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WILD MONTANA
Outdoor Life Under the Big Sky
14 BIG SKY, BIG WEATHER
photo essay
20 GIDDY-UP MONTANA
by SuzAnne Miller
26 GROWING A BIRD GARDEN
by Liz Larcom
31 FLOATING WITH KIDS:
15 TOP TIPS FOR FUN
ON THE MISSOURI RIVER
article and photos by Joanna Pocock
ART & CULTURE
e Soul of the West
36 SPLASHING BRONZE
interview with artist Chip Jones
40 CAPTURING LITTLE BIGHORN:
AN ARTIST'S QUEST
by Ray Cavanaugh
FOOD & FUN
A Celebration of Montana Living
50 KITCHEN GUY: 'SHROOMS!
THE FUNGUS AMONG US
by Chef Jim Gray
52 MONTANA IN 30 YEARS:
WILDFLOWERS
interview with Norman Weeden
56 DRINKERS WITH A
RUNNING PROBLEM
by Erik Petersen
61 MONTANA BASEBALL HISTORY
by Skylar Browning & Jeremy Watterson
PEOPLE & PLACE
Connecting with Montana Lifestyle
64 RAMBO GOES FISHING
by Kristen Berube
75 FRANK CONLEY:
WARDEN ON THE EDGE
by Lyndel Meikle
78 MONTANA REAL ESTATE:
CYCLES IN REAL ESTATE
FROM PEAK TO PEAK
by Robyn Erlenbush
82 MILES CITY:
FRIENDLIEST TOWN IN THE WEST
by Donnie Sexton
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ON THE COVER
You may have noticed
our cover "tag:"
Adventure • Inspiration • Spirit,
which is fully expressed in this
issue's cover. In Montana there
are no restrictions on balloon flight
(we checked); although the
Powder River may be an unlikely
fly-over destination, there is
nothing that expresses our
Montana-centric
enthusiasm better than
this flight-of-fancy:
"unlikely" but "possible."
