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Plenty Of Access? Think Again. You’re In The 5%.
Plenty Of Access? Think Again. You’re In the 5% If you’ve waited in line at the boat ramp, parked on the highway dodging cars with your kids in tow on a hot summer day, missed the winter window to reserve a campsite in July, you are not alone. Of Flathead Lake’s 146 miles of shoreline,…
More AAAAHS From Nature Nearby
More AAAHS From Nature Nearby https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/more-aaaahhs-the-business-case-for-investing-in-outdoor-recreation/article_403eb89d-5d0c-52db-a852-93f2a9d2f881.html
Only A Thousand Yards
Only A Thousand Yards Only 1000 yards to go. That’s all that stands between your community trail and thousands of acres of public land. But that 1000 yards are on private land. Creating trails on private land can be tough. Really tough. That challenge was confirmed for me at a recent gathering of community-based trail makers from across…
Of Parks And Postage (Stamps, That Is…)
Of Parks And Postage (Stamps, That Is…) Montana loves its Parks—Glacier National Park’s snow-capped peaks, Yellowstone National Park’s iconic geysers, Lewis and Clark Caverns’ ancient limestone formations, and Makoshika State Park’s badland dinosaur bones. And we want to protect our parks. But to be successful, we cannot think of a park as a “postage stamp.” We…
The Business Case For Outdoor Recreation
The Business Case For Outdoor Recreation Who knew? That is 2002, a free-wheeling group of Whitefish mountain bikers would kick off one of Montana’s best trail systems. Introducing the Whitefish Trail. What started on Spencer Mountain as a state-initiated development planning process for 13,000 acres of public state trust land around Whitefish has turned into a 42…