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Missouri Headwaters State Parks announces schedule of summer speakers

Jun 6, 2022 9:13 AM

THREE FORKS – Missouri Headwaters State Park will kick off its 26th Summer Speaker Series on June 11, with a speaker every Saturday until Aug. 13.

The theme of the 2022 Summer Speaker Series is “preserving Montana’s history and heritage”. Each presentation will begin at 7 p.m. near the park office. This year’s speakers include:

  • June 11: The 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park from a Native perspective, presented by Tim Ryan
  • June 18: Music from Montana songwriter and musician Rob Quist
  • June 25: A history of Glacier National Park, presented by Hugh Grinnell, sixth cousin of American anthropologist George Bird Grinnell
  • July 2: A history of Montana Game Wardens, presented by FWP Warden Sgt. Matt Wemple
  • July 9: Music from local songwriter and musician Buck Buchanan
  • July 16: Music from Northern Cheyenne Singers, a tribal music group
  • July 23: Lewis and Clark history, presented by historian Larry Epstein
  • July 30: Montana ungulate overview: From the Pleistocene to the Present, presented by FWP wildlife biologist Julie Cunningham
  • Aug. 6: Reflections of a Park Manager, presented by Headwaters manager Dave Andrus
  • Aug. 13: Stories and anecdotes of the early Three Forks area, presented by Gene Townsend

Missouri Headwaters State Park is about 5 miles northeast of Three Forks on Trident Road. For more information about the park, please visit fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/missouri-headwaters or call 406-285-3610.