Anne James

Road condition update for this weekend also available for hikers and bikers
West Glacier, MT –Last month the park began a pavement preservation project on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Chief Mountain Road, a portion of Camas Road, a portion of the Many Glacier Road near Swiftcurrent Motor Inn, and…

BOZEMAN – Montana State University’s College of Agriculture is seeking nominations for its Outstanding Agricultural Leader award, which will be presented during the annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend November 1-2, 2019 at MSU.
The award recognizes individuals or families who have gone above and bey…

West Glacier, MT – On Monday, significant avalanche activity at Triple Arches on the Going-to-the-Sun Road trapped thirteen cyclists on the far side of avalanche debris and unable to return down the mountain for a number of hours. No injuries were reported...

Sometimes leafy vegetables such as kale or unevenly cut up foods such as onions can spark when cooking in your microwave oven.  It may be from dissolved nutrients such as iron, potassium and copper absorbed while the plant grew.  It can also be cause by uneven cooking when the small pieces…

Today's MSU Extension Minute celebrates National Pretzel Day.
MSU Extension Pondera County Agent Wndy Wedum invites you to explore these two links for more information.
Link to Pretzel history: https://www.history.com/news/the-pretzel-a-twisted-history

On today's MSU Extension Minute, Pondera County Agent Wendy Wedum mentioned several resources available through MSU Extension to help deal with stress and other things that are related to agriculture, natural resources, family, financial planning and more:
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Brand-new edition includes how to find the perfect (plant) partner, growing food in teeny-tiny containers, plants that stand up to Mother Nature, living with 1,600 houseplants, the ancient Japanese art of kusamono, and more!
 
According to the latest edition of the Garden Guide, the “joy of gardening…

BOZEMAN – The 44th annual American Indian Council Powwow at Montana State University will be held March 29-30 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The powwow is free and open to all. This year’s powwow will be will be dedicated to missing and murdered indigenous women and girls...

BOZEMAN — A new ranching systems degree that is expected to help sustain the agricultural heritage of the northern Great Plains and Intermountain West will be offered at Montana State University beginning this fall as part of a new umbrella program...

MISSOULA – In a recent study, University of Montana researchers explored the ways forest succession and climate variability interacted and influenced fires in Alaska’s boreal forests over the past four centuries – from 1550 to 2015.
“We reconstructed fire activity ov…

MISSOULA – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $10 million to establish a National Center for Rural School Mental Health. Dr. Ryan Tolleson Knee, a University of Montana social work professor, will co-direct the new center...

BOZEMAN — It could be the plot of an espionage-filled, war-time thriller, or the blow-by-blow of sparring judo masters. But instead it's a true story of molecular warfare between microbes, beginning when a virus latches into a bacterium and injects its DNA, the first step toward…