Anne James
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Spread the (Good) Word… It’s World Compliment Day!
It began a decade ago in the Netherlands as "National Compliment Day" and now it's a worldwide movement. World Compliment Day is a day to compliment someone in your life on something he or she does well. A p
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Happy National Chili Day!
I am not the world's greatest cook by any stretch of the imagination, but I do love to take part in the Lewis & Clark Festival Chili Cook-Off each year. Two blue ribbons hang proudly over my desk, but I'm not braggin'. I'
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Teenager Helps Predators “See the Light”
Like many teenage boys in Montana, Richard Turere (in Kenya)lives on a ranch. Like many Montana ranchers, Richard's family was losing valuable livestock to predators that are themselves an endangered species
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GNPC Announces Additional Grants to Glacier National Park for 2013
(COLUMBIA FALLS, MONT.) - The Board of Trustees of the Glacier National Park Conservancy (GNPC) is pleased to announce that they have awarded an additional $30,000 to fund four projects to the already announced nine year-end grants to Glacier National Park for 2013 projects. These funds come f
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It’s a “Snow Moon” Rising
You've heard of a "Harvest Moon" and a "Hunter's Moon" and even a "Blue Moon". If you want to impress whoever you happen to be with this evening, point out that the full moon rising over the prairie is the "Snow Moon," so called because it occurs in the coldest time of the year
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USFS Releases 2012 Year In Review
The U.S. Forest Service's northern region office in Missoula has released its 2012 Year in Review. The 24-page document reviews USFS activities in Idaho, Montana and North Dakota, ranging from wildfire management to insect damage mitigation, timber operations, historical and cultural programs. Click
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Griz On A Roll
Press Release:
The University of Montana Grizzly basketball team has moved up to 12th-ranked in the CollegeInsider.com’s Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, which was announced by that organization late this afternoon (Feb. 11). M
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Pulse Growers Workshop in Conrad Wednesday
North Central Montana Regional
PULSE CROP PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY – February 13, 2013
9:30-4:00
PONDERA SHOOTING SPORTS CLUB
TOPICS:
- CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES
- HERBICIDE APPLICATION & CARRYOVER ISSUES
- PULSE CROP RESEARCH & VARIETY TRIALS PANEL
- PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
- 2013 CROP INSURANCE UPDATE
- INTRODUCTION TO BUYERS/PROCESSORS
- LOCAL GROWER PANEL - TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
SPEAKERS / GUESTS:
- Dr. PERRY MILLER, MSU, PROFESSOR OF CROPPING SYSTEMS
- Dr. CHENGCI CHEN, MSU. CENTRAL AG RESEARCH CENTER, MOCASSIN
- Dr. MARY BURROWS, MSU, EXTENSION PATHOLOGIST
- CHAD LEE, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- ED DAVIS, RESEARCH AGRONOMIST, MSU BOZEMAN
- PEGGY LAMB, MSU, NORHTERN AG RESEARCH CENTER, HAVRE
- STEVE JUNGHANS,USDA /RMA RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
- OTHER RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY
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Cats Sign 18 Recruits
A Bison, a Rustler and eight other Montanans are among the eighteen players who have signed letters of intent to join the Montana State University football program next season. Here are the details and Coach Rob Ash's comments on the Class of 2013:
Folabi Akanbi -- 6-5, 290, Fr, Houston, TX (Dawson Pearland)
Player Notes: An honorable mention all-conference selection... earned an 89% grade from coaches, allowing only one sack duri
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MSU-Northern Signs 3 Local Players
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GRIZ FOOTBALL: CLASS OF 2013
Head Coach Mick Delaney has announced the UM Griz 2013 signees, and it sounds like he's pretty pleased with the results of this recruiting season. Here's what the coach has to say about his freshman roster:
“I am just tremendously excited about this class, as are the rest of our coaches. T
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MUSH! 2013 Pedigree Sled Dog Race Is Underway
The 2013 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race begins this evening (6:00pm MST) at Jackson, Wyoming. Over the next week, 23 teams will race over a nearly 350-miles course that includes eight checkpoints and runs through portions of four states, ending in Evanston, Wyoming next weekend