Distinctly Montana Magazine

We welcome your comments! publishers Bill Muhlenfeld and Anthea George Editorial Director Valerie Harms valerie@distinctlymontana.com art Director and designer Robert Rath Contributing Photographers Brad Patterson Sean Polen Heather Torgenrud Print Management advenTure u spiriT W inter 2013 issue Distinctly Montana is owned by Star Ridge New Media, LLC, a Montana company. ©2002-2013 All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, without our written permission is prohibited. Distinctly Montana welcomes freelance contributions. See "submissions" on our Web site at www.distinctlymontana.com. Neither Star Ridge New Media, LLC nor Distinctly Montana are responsible for loss, damage or any other injury to unsolicited manuscripts, photography, or artwork in any form. PRINTED IN THE USA. Published by Star Ridge New Media, LLC. 1425 W. Main St. #101 Bozeman, Montana 59715 www.distinctlymontana.com NEW MEDIA llc Distinctly Montana Fall 2013 issue (ISSN pending) is published in September, 2013. Distinctly Montana is a quarterly, seasonal publication (December, March, June, September) of Star Ridge New Media, LLC. Star Ridge New Media is a Montana company. inspiration u our For inquiries, distribution, advertising or subscription information call (406) 600-7660 or email sales@distinctlymontana.com. STAR RIDGE Pam Koehler, Koehler + Co. LIKE the magazine? comments welcome at distinctly montana's FB page PLEASE KEEP, PASS ALONG, OR RECYCLE. FA cing winte r Health and Wellness in the Season of Adventure snow sporTs phoTo essay polar plunges & hoT spring soaks gardiner: gaTeway To winTer winTer FiTness From The pros dog BlissTherapeuTic healing Discover www.distinctlymontana.com $5.95 Display until march 15, 2013 2 our Treasure sTaTe DIS TIN CTLY MO N TANA • S UMMER 2 0 1 2 advertise with us "Distinctly Montana is one of YT's top choices for advertising our design-and-build contruction business. We are very pleased at the results." Darn! Ron Adams, Owner, Yellowstone Traditions Contact bill@distinctlymontana.com for more information We do our best to make sure each issue is as good as possible, but sometimes we mess up! Here are a couple of mistakes from our Summer issue. In "Fire, Grass, Mud, Blood, Fire" the photo of the chief, p. 84, should be Mike Cech, Fort Ellis Fire. We failed to mention that our interview with Ted Turner was the result of Todd Wilkinson, author of Last Stand, Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet, arranging it for us. Yikes! A corrupted file turned our Xplorer map green in the last issue. Check out the real Xplorer/Flathead map here. Nice work! w w w. d i s t i n c t ly mo nt a na .co m 11

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