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MSU Extension and Montana Woolgrowers Offer beginner Wool Harvesting School in October
BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension and Montana Wool Growers Association are offering a beginner wool harvesting school on Oct. 13-16, at locations in Billings and Molt. The school is for those who want to learn how to shear their own small flock or take a step toward becoming a professional shearer.
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Illuminating Black Holes: Passion for Astrophysics Powers UM Student
MISSOULA – Lurking in the far reaches of outer space are immensely powerful dark monsters that eat entire star systems and swallow light itself. They are called black holes, and University of Montana student Ailey Robinson plans to conduct research this fall that adds to our knowledge of them.
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MSU Grad Student Discovers Small Galaxies with Big Black Holes
BOZEMAN – A long time ago in galaxies millions to billions of light years away, gas and dust particles were ejected from their orbits around black holes and hurtled into space.
Later, on 21st century Earth, those particles’ optical wavelength emissions were picked up by a powerful telescope, recorded in an astronomical data bank and then analyzed by a Montana State University graduate student look
Managing the Heat: UM Student Studies Mental Health Effects of Firefighting
MISSOULA – For seven years, University of Montana student Luke Santore worked on and off as a wildland firefighter, battling blazes in states throughout the West. The work was physically grueling, the frontline conditions dangerous and the social life isolating at best.
But it...
MSU Extension’s Pest Management Tour Across South Central Montana in October
BOZEMAN — The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program, with support from MSU Extension, is offering a pest management tour Oct. 3-6 for pesticide applicators in Private Applicator Training District 5.
The tour will visit seven locations across south central Montana with local support from MSU Extension agents. Private (farm)...
Astronaut Mae Jemison to Speak Nov. 14 at MSU
BOZEMAN — Montana State University will host former astronaut Mae Jemison for a lecture on Nov. 14. “An Evening with Mae Jemison: First African American Woman in Space” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Strand Union Building ballrooms on MSU’s campus. The event is open to t...
Montana State Scientists Win NASA Grant to Study of Snow Reflectance
BOZEMAN – Over the next three years, a Montana State University professor and his students will fly drones over wintry landscapes in Montana and Finland to measure albedo, the proportion of energy reflected from surfaces on the earth.
Those field expeditions will be timed as closely as possible with the overpass of satellites taking simultaneous albedo measurements from the same locations. The ...
UM Mansfield Dialogue Features Former Press Secretary to Ukrainian President
MISSOULA – Iuliia Mendel, the former press secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will launch the Fall 2022 Mansfield Dialogues at the University of Montana on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Mendel will present “Ukraine: Our Fight for Independence” at 7 p.m. MDT via Zoom. She w...
UPDATE: Hard-to-Reach Fires Gain Ground in the Bob.
BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS -- There are four fires burning in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
The George Lake Fire is burning on the bottom of the slope at the northeast end of George Lake, located in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. As of Thursday afternoon, the fire is 684 acres, a gain of just under 10% since Tuesday's report...
UPDATE: Clover Fire Contained, Murray Fire Nearly So.
DILLON -- The Sunrise Fire is located south of Ennis in the Gravelly Mountain Range. The 174-acre blaze is on the Madison District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and private land. The cause has not been determined.
Top priority for firefighters is to secure the fire edge on private land and are monitoring the Sunrise Fire's north and east edge...
FWP Schedules Statewide Zoom Meeting on Revisions to Elk Management Plan
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has been hosting a series of public meetings to gather ideas about local elk management issues and population objectives. On Sept. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m., staff will host a question-and-answer session via Zoom. To participat
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Governor Seeks Nominations for the 2022 Montana Veterans Commendation
HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte's office is accepting for nominations for 2022 Montana Governor’s Veteran Commendations.
“No state values its veterans and their service to our country more than Montana,” Gov. Gianforte said in a pr...