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Birds and Birding

2002 articles
Cache in Hand (wildlife food storage)
Hope for Montana's Prairie Songsters
Wild Romance

2003 articles
Full-Contact Birding (humor)

2004 articles
Cold Turkeys
Montana's Avian Spectacle (Freezout Lake WMA)
Where Have All the Plovers Gone?
Raptor Enrapture
You'll Never Believe What I Saw! (weird wildlife sightings)
Mountain Mallards (essay)

2005 articles
Duck Done Deliciously
Animal Architecture
A Close Look at Bird Watching
The Case of the Disappearing Duck (pintails)
The Right Rain (precipitation and habitat)

2006 articles
Wildlife Warriors
Managing the Big Picture (species of special concern)
Blue Skies for Bluebirds
Something to Crow About (pheasant hunting)
Down But Not Out (sage grouse)
To Carve a Duck

2007 articles
The Quiet Waterfowler (humor)
Watching Wildlife

2008 articles
Keeping An Eye on the Wanderer (Peregrine falcons)

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Essays and Excerpts

2002 articles
Spreading the Wealth (essay)
The Heart of the Hunt (essay)

2003 articles
Full-Contact Birding (humor)
Negotiating Hunting Access (humor)
Colter (excerpt)

2004 articles
Song of the Land (essay)
Mountain Mallards (essay)

2005 articles
Who Calls the Shots? (essay)

2006 articles
Three Long Seconds (essay)
The Misadventures of Lewis and Clark (humor)
The Underdog (essay)
2007 articles
Secret Spots
Why We Hunt
The Quiet Waterfowler

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Fisheries

2002 articles
The Greatest Fish You've Never Seen
How's the Fishery? (interview)
Solving the Puzzle of Fort Peck's Young Paddlefish
Montana's Buffalo Trout
Making Young Fishing Fanatics
Can Hatcheries Help Conserve the Westslope Cutthroat?

2003 articles
Great Expectations (walleye)
Barely Afloat (white sturgeon)
Breakthrough at Milltown Dam
Keeping the Ribbon Blue (Missouri River fishery)
A State Under Siege (aquatic nuisance species)
Big (and Plentiful) Fish on the Prairie
A Dam Improvement
Fish Management Demystified
Outlaw Introductions (illegal fish introductions)
Stream Protection Anniversaries

2004 articles
Tough Love (restoring native fish populations)
Left in the Dust? (arctic grayling)
What's Up Down There? (prairie stream survey)
Trout Above the Clouds (mountain lake fishing)
Why Montana Went Wild (interview)

2005 articles
A Different Angle on the Expedition (Lewis and Clark)
Little Dams, Big Barriers (diversion dams)
Fly Fishing Forecast
Gateway to Fort Peck Lake (Hell Creek State Park)

2006 articles
Hatchery Pride (FWP fish hatcheries)
A Whisker Away from Winking Out (pallid sturgeon)
Managing the Big Picture (species of special concern)

2007 articles
Learning to Live with Whirling Disease
Battle on the Bighorn
Too Close for Comfort? (River and stream setbacks)
Follow That Fish! (Adopt-A-Fish program)
$50 An Ounce (paddlefish)
Come on In, the Water's Fine (fishing access sites)

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General Interest

2002 articles
Spreading the Wealth
Making a Killing (poaching)
Keys to the Treasure (hunting access)
Heart of the Hunt (essay)
Hope for Montana's Prairie Songsters
The Greatest Fish You've Never Seen
Saving Montana's Wetlands Legacy
Beaglemania!
Cache in Hand (wildlife food storage)
The Resurrection of Brewery Flats
Wild Romance
Dave Books: the Next Lesson (essay)
The Grizzly of Falls Creek
Will Wolves Wipe Out Montana’s Elk?

2003 articles
A Mustang Sally (Pryor wild horses)
Fish Management Demystified
Their Land, Our Wildlife (conservation easements)
Full-Contact Birding (humor)
Montana's Trophy Trees
The Gentle Art of Negotiating Hunting Access (humor)
Stream Protection Anniversaries
A Montana Hunter in Bavaria (hunting in Germany)
My Brown Boy (book excerpt from Colter)
Wildlife Management Demystified

2004 articles
On the Trail of the Elusive Morel
The Elk Next Door (urban wildlife)
From Here to There (Montana's trail systems)
Rattlesnake!
Game Warden "Glamour"
Cold Turkeys
Montana's Avian Spectacle (Freezout Lake WMA)
Where Have All the Plovers Gone?
Raptor Enrapture
The Swift Fox's Speedy Return
Song of the Land (essay)
Huckleberry Hounds
K911 (first aid for dogs)
What's Up Down There? (prairie stream survey)
Lab Coat Detectives (FWP's pathology lab)
A Grizzly Biologist's Journal
You'll Never Believe What I Saw! (weird wildlife sightings)
Forty Years of Wilderness
Mountain Mallards (essay)
The Sheep That Will Not Die (Audubon bighorn myth)

2005 articles
Doing It Themselves (Becoming and Outdoors-Woman)
Duck Done Deliciously
Does Are from Venus, Bucks Are from Mars (mule deer)
Animal Architecture
Badgers North of the Border
A Close Look at Bird Watching
Homing in on the Range (Moise Bison Range)
Meeting the Challenge Head On (Blackfoot Challenge)
The True Utmost Reaches of the Missouri (Missouri River source)
Paddling Montana (Montana by canoe)
The Case of the Disappearing Duck (pintails)
The Right Rain (precipitation and habitat)
Trendspotters (population monitoring)
Who Calls the Shots? (essay)
Lewis and Clark in Montana

2006 articles
Boosting Montana's Quality of Life (LWCF funding)
Saving the Golden Goose (Montana Challenge)
Shedding Light on Antler Collecting
Managing the Big Picture (State Wildlife Grants)
Wildlife Warriors
Right On Target (Montana shooting ranges)
The Misadventures of Lewis and Clark (humor)
Blue Skies for Bluebirds
The Corps of Botanical Discovery
To Carve a Duck
The Underdog (essay)
State Park Stories
On the Right Track (animal tracking and identification)
Three Long Seconds (essay)

2007 articles
The Incredible Journeys of David Thompson
Generation Axe (Montana Conservation Corps
Where's Wildlife? (Wildlife watching)
The High Price of Gas (Coal bed methane)
Too Close for Comfort? (River and stream setbacks)
A Park Next Door (Urban state parks)
Searching for Rock Art (pictographs at Ulm Pishkun)
Cream of the Crop (wildlife management areas)
Follow That Bear (GPS wildlife tracking)
The Amazing Saga of Montana's Elk
Venison Alchemy (Braising techniques and recipes)

2008 articles
Keeping An Eye on the Wanderer (Peregrine falcons)
Mulies on Main Street
State Land Banking Program
Playing It Too Safe? (nature deficit)

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FWP Issues and Management

2002 articles
Making a Killing (poaching)
How's the Fishery? (interview)
Keys to the Treasure (hunting access)
What will Methane Cost?
Solving the Puzzle of Fort Peck's Young Paddlefish
Cash Register Conservation (outdoors economics)
Enough Already (recreation pressure)
Saving Montana's Wetlands Legacy
The Resurrection of Brewery Flats
The Grizzly of Falls Creek
Making Young Fishing Fanatics
Can Hatcheries Help Conserve the Westslope Cutthroat?
On the Front Lines (grizzly encroachment )
Will Wolves Wipe Out Montana’s Elk?

2003 articles
Fish Management Demystified
Their Land, Our Wildlife (conservation easements)
Stream Protection Anniversaries
Wildlife Management Demystified
Cross Currents (river recreation pressure)
Great Expectations (walleye)
So Far, So Good (chronic wasting disease)
Barely Afloat (white sturgeon)
Breakthrough at Milltown Dam
Keeping the Ribbon Blue (Missouri River fishery)
A State Under Siege (aquatic nuisance species)
A Dam Improvement
Dry Beneath the Surface (Montana drought)
Fish Management Demystified
The Elk Next Door (elk depredation)
Outlaw Introductions (illegal fish introductions)
Stream Protection Anniversaries

2004 articles
The Elk Next Door (urban wildlife)
Game Warden "Glamour"
Cold Turkeys
Montana's Avian Spectacle (Freezout Lake WMA)
What's Up Down There? (prairie stream survey)
Lab Coat Detectives (FWP's pathology lab)
A Grizzly Biologist's Journal
Tough Love (restoring native fish populations)
Left in the Dust? (arctic grayling)
Why Montana Went Wild (interview)
Will the Sun Set on Block Management?
Buffaloed
Death by Garbage
Off to a Great Start (Habitat Montana program)

2005 articles
Doing It Themselves (Becoming and Outdoors-Woman)
Meeting the Challenge Head On (Blackfoot Challenge)
The Case of the Disappearing Duck (pintails)
The Right Rain (precipitation and habitat)
Trendspotters (population monitoring)
Who Calls the Shots? (essay)
Little Dams, Big Barriers (diversion dams)
Barbed-Wire Bears (grizzly DNA sampling)
Aiming to Make Better Hunters (Hunter Education Program)
Making Sense of Mountain Whitetails (Whitetail deer study)
Right On Target (Montana shooting ranges)

2006 articles
Boosting Montana's Quality of Life (LWCF funding)
Saving the Golden Goose (Montana Challenge)
Managing the Big Picture (State Wildlife Grants)
Taking Aim at Depredation (Montana's new hunting season)
Hatchery Pride (FWP fish hatcheries)
A Whisker Away from Winking Out (pallid sturgeon)
Managing the Big Picture (species of special concern)
Shedding Light on Antler Collecting
Something to Crow About (pheasant hunting)
Down But Not Out (sage grouse)
Big Antlers and Big Egos (poaching)
Maintaining a Buckskin Lifestyle in a Polarfleece World (trapping)

2007 articles
Learning to Live with Whirling Disease
Spotlight on Ferrets (Black-footed ferrets)
In Fine Working Order (park and fishing access site maintenance)
Battle on the Bighorn
The High Price of Gas (Coal bed methane)
Too Close for Comfort? (River and stream setbacks)
Cream of the Crop (wildlife management areas)
The Golden Legacy of "Hunter Ed"
Follow That Bear (GPS wildlife tracking)
The Amazing Saga of Montana's Elkk

2008 articles
Keeping An Eye on the Wanderer (Peregrine falcons)
Mulies on Main Street
State Land Banking Program
Playing It Too Safe? (nature deficit)
State of the Grizzly

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Hunting

2002 articles
Making a Killing (poaching)
Keys to the Treasure (hunting access)
Cash Register Conservation (outdoors economics)
The Grizzly of Falls Creek
On the Front Lines (grizzly encroachment )
Will Wolves Wipe Out Montana’s Elk?
Beaglemania!
Heart of the Hunt (essay)

2003 articles
Their Land, Our Wildlife (conservation easements)
Wildlife Management Demystified
So Far, So Good (chronic wasting disease)
The Elk Next Door (elk depredation)
A Montana Hunter in Bavaria (hunting in Germany)
My Brown Boy (book excerpt from Colter)
The Gentle Art of Negotiating Hunting Access (humor)

2004 articles
The Elk Next Door (urban wildlife)
Game Warden "Glamour"
Cold Turkeys
Montana's Avian Spectacle (Freezout Lake WMA)
Lab Coat Detectives (FWP's pathology lab)
Will the Sun Set on Block Management?
Buffaloed
Song of the Land (essay)
The Greatest Hunting Trip Ever? (Lewis and Clark)
Death by Garbage
Mountain Mallards (essay)
Off to a Great Start (Habitat Montana program)
K911 (first aid for dogs)

2005 articles
Doing It Themselves (Becoming and Outdoors-Woman)
The Case of the Disappearing Duck (pintails)
Trendspotters (population monitoring)
Who Calls the Shots? (essay)
Aiming to Make Better Hunters (Hunter Education Program)
Making Sense of Mountain Whitetails (Whitetail deer study)
Right On Target (Montana shooting ranges)
Duck Done Deliciously
Does Are from Venus, Bucks Are from Mars (mule deer)

2006 articles
Taking Aim at Depredation (Montana's new hunting season)
Managing the Big Picture (species of special concern)
Shedding Light on Antler Collecting
Something to Crow About (pheasant hunting)
On Montana Safari (pronghorn)
To Carve a Duck
Big Antlers and Big Egos (poaching)
Maintaining a Buckskin Lifestyle in a Polarfleece World (trapping)

2007 articles
Moving Meat
Too Many Places to Hunt (public land hunting)
Secret Spots
The Golden Legacy of "Hunter Ed"
The Amazing Saga of Montana's Elk
The Quiet Waterfowler (humor)
Why We Hunt (essay)

2008 articles
Keeping An Eye on the Wanderer (Peregrine falcons)

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Lewis and Clark

2003 articles
Tracing Lewis and Clark through Montana's State Parks

2004 articles
Confluence of Cultures (Missouri Headwaters State Park)

2005 articles
Gushing Over Giant Springs (Giant Springs State Park)
A Different Angle on the Expedition (Lewis and Clark)
The Greatest Hunting Trip Ever? (Lewis and Clark)
Lewis and Clark in Montana
The True Utmost Reaches of the Missouri (Missouri River source)

2006 articles
The Misadventures of Lewis and Clark (humor)
The Corps of Botanical Discovery

2007 articles
The Incredible Journeys of David Thompson

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Montana State Parks

2003 articles
A Good Time in Montana's Badlands (Makoshika State Park)
Water, Water Everywhere (Flathead Lake State Park)
Tracing Lewis and Clark through Montana's State Parks
Spirit of the West (Bannack State Park)
Where the Buffalo Fell (Ulm Pishkun State Park)

2004 articles
From Here to There (Montana's Trail System)
Wonderground (Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park)
A Place of Peace (Plenty Coups State Park)
Confluence of Cultures (Missouri Headwaters State Park)
A Prelude to the Little Bighorn (Rosebud Battlefield State Park)

2005 articles
Gushing Over Giant Springs (Giant Springs State Park)
Oasis on the Prairie (Brush Lake State Park)
The Treaty Lives On (Council Grove State Park)
Gateway to Fort Peck Lake (Hell Creek State Park)
Rock of Ages (Medicine Rocks State Park)

2006 articles
A Grand Little Canyon (Sluice Boxes State Park)
State Park Stories

2007 articles
In Fine Working Order (park and fishing access site maintenance)
A Park Next Door (Urban state parks)

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Outdoors Portraits

2002
Sandhill crane
Yellow-headed blackbird
Red-breasted nuthatch
Marten
Common goldeneye

2003
Ponderosa pine
Clark's nutcracker
Long-toed salamander
American dipper
White-tailed ptarmigan

2004
Muskrat
Moose
Golden-mantled ground squirrel
Great horned owl
Wolverine

2005
North American beaver
Gray jay
Franklin's gull
Tamarack
Snowshoe hare

2006
Harlequin duck
Walleye
McCown's longspur
Spruce (Franklin's) grouse
Black-billed magpie

2007
Mountain whitefish
American pika
Rubber boa
Bushy-tailed woodrat
Great Gray Owl

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Outdoor Recreation

2002 articles
Rough Ride On The Smith
Cash Register Conservation (outdoors economics)
Enough Already (recreation pressure)
Water, Water Everywhere (Flathead Lake State Park)

2003 articles
Cross Currents (river recreation pressure)

2004 articles
From Here to There (Montana's Trail System)
On the Trail of the Elusive Morel
Huckleberry Hounds
You'll Never Believe What I Saw! (weird wildlife sightings)
Forty Years of Wilderness

2005 articles
Doing It Themselves (Becoming and Outdoors-Woman)
A Close Look at Bird Watching
Paddling Montana (Montana by canoe)
Right On Target (Montana shooting ranges)

2006 articles
A Grand Little Canyon (Sluice Boxes State Park)
Shedding Light on Antler Collecting
To Carve a Duck
On the Right Track (animal tracking and identification)
Maintaining a Buckskin Lifestyle in a Polarfleece World (trapping)

2007 articles
Where's Wildlife? (Wildlife watching)
Battle on the Bighorn
A Park Next Door (Urban state parks)
Too Many Places to Hunt (public land hunting)

2008 articles
Playing It Too Safe? (nature deficit)

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Wildlife

2002 articles
Making a Killing (poaching)
Saving Montana's Wetlands Legacy
The Grizzly of Falls Creek
Can Hatcheries Help Conserve the Westslope Cutthroat?
On the Front Lines (grizzly encroachment )
Will Wolves Wipe Out Montana’s Elk?
Cache in Hand (wildlife food storage)
Hope for Montana's Prairie Songsters
Wild Romance

2003 articles
Fish Management Demystified
Wildlife Management Demystified
A Mustang Sally (Pryor wild horses)
Stream Protection Anniversaries
The Elk Next Door (elk depredation)

2004 articles
The Elk Next Door (urban wildlife)
Cold Turkeys
Montana's Avian Spectacle (Freezout Lake WMA)
Lab Coat Detectives (FWP's pathology lab)
A Grizzly Biologist's Journal
Buffaloed
Death by Garbage
The Swift Fox's Speedy Return
Where Have All the Plovers Gone?
Raptor Enrapture
You'll Never Believe What I Saw! (weird wildlife sightings)
Rattlesnake!
Raptor Enrapture
The Sheep That Will Not Die (Audubon bighorn myth)

2005 articles
Animal Architecture
A Close Look at Bird Watching
The Case of the Disappearing Duck (pintails)
The Right Rain (precipitation and habitat)
Trendspotters (population monitoring)
Barbed-Wire Bears (grizzly DNA sampling)
Making Sense of Mountain Whitetails (Whitetail deer study)
Badgers North of the Border
Does are from Venus, Bucks are from Mars (mule deer)
Homing in on the Range (Moise Bison Range)

2006 articles
Saving the Golden Goose (Montana Challenge)
Managing the Big Picture (State Wildlife Grants)
Wildlife Warriors
Wildlife Crossings
Endangered Species Act
Working it out with Wolves
Down But Not Out (sage grouse)
On Montana Safari (pronghorn)
Big Antlers and Big Egos (poaching)
On the Right Track (animal tracking and identification)
Maintaining a Buckskin Lifestyle in a Polarfleece World (trapping)

2007 articles
Spotlight on Ferrets (Black-footed ferrets)
Where's Wildlife? (Wildlife watching)
Follow That Bear (GPS wildlife tracking)
The Amazing Saga of Montana's Elk

2008 articles
Keeping An Eye on the Wanderer (Peregrine falcons)
Mulies on Main Street
State of the Grizzly

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