Distinctly Montana Magazine

W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A . C O M 13 PUBLISHERS Bill Muhlenfeld and Anthea George EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Valerie Harms ART DIRECTOR Robert Rath PRINT MANAGEMENT Pam Koehler, Koehler + Co. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS John Ashley Trapper Bodovinac Ray Bueller Laurie Childs Robyn Erlenbush Neil Hetherington Glenniss Indreland Chris Kamman For inquiries, distribution, advertising or subscription information call 406-600-7660 or email sales@distinctlymontana.com. Distinctly Montana is owned by Star Ridge New Media, LLC, a Montana company. ©2002-2016 All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, without our written permis- sion 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 Distinctly Montana Summer 2016 issue (ISSN pending) is published in June, 2016. Distinctly Montana is a quarterly, seasonal publication (December, March, June, Septem- ber) of Star Ridge New Media, LLC. Star Ridge New Media LLC is a Montana company. PLEASE KEEP, PASS ALONG, OR RECYCLE. LIKE THE MAGAZINE? COMMENTS WELCOME AT DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S FB PAGE We welcome your comments! STAR RIDGE NEW MEDIA llc Da rn! A reader commented on our Spring 2014 article about "Montana's Crawdad Cuisine," reminding us of rules for catching crayfish: a fishing license, a trap no larger than 2' x 1' x1', and personal use only. In the Winter 2016 issue on p. 96 Big Horn was spelled as two words the way the town is spelled; it should have been "Bighorn" to refer to the battle of Bighorn. In the Spring 2016 issue the town of Ryegate was misspelled in the article "Giddy-Up Montana." f o r d e t a i l s a n d t o b u y t i c ke t s v i s i t : s w e e t p e a f e s t i v a l . o r g 2016 39th Annual SWEET PEA FESTIVAL a celebration of the arts pre-festival events, aug 1-5 festival, aug 5-7 lindley park • bozeman, mt Live Performances Music Theatre Dance Family Stage Arts & Crafts Vendors • Food & Drinks Kids & Family Activities • Painting Workshops Bite of Bozeman • Chalk on the Walk Parade • Sweet Pea Run • Art Show Children's Run • Flower Show BRETT AND LISA SWAIN are a WILDLIFE photography team from Marion, Montana. However, when a scene catches their eye, they love to stop and capture it, just as they did here with this family on the Flat- head River. Photographing wildlife in its natural domain, healthy, and unstressed is always their goal. They do not photograph animals in captivity or injured animals. They like to present the lighter side of wildlife and nature photography. COVER PHOTOGRAPHERS Nelson Kentner R. Levans Jennifer Michaud Suzanne A. McDonald Prairie Portraits/Louis Sheldon Donnie Sexton Roger Wade John Warner Photography

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