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WILD & SCENIC Outdoor Life Under the Big Sky
12 MoNtaNa'S WILD LIfE Photo Essay
19 HorSE PaCkINg 101: you CaN Do It! by Dan Aadland
22 MoNtaNa IN 30 yEarS: StatE aND NatIoNaL ParkS
interview with Chas Van Genderen
24 SuMMEr SkIINg by Sean McSpadden
art & CuLturE The Soul of the West
30 IMagINE MoNtaNa: tHE artfuL joy
of jENNIfEr LoWE-aNkEr
36 EN PLEIN aIr: art oN tHE WILDSIDE
by Aaron Theisen
DININg & DIVErSIoNS
A Celebration of Montana Living
41 a MoNtaNa CoWboy'S trIP
to INNEr MoNgoLIa by Wylie Gustafson
44 kItCHEN guy: SuMMEr! My bErry
faVorItE SEaSoN by Chef Jim Gray
47 MoNtaNa SuDS by Ryan Newhouse
My MoNtaNa HoME
Special Section
52 raNCH rEaLtor rouNDuP A DM Roundtable
58 HoMES by DESIgN Portfolio of Design Associates
60 bESt buILDEr tIPS for your NEW HoME
67 EPHEMEraL DESIgN by Emily Varmecky and Mark Pelletier
73 sticks • stones • metal Photo Essay
82 (rEaLLy) SMaLL HouSES uNDEr tHE bIg Sky
by Joseph Shelton
87 MoNtaNa rEaL EStatE:
HEaLtHy aND HEaDED uP by Robyn Erlenbush
PEoPLE & PLaCE Connecting with Montana Lifestyle
94 HELENa froM tHE toP DoWN
by Jessica Solberg
Summer
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RANDy BEAChAM
oN tHE CoVEr
This month's cover is in the Gallatin Canyon near Big Sky, Montana
