Essays
Thoughtful, personal reflections on mountain life, conservation ethics, community challenges and the big questions facing the West. Long-form contemplation that connect with personal experience through the author's own words.
June 16, 2025
Sunshine gets all the fanfare, but I live for foggy mornings on the river, mist rising in clouds from its…June 16, 2025
POEM BY LEATH TONINO Hey skunk, morning. You’re very tail up, nose down, eh? That’s your way of being here,…June 16, 2025
BY SHELLI ROTTSCHAFER Transplanted in the rich ground of Idaho and with a winding path like an unbroken river behind…December 4, 2024
A photo essay documents the Bridger raptor survey. PHOTOS AND WORDS BY HAZEL CRAMER Nobody believed Steve Hoffman, a passionate…December 4, 2024
As the daughter of famous writer Jim Harrison, Jamie Harrison may have literary influence in her bones, but the 64-year-old…June 18, 2024
An exploration of identity with Montana’s Poet Laureate. BY MAGGIE NEAL DOHERTY Breaching capacity of the Whitefish Community Library’s small…June 18, 2024
Celebrating the centennial of the nation’s first Wilderness through personal narrative. BY LEEANNA T. TORRES I first experienced the Gila…June 18, 2024
BY BELLA BUTLER I've heard that when a commercial trip launches in the Grand Canyon, guides recite the hallmark statement…December 5, 2023
A Lakota woman explores cultural appropriation of Native people in a personal essay. WORD AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS BY SARAH COMEAU…May 31, 2023
A Tale of Two Treks to Montana’s Medicine Point Lookout WORDS & PHOTOS BY JEREMY LURGIO She wanted to wear…
