichting and McLeod shared with Montana Free Press a list of additional events, resources, and advice for anyone looking to get involved.

In 1869, two well diggers in Cardiff, N.Y., unearthed an enormous figure made of stone. More than 600,000 people flocked to see the mysterious giant, but even as its fame grew, its real origins were coming to light. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Cardiff giant, one of the greatest hoaxes of the 19th century. We'll also ponder the effects of pink and puzzle over a potentially painful treatment. Intro: Edgar Rice Burroughs invented a variant of chess for a book set on Mars. Due to an unfortunate edict, a ladder in Jerusalem has remained unmoved for 200 years. Sources for our feature on the Cardiff giant: Scott Tribble, A Colossal Hoax, 2008. Nate Hendley, The Big Con, 2016. Magnus Magnusson, Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys, 2007. Brian Innes, Fakes & Forgeries, 2005. Mark Rose, "When Giants Roamed the Earth," Archaeology 58:6 (2005), 30-35. Barbara Franco, "The Cardiff Giant: A Hundred Year Old Hoax," New York History 50:4 (October 1969), 420-440. James Taylor Dunn, "The Cardiff Giant Hoax," New York History 29:3 (July 1948), 367-377. Michael Pettit, "'The Joy in Believing': The Cardiff Giant, Commercial Deceptions, and Styles of Observation in Gilded Age America," Isis 97:4 (December 2006), 659-677. Julian D. Corrington, "Nature Fakes," Bios 27:3 (October 1956), 159-169. Kat Eschner, "The Cardiff Giant Was Just a Big Hoax," Smithsonian.com, Oct. 16, 2017. Jessie Szalay, "Cardiff Giant: 'America's Biggest Hoax,'" Live Science, Aug. 16, 2016. Ruth Mosalski, "Cardiff Giant Turned Out to Be Really Big US Hoax," South Wales Echo, Jan. 21, 2017, 24. Gerald Smith and George Basler, "Hull Earned a Spot in 'Con Man's Hall of Fame,'" [Binghamton, N.Y.] Press & Sun-Bulletin, Oct. 6, 2014, 4. Ed Kemmick, "'Petrified' Man Was Big Attraction in Turn-of-the-Last-Century Montana," Billings Gazette, March 13, 2009. Bill White, "Cardiff Giant, Piltdown Man -- And Now Heydt Man," [Allentown, Pa.] Morning Call, March 10, 2001, B3. "It Was a Giant Joke, Now Largely Forgotten," Associated Press, Nov. 14, 1999, L3. Roger Munns, "19th Century Hoax Now Just an Interesting Relic," Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1997, 11. Harvey Berman, "Prehistoric Giant Was a Hoax," [Montreal] Gazette, May 18, 1991, J8. Bob Hughes, "The Cardiff Giant: How a Great Hoax Came to Life in a North Side Barn," Chicago Tribune, June 2, 1985, 10. "Cardiff Giant in Suit," New York Times, April 18, 1949. Louis C. Jones and James Taylor Dunn, "Cardiff Giant Again," New York Times, May 23, 1948. "'Cardiff Giant' Sale Barred by Fort Dodge," Associated Press, Aug. 4, 1934. "Syracuse Plea Fails to Get Cardiff Giant," Associated Press, Dec. 6, 1930. Ruth A. Gallaher, "The Cardiff Giant," The Palimpsest 2:9 (1921), 269-281. "Gigantic Hoax Fools Scientists," El Paso [Texas] Herald, June 8, 1912, 10. "The Cardiff Giant: A Hoax That Took," Coeur d'Alene [Idaho] Evening Press, April 15, 1910, 4. Frank Lewis Ford, "The Last of a Famous Hoax," The Scrap Book 3:2 (April 1907), 221-223. "Cardiff Giant Fake Recalled by Death of the One of the Sculptors," Butte [Mont.] Inter Mountain, Nov. 8, 1902, 14. "Cardiff Giant Fake," [Marshalltown, Iowa] Evening Times-Republican, Nov. 6, 1902, 2. Andrew D. White, "The Cardiff Giant," The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 64:6 (October 1902), 948-955. "The History of the Cardiff Giant," Scranton [Pa.] Tribune, June 24, 1899, 11. "Cardiff Giant Fraud," Salt Lake [Utah] Herald, April 23, 1899. "He Made the Giant," Reading [Pa.] Eagle, Feb. 10, 1889, 2. "The Cardiff Giant," in The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, 1880, 547-552. "More About the Colorado Cardiff Giant," New York Times, Sept. 30, 1877. "The Cardiff Giant's Carpet-Bag," New York Times, Dec. 10, 1876. W.A. McKinney, "The Cardiff Giant," English Mechanics and the World of Science, 22:562 (Dec. 31, 1875), 393-394. "The Cardiff Giant Again," New York Times, May 11, 1874. "Can a Married Woman Hold Property in a Cardiff Giant?" St. Louis Democrat, Dec. 12, 1872. "The Cardiff Giant," College Courant 5:22 (Dec. 11, 1869), 347. "The Cardiff Giant," Harper's Weekly 13:675 (Dec. 4, 1869), 776. "The Cardiff Giant a Humbug," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, December 1869 meeting, 161-163. Today the giant resides at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. Listener mail: "About Us," Town of Chicken (accessed March 15, 2019). "ptarmigan," Oxford Living Dictionaries (accessed March 15, 2019). "ptarmigan," Dictionary.com (accessed March 15, 2019). "Chicken of Chicken, Alaska" (accessed March 15, 2019). Wikipedia, "Chicken, Alaska" (accessed March 15, 2019). Danny Payne, "Paint the Town Pink: Iowa's Unusual Tactic of Messing With Its Opponents," Sports Illustrated, Sept. 24, 2015. Rick Brown, "Hayden Fry Jokes About Health, Pink Locker Room," Des Moines Register, Aug. 30, 2014. Mark Snyder, "Michigan Football Covers Iowa's Pink Visitors Locker Room," Detroit Free Press, Nov. 12, 2016. Mark Wogenrich, "Penn State Readies for Iowa and Its Soothing Pink Locker Room," [Allentown, Pa.] Morning Call, Sept. 19, 2017. Alexander G. Schauss, "The Physiological Effect of Color on the Suppression of Human Aggression: Research on Baker-Miller Pink," International Journal of Biosocial Research 2:7 (1985), 55-64. Wikipedia, "Baker-Miller Pink" (accessed March 16, 2019). Oliver Genschow, et al., "Does Baker-Miller Pink Reduce Aggression in Prison Detention Cells? A Critical Empirical Examination," Psychology, Crime & Law 21:5 (2015), 482-489. Morwenna Ferrier, "This Colour Might Change Your Life: Kendall Jenner and Baker-Miller Pink," Guardian, Jan. 10, 2017. Natalie Way, "In the Pink: The Secret Wall Color for Dropping Pounds and Calming Down," realtor.com, Jan. 12, 2017. Jake New, "The Meaning of Pink," Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 29, 2014. Kabir Chibber, "Sports Teams Think the Color Pink Can Help Them Win," Quartz, Aug. 22, 2018. "Norwich City Paint Carrow Road Away Dressing Room Pink," BBC, Aug. 20, 2018. "Norwich City Stats," FootyStats (accessed March 19, 2019). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Neil de Carteret, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

For five days in late October 1948, a toxic smog encased the town of Donora Pa, sickening nearly half the population and killing around 20 people. The industrial mill complex that, for years, belched toxic smoke into the air, claimed it was an act of God. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly examine the worst air pollution crisis to hit the United States and recognize the current assault on clear air today. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Baranauskas, Liam. “The Historically Hazy Story of Donora's Deadly Smog.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 29 Nov. 2017, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/donora-smog-1948. Boissoneault, Lorraine. “The Deadly Donora Smog of 1948 Spurred Environmental Protection-But Have We Forgotten the Lesson?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 26 Oct. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadly-donora-smog-1948-spurred-environmental-protection-have-we-forgotten-lesson-180970533/. Brown, Matthew. “Trump Rolls Back Pollution Rules for Drilling on U.S. Lands.” Billings Gazette, 18 Sept. 2018, billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/trump-rolls-back-pollution-rules-for-drilling-on-u-s/article_e2137294-a8ab-564e-a103-edb761904145.html. Charlton, Brian. “Donora 1948 Air Quality Crisis.” American History TV. The Donora Smog Disaster, 3 Nov. 2018, Pittsburgh, www.c-span.org/video/?321395-1/discussion-1948-donora-air-quality-crisis. Davis, Devra Lee. When Smoke Ran like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle against Pollution. Basic Books, 2004. “Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum.” Google Sites, www.sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/. “EDITORIAL: Affordable Clean Energy Rule Isn't Clean at All.” Observer-Reporter, 26 Aug. 2018, observer-reporter.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-affordable-clean-energy-rule-isn-t-clean-at-all/article_8e5d0660-a555-11e8-8249-eb5c4d0ddb7f.html. Friedman, Lisa. “Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules: Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year.” The New York Times, 21 Aug. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/climate/epa-coal-pollution-deaths.html. Hamill, Sean. “Unveiling a Museum, a Pennsylvania Town Remembers a Smog That Killed 20.” The New York Times, 1 Nov. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/02smog.html. Roueche, Barton. “The Fog.” The New Yorker, 30 Sept. 1950, p. 33, www.newyorker.com/magazine/1950/09/30/the-fog.

Moss Mansion historian Jim Decker examines how Billings became a commercial hub as the result of the early efforts of entrepreneur P. B. Moss. Decker shares stories relating to businesses and institutions still very prominent in the Magic City today, including the Northern Hotel, the sugar beet factory, Rocky Mountain College, the Billings Gazette, and more.

In 1893, Grover Cleveland discovered a cancerous tumor on the roof of his mouth. It was feared that public knowledge of the president's illness might set off a financial panic, so Cleveland suggested a daring plan: a secret surgery aboard a moving yacht. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the president's gamble -- and the courageous reporter who threatened to expose it. We'll also audit some wallabies and puzzle over some welcome neo-Nazis. Intro: Robert Louis Stevenson inadvertently borrowed much of Treasure Island from Washington Irving. When Graeme Gibson donated his parrot to the Toronto Zoo, it suddenly called after him. Sources for our feature on Grover Cleveland's secret surgery: Matthew Algeo, The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth, 2011. William Williams Keen, The Surgical Operations on President Cleveland in 1893, 1917. Shahid R. Aziz, "The Oral Surgical Operations of Grover Cleveland: A Presidential Cover-Up," Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 53:9 (1995), 1088-1090. W.O. Fenn et al., "Dr. Joseph Bryant's Role in President Grover Cleveland's Secret Anesthesia and Surgery," Anesthesiology 119:4 (October 2013), 889. "The Secret Operation on President Cleveland," British Medical Journal 1:3568 (May 25, 1929), 965. Ronald H. Spiro, "Verrucous Carcinoma, Then and Now," American Journal of Surgery 176:5 (1998), 393-397. Andrew Renehan and J.C. Lowry, "The Oral Tumours of Two American Presidents: What If They Were Alive Today?", Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 88:7 (1995), 377. Philip H. Cooper, "President Cleveland's Palatal Tumor," Archives of Dermatology 122:7 (1986), 747-748. Richard L. Rovit and William T. Couldwell, "A Man for All Seasons: WW Keen," Neurosurgery 50:1 (2002), 181-190. "Without Prejudice," British Medical Journal 2:5467 (Oct. 16, 1965), 938. John J. Brooks and Horatio T. Enterline, "The Final Diagnosis of President Cleveland's Lesion," JAMA 244:24 (1980), 2729-2729. William Maloney, "Surreptitious Surgery on Long Island Sound," New York State Dental Journal 76:1 (January 2010), 42-45. Robert S. Robins and Henry Rothschild, "Ethical Dilemmas of the President's Physician," Politics and the Life Sciences 7:1, Medicine and Political Behavior (August 1988), 3-11. Richard Norton Smith, "'The President Is Fine' and Other Historical Lies," Columbia Journalism Review 40:3 (September/October 2001), 30-32. "A Yacht, A Mustache: How A President Hid His Tumor," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, July 6, 2011. "Grover Cleveland - Secret Surgery," University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, July 20, 2018. Arlene Shaner, "The Secret Surgeries of Grover Cleveland," New York Academy of Medicine, Feb. 27, 2014. Paul Maloney, "Grover Cleveland's Secret Surgery," Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association (accessed July 23, 2018). "Dr. W.W. Keen Dies; Famous Surgeon," New York Times, June 8, 1932. Abigail Trafford, "Presidential Illness: Are Coverups Still Possible?", Montreal Gazette, Jan. 8, 1987, A1. Martin D. Tullai, "Health Secret Was Once Possible for U.S. President," Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 1994, A6. Allan B. Schwartz, "Medical Mystery: Grover Cleveland’s Secret Operation," Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 24, 2016. Dan Gunderman, "The Secretive, Disfiguring Medical Battle Waged by President Grover Cleveland as the Nation Fell Into a Deep Depression," New York Daily News, Dec. 25, 2016. David Steinberg, "Should the President Undergo Independent Medical Evaluations?", Boston Globe, May 27, 2018, A.4. Listener mail: "Wallabies in Onchan," Onchan and Garff Area Matters, Facebook, July 12, 2018. Samantha Harrelson, "Wandering Kangaroo Causes Rollover Crash Near Dodson in Northern Montana," KTVQ, June 21, 2018. "Two Injured in Montana After Swerving to Avoid a Kangaroo or Wallaby," KULR 8, June 21, 2018. Rob Rogers, "Startled Driver Rolls Car to Avoid 'Kangaroo' in Northern Montana," Billings Gazette, June 21, 2018. "Prohibited Species," Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (accessed Aug. 16, 2018). "Animals Go Wild! The Wallabies of Kalihi Valley," Hawaii News Now (accessed Aug. 16, 2018). "Native Animals," New Zealand Department of Conservation (accessed Aug. 16, 2018). "Kawau Island Wallabies," New Zealand Department of Conservation (accessed Aug. 16, 2018). Wikipedia, "Kawau Island: History" (accessed Aug. 12, 2018). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was devised by Sharon. Here are three corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Amos Smith holds a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary. He teaches classes on contemporary Christian Mysticism at the Redemptorist Renewal Center and at various churches in Tucson and has been invited to participate in forums at the University of Arizona. His writing has been published in various newspapers and magazines including The Billings Gazette, The Spokesman Review, Friends Journal: Quaker Thought and Life Today, and Chicago Seminary Press. Amos published his first book, Healing The Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots with Wipf & Stock Publishers in 2013. The book has been well received and reviewed and is part of the curriculum for the Living School of The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC | Richard Rohr). Amos’ latest book, Be Still and Listen: Experience the Presence of God in Your Life, was published by Paraclete Press on June 12th, 2018.

The Delorean is getting max mileage this year as Tony and Jenn leave Chip at the bar and head down east to visit the NC brewing pioneer Uli Bennewitz and our old buddy Greg Hirsch from Weeping Radish Farm Brewery! Uli tells us about how he got into the brewing business, all the changes he has seen, and then tries some treats with us:  OBX Kolsch, Corolla Gold Munich Style Helles, Yours Truli Wheat Ale, Red Ale, Black Radish Schwarzbier, IPA, and Doppelbock!  We also learn how he is working to promote the farm to table movement and craft food production and of course try some of their delicious charcuterie! Our craft beer news starts with a hint of wine via Fox News reporting that a UK brewery is making craft beer with white wine. Next we have an international-flavored duo, first from The Denver Post revealing that in Denver the trend toward Mexican-inspired craft beer comes with a message, and second from The Billings Gazette introducing beer without borders when Brazilians pick up tips from Helena's craft brewers. We close out the week with The Boston Globe publishing an open letter to men who sell beer, from a woman who drinks it. Then we have your responses to last week’s #caskquiz which asked “do you buy any “craft” consumer goods? What are they?” and this week we want to ask our female listeners “have you ever been mansplained at a bar or shop about beer? What happened?” We so love hearing from you! Please send in feedback and beer suggestions by calling us at (919) 502-0280, Tweeting us, following our Instagram or friending us on Untappd, posting on and liking our Facebook page, or emailing us! And please rate & review us in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t done so!

This week on the Pro Rodeo Report we meet Miss Rodeo America 2012, Mackenzie Carr from Oregon. We talk to the World Champion Bull Rider, Shane Proctor about the injury he suffered on the final night of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and we talk to Joe Kusek of the Billings Gazette about the Chase […] The post The Pro Rodeo Report introduces you to Miss Rodeo America appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.