CONTRIBUTORS AND
Staff PUBLISHERS Bill Muhlenfeld and Anthea George
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Valerie Harms
ART DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER Robert Rath
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Kay Bjork Virginia Bryan Dorothy Crocker Ben Donatelle Richard I. Gibson Joe Gutkoski Anika Hanisch Valerie Harms
Kate Hove Richard Hugo Lyndel Meikle Bill Muhlenfeld Carol Polich Lee Rostad Carol Smith Jo Anne Troxel
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS John Belobraidic Bryant Studios William Campbell Patrick Chaplin Ben Donatelle Shannon Hollman Rachel Laudon Lyndel Meikle Sandy Owens
Kristine Paulsen
Brooke Peterson Photography Carol Polich Kene Sperry/
Eye in the Sky Photography JoJo Whilden Nicole Wickens/
Green Door Photography
VIDEOGRAPHER Cindy Stillwell
PRINT MANAGEMENT Pam Koehler, Koehler + Co.
WEB SITE Bill Edmonson, Thermal Creative Co ver
There may be nothing more roman- tically linked to Montana than the seemingly simple idea of ranching. From “Old West” to “New West,” the dream and the reality of ranch life are brought together in our feature story about the Wickens
family and their 100th year of ranching in central Montana. Their days are filled with enterprise and sustainability, their evenings with friends and family. On our “Ranch Happy,”cover, Eric and Emma Wickens and baby Claire are the new generation of a proud ranching family. Nicole Wickens is responsible for the cover photo.
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