Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A • FA L L 2 0 1 6 12 BACKPACKING IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS PAGE 14 HOLLY MATKIN and her family reside on their fourth-genera- tion cattle and elk ranch south of Havre. For nearly a decade, she wrote investigative reports for the State of Montana both as a Social Worker and as an Adult Probation and Parole Officer. Read more about her love of rural living at www.enjoyingmontanalife.com. CLAWS, TEETH, ARMOR, & CHEATS PAGE 20 DOUGLAS J. EMLEN is a professor at the University of Montana, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, including their five-year CAREER award, and a Young Investigator Prize and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. LAST BEST COWBOYS PAGE 22 TODD KLASSY is a commercial photographer who lives in Havre. He specializes in farm and ranch photography and Montana travel photography, too. His photos have been published by Popular Photography, National Geographic, News- week, People, Sports Illustrated, and other newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and books. See more of Todd's work at: www.toddklassy.com RIDING WITH HAWK THE MOUNTAIN MAN PAGE 28 SUZANNE MILLER, a native of Butte, owns Dunrovin Ranch and Research, a full-service guest ranch and equestrian club offering unique backcountry adventures on Tennessee Walking Horses. The installation of a web camera led SuzAnne to enable cyber viewing. www.DaysAtDunrovin.com. DANCING SANDHILL CRANES PAGE 36 CAROL POLICH has been widely published in the USA and internationally with her photos and travel adventure stories since the early 1990s. She also leads workshops. A list of her accomplishments can be viewed on the internet by Googling her name. www.wildnaturetrails.com ELIZABETH DAVEY LOCHRIE PAGE 54 Artist JENNIFER LI grew up in Mill Valley, California. She studied philosophy at Ben- nington and Sarah Lawrence Colleges and then painted in New York City for nearly 20 years before moving to the woods of northwest Montana in 1998. KITCHEN GUY: DUCK AND CONFIT PAGE 60 CHEF JIM GRAY is a Missoula-based culinary instructor and food writer. He also teaches for the kitchen-store chain Sur La Table in Scottsdale, Arizona. WILD WEST WORDS PAGE 58 CHRYSTI M. SMITH was raised on a farm in northeastern Montana and now wrangles words for her daily radio series, "Chrysti the Wordsmith," produced at KGLT-FM in Bozeman. It can be heard on public radio stations throughout Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and worldwide on Armed Forces Radio. www.wordsmithradio.org THE CURIOUS AFTERLIFE OF MONTANA'S GHOST TOWNS PAGE 64 JOSEPH SHELTON lives in Bozeman, Montana, where he received his Masters in English Literature. He loves film, hiking, reading, exploring, and above all, writing. VALERIE HARMS has edited this magazine since 2005 and says it is like throwing a party every season. A writer as well as editor, she is the author of 10 books and numerous articles. A graduate of Smith College, for seven years she was an editor at the National Audubon Society in New York City. She has taught writing and given workshops around the country, plus in Greece and Canada. In 1995 she moved to Montana to see wild animals in their habitats and explore the mountains and rivers. For more info see her Web site at www. valerieharms.com. Email queries to valerie@distinctlymontana.com. ROBERT RATH collects hyphens. Currently, he's an illustrator-designer-author-art director-dog walker living in Bozeman. He's illustrated many children's books, including the award-winning First Dog: Unleashed in the Montana Capitol, and Yellowstone's Hot Legends and Cool Myths. His clients include Lucasfilm, The History Channel, Scholastic Books, Farcountry Press and many others. He isn't allergic to anything, can't remember the names of housing subdivisions, likes to cook, can wiggle his ears, and hates writing bios. ALEXIS PIKE O U R C O N T R I B U T O R S "DISTINCTLY MONTANA IS AN EDITOR'S DREAM... AND A READER'S DELIGHT. IT DISTILLS INTO EVERY ISSUE ALL OF THE WONDER, ALLURE AND UNIQUE PEOPLE AND PERSONALITY OF OUR SPECIAL STATE. MOST IMPORTANT, IT ANSWERS THE QUESTION "WHY DO WE LOVE MONTANA?" ~LANDON JONES, CHIEF EDITOR (RET.) PEOPLE MAGAZINE; MONEY MAGAZINE.

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