Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A • S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 10 MONTANA'S GRIZZLIES PAGE 12 LOUISA WILLCOX has been a wildlife and wilderness advocate in the Northern Rockies for 35 years. She has served as Senior Wildlife Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council (10 years), Project Coordinator for the Sierra Club's Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Project (9 years), and Program Director for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (10 years). NIGHT FLY-FISHING PAGE 22 MARY SYRETT AND FRANK ZENTNER, a husband/wife team, are freelance writers. Mary is a graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana where Frank taught for 25 years. 5 MUST-SEE MONTANA WATERFALLS PAGE 31 NATHAN AND LARRY JOHNSON live and work in Montana. To contact the authors, visit www. waterfallsmontana.com. THE INCREDIBLE HOLT HERITAGE MUSEUM PAGE 42 SUZANNE MILLER, a native of Butte, owns Dunrovin Ranch, a full-service guest ranch and equestrian club offering unique backcountry adventures on Tennessee Walking Horses. The in- stallation of a web camera led SuzAnne to enable cyber viewing. www.DaysAtDunrovin.com. SHOT IN MONTANA PAGE 46 BRIAN D'AMBROSIO lives in Helena, MT, and Silver City, New Mexico, where he writes about architecture, history, travel, and music. He may be reached at dambrosiobrian@hotmail.com. CAMPFIRE COOKOUTS PAGE 59 ANGELA JAMISON is a Montana native raising the next genera- tion in beautiful Bozeman. When not enjoying the outdoors, she is a freelance writer and works as a marketing manager at a local real estate office. MONTANA-STYLE BREAKFAST IN THE 1800S PAGE 62 LYNDEL MEIKLE is an historian and Montana native. WILD WEST WORDS PAGE 67 CHRYSTI M. SMITH was raised on a farm in northeastern Mon- tana 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 "LAST BEST STORIES PODCAST" PAGE 68 JOSEPH SHELTON lives in Bozeman, Montana, where he received his Masters in English Literature. He loves film, hiking, reading, exploring, and above all, writing. HAVRE: JEWEL OF THE HI-LINE PAGE 76 JOHN PAUL SCHMIDT is a born-again Montanan and writer who spent his first real winter in Havre. Hailing from New Mexico, he vows to never go back and now spends his days freelance writ- ing, working odd jobs, and someday finishing his Montana-based novel, "Thorne Lake." 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 Da rn! The cover of our 2017 Winter issue was by COLTON STIFFLER, and was taken at the Headwaters Hike of Big Sky Resort. O U R C O N T R I B U T O R S

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