Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 1 9 10 FIND YOUR OWN SECRET MONTANA BACKCOUNTRY GETAWAY PAGE 12 DOUGLAS LORAIN is the nationally award winning author of more than a dozen hiking and backpacking guidebooks, which describe only the best trails from his more than 35,000 miles of hiking around the American West. His most recent book, 100 Classic Hikes Montana, is published by Mountaineers Books. On those days when he isn't on (or off ) the trail in search of still more secret getaways in Montana, he lives near Hamilton, Montana with his wife, Becky Lovejoy, and their yellow Labrador retriever, Seabrook. 10 MONTANA CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENTS PAGE 18 After graduation from Montana State University, JIM POSEWITZ spent 32 years with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. In 1993, Jim founded Orion e Hunter's Institute, a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to the preservation of ethical hunting and wild resources essential to that purpose. Jim has published five books: Beyond Fair Chase; Inherit e Hunt; Rifle in Hand - How Wild America was Saved, Taking a Bullet for Conservation – e Bull Moose Party, a Centennial Reflec- tion 1912-2012, and his latest, an autobiography, My Best Shot. Jim also served as executive director of the Cinnabar Foundation since its inception in 1983 until May of 2010. BEAVER • OTTER • MUSKRAT • MINK: MONTANA'S SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMAL QUARTET PAGE 28 ROB RICH is a naturalist, writer, educator, and beaver believer. His work has appeared with Earth Island Journal, High Country News, Sierra, Camas, and other publications. SEVEN MOST IMPORTANT INDIAN BATTLES IN MONTANA HISTORY PAGE 45 DR. WALTER FLEMING is the department head and professor in the Native American Studies Department at Montana State University (MSU), Bozeman. He has taught at MSU for 37 years and is a specialist in Native cultures and history. Fleming is the author and co-editor of three books and numerous book chapters. He is a past recipient of the Mon- tana Governor's Humanities Award and was named twice Indian Educator of the Year by the Montana Indian Education Association. Fleming is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. He was born at Crow Agency, Montana and raised in Lame Deer, Montana. He holds a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Kansas. WILD WEST WORDS PAGE 48 CHRYSTI M. SMITH was raised on a farm in northeastern Montana and now wrangles words for her daily radio series, "Chrysti the Wordsmith," produced at KGLT-FM in Bozeman; it can be heard on public radio stations through- out Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and worldwide on Armed Forces Radio. www.wordsmithradio.org SEVEN MONTANA WATERFRONT TOWNS PERFECT FOR A DAY TRIP PAGE 60 MAGGIE SLEPIAN is a full-time editor and writer living in Bozeman, Montana. When she's not in front of a computer, she's probably outside backpacking, climbing, shooting archery, wrecking her dirt bike, or attempting to skate ski. Writing and editorial projects can be found at maggiesle- pian.com. FOR THE LOVE OF... RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION PAGE 70 From a move to Montana in the late '70s, MARY ELLEN HENDRICKSON has found challenges and inspiration from writing about people with the pioneering spirit for the last 30+ years. PERMACULTURE: DESIGNING A SELF-RELIANT LIFE PAGE 90 KAREEN ERBE owns Broken Ground, a Bozeman-based permaculture education and design business. She and her family live on a ¾ acre permaculture homestead with large annual gardens, a food forest of fruit trees and berry bushes, a pond, chickens and a greenhouse. Kareen has taught hundreds of people in Montana about gardening and per- maculture and consults with clients on edible garden designs. She is one of 40 teachers currently involved in the Women's Online Permaculture Design Course. Find her at www.brokengroundpermaculture.com. THE ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GEORGE H. SHANLEY PAGE 95 BRIAN D'AMBROSIO is the author of more than 10 books and his articles have been published in local, regional, and national publications. D'Ambrosio's favorite journalistic topics or subjects: history, music, architecture, vernacular artists, boxing, photography, forgotten inventors, and ob- scure American poets and authors. He may be reached at dambrosiobrian@ hotmail.com. CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS VALERIE HARMS has edited this magazine since 2005 and says it is like throwing a party every season. A writer as well as editor, she is the author of 10 books and numerous articles. A graduate of Smith College, for seven years she was an editor at the National Audubon Society in New York City. She has taught writing and given workshops around the country, plus in Greece and Canada. In 1995 she moved to Montana to see wild animals in their habitats and explore the mountains and rivers. For more info see her Web site at www.valerieharms.com. Email queries to valerie@distinctlymontana.com. ROBERT RATH collects hyphens. Currently, he's an illustrator-designer-author-art director-dog walker living in Bozeman. He's illustrated many children's books, including the award-winning First Dog: Unleashed in the Montana Capitol, and Yellowstone's Hot Legends and Cool Myths. His clients in- clude Lucasfilm, Scholastic Books, Farcountry Press, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, and many others. He isn't allergic to anything, can't remember names of housing subdivisions or birthdays, likes to cook, can wiggle his ears, and hates writing bios. www.robARTrath.com OUR ALEXIS PIKE TOM RATH

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