Home Ground Radio is a half-hour, weekly interview program broadcasted on more than 50 public radio stations throughout Montana and northern Wyoming and KGHL in Billings. (Following description taken from Yellowstone Public Radio) Artemis Common Ground produces this award-winning half-hour, weekly public affairs radio series, distributed via the Internet and broadcast on public radio throughout Montana and northern Wyoming. Home Ground's mission is to stimulate dialog about the changes and choices affecting our future, and we pursue that goal through substantive and thought-provoking discussion of western economic, religious, cultural, social and environmental issues as well as our place in the larger world. While examining areas of conflict, we emphasize shared values – the often-overlooked “common ground” of diverse community interests. Guests and their views are always treated with respect. Our goal is for listeners to develop appreciation of differing viewpoints and to encourage them to fulfill their responsibility as informed citizens in a democracy. Home Ground presents issues in ways that are interesting and meaningful to a broad audience.
Brian Kahn began Home Ground Radio in 1996 after he approached Yellowstone Public Radio General Manager Marvin Granger with the idea for the show. Brian grew up in California where he graduated from the University of California Boalt Law School. Kahn's first experiences working in Montana started with working on a ranch in the Madison Valley. After college he worked as a collegiate boxing coach, politician, documentary filmmaker and lawyer/mediator. He also worked as the Montana Director of the Nature Conservancy from 1989 to 1996. In October 2020 Brian died of natural causes while on a hunting trip with his wife Sandra near Lewistown at age 73.
Home Ground Radio Interviews collection consists of 148 digitized recorded interviews all conducted by Brian Kahn as a part of the Home Ground Radio program. Collection consists of selected interviews conducted between 1996 and 2016. Topics covered in the interviews range from the economy, religion, education, the judicial system, wildlife, medicine, the timber industry, conservation, agriculture, among other topics. [Access recordings via Research Center Media Station] (MM 88)
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The new Pope Francis is Time Magazine 's "Man of the Year." He's made waves—rejecting traditional formality, criticizing church hierarchy, and calling for a more humble, engaged priesthood. Most recently, he issued a scathing critique of the global corporate economy. What's going on? Montana Bishop George Thomas has some thoughts.
Gun rights are a hot and polarizing topic in America. And a new book, GUN FIGHT, about the history of gun rights and regulations since 1776, has surprises for both sides.
You grew up the 5th generation in a ranching family, and decided by age 12 your life would be to manage the ranch – the grass, the water, the livestock, the wildlife. Now you're 29. Are you ready? Meet Cooper Hibbard.
For 200,000 years, humans have lived intimately with wild animals. We were captivated by their beauty, intelligence and power. The technology of the last 200 years -- 1,000th of our time on earth – has separated us. Does it matter? Sculptor and naturalist George Bumann thinks so.
Trauma and addictions
Nearly one-third of our kids fail to graduate high school, and many end up in dead-end jobs or prison. "Alternative high schools" offer an answer. One is Access to Success. They turn lives around. Really.
Sexual abuse of children by family members is perhaps the ultimate crime. We know that, but we rarely hear directly from the child – about the terrible experience, the years of criminal proceedings, the attempt to recover, to live a normal life. Sasha Neulinger, now a grown man, will tell you.
The family photos on the wall tell a fascinating story—of slavery, Indians, Westward migration, hard luck and hard work. An African-American story about Les Purce’s family, and about America.
Music took and held you as a child. Later you wrote songs, began to sing, enjoying success. On tour one night you were sky high, imagining wild things. The next morning – deepest, hopeless despair. WHAT is going on?? Meet singer/songwriter Jason DeShaw.
The settlers who came to Montana depended on livestock-for their livelihoods and their lives. More than 150 years later, technology has removed most of us from the ranching life. But not Jim Hagenbarth. Far more than most, he understands its needs, its complexities and its rewards.
In the midst of rapid change, history can seem so...out of date. But a visit with Jennifer Bottomly-O'Looney and Kirby Lambert at the Montana Historical Society shows why it matters.
Joe Sample pioneered TV broadcasting in Montana and spent three decades in the industry. It's a tough business. Political advertising helps pay the bottom line, but in a world of relentless attack ads, should industry draw the line? Joe Sample says yes.
We think of the 1-room school house as ancient history. But roughly 60 still function m Montana. And the fact is, we have important things to learn from the way they educate children.
What's life like for a woman on the farm? Is it a male-dominated culture, or are women full and equal partners? And, with town and city life an option, what about farm life holds a woman there? Judy Tureck knows.
Nation-wide, one in three students fails to graduate high school. Since 1996, in the public school at Winnett, Montana, only two kids have failed to do so. They do some things differently in Winnett, and given the results, maybe we should pay attention.
Political parties have been with us since 1791 and partisan politics are intense in Montana. Duane Ankney knows -- he's Chairman of the House Appropriation Committee. A Republican and a maverick, he will surprise you.
Just re-elected to a second 6-year term, Jon Tester discusses the values learned growing up on the farm, his serious study of music, the keys to being an effective legislator, and the impact of money in American politics.
The specialization of modem life results in deeper, but narrower knowledge. But globalization demands understanding of broad issues and questions that cross national and cultural boundaries. Can higher education help? The University of Montana's Global Leadership Initiative thinks so.
Coal fires 40% of our nation's electricity. It's big business, a big jobs provider, and it has some big problems. Dr. Alan Lockwood has studied some of them.
For Native Peoples, the 19th Century was an unimaginable disaster-- at a minimum a loss of age-old freedom and restriction to "reservations". To the Little Shell people it meant denial of their foundational identity as a tribe. They are fighting to regain it.
For tens of thousands of years, our ancestors made their own bows, arrow, and arrow heads for hunting. Because they had to stalk close to the wild animal, they understood their beauty and their power. Bill McConnell still does all that.
In today's partisan environment, the passing of any environmental law is hard. But 50 years ago, the Montana Stream Protection Act was signed into law with overwhelming bipartisan support. It was the first such law in the nation--designed to protect fish habitat. So let's look back over 50 years at what's actually happened because of this legislation.
In the United States Senate, he represented Montana longer than any Republican in the state's history. Hear what Conrad Burns has to say about money in politics, policy and power. (Part 1 of 2 interviews)
In much of the country the attitude toward criminals is “lock ‘em up” and throw away the key. But not in Montana, where some serious criminals are offered the chance to turn their lives around. Meet two, on Home Ground.
Thousands of kids in Montana behave in ways that indicate serious mental illness. Are they really "sick," or reacting normally to a terribly abnormal childhood? Be prepared to be shocked.
The General Mercantile is where we used to buy what we wanted, then talk with neighbors, maybe read the paper over a cup of coffee ... long gone? Not in Helena, where Ray Domer's General Mere is alive and well in its 43rd year.
Ben Steele, the last Montana survivor of the Bataan Death March, tells his stunning story.
Nearly 40% of our electricity is generated by coal. And big problems, too - carbon and toxic emissions. Cloud Peak Energy's Todd O'Hair discusses coal, climate change and what has to happen to clean things up.
Leo Tolstoy said that to write well, one needed "to look closer, to weigh one's words, to tell the exact truth." Indian author Debra Magpie Earling meets that unforgiving test.
Almost all of us say we support the Constitution, but few have read and discussed its provisions. Hear two U of MT law professors discuss the US and Montana Constitutions including how they relate to American Indians.
Deputry U.S. Attorney Peterson and FBI Agent Benitez discuss the harsh realities.
George Black discusses his book, Empire of Shadows, which chronicles the stunning mixture of greed and altruism, and brutality and benevolence that led to the establishment of our nation's first national park.
The former Supreme Court Justice discusses her rural upbringing, the discrimination she faced as a young woman lawyer, and the American Civics curriculum she is championing.
Montana Wildlife Federation and the 888 Ranch have teamed up to offer a unique hunting opportunity.
Who would believe that 3-5 year-olds could set up their own museum? Believe it. Sheila Devins, award winning pre-school educator, is doing amazing things at the Liz Claiborne Pre-School in Seeley Lake, Montana.
It's hard to maintain a sense of community in our fast-paced world. But people in Missoula are doing just that: through an innovative network of community gardens called Garden City.
NAMI, National Alliance for Mental Illness National Alliance on Mental Illness For decades we've shied away from facing mental illness head-on. But today, Montanans are taking the lead in confronting the issue.
Former Wyoming Senator Al Simpson cochaired the national bipartisan panel on long-term deficit reduction. Here what he has to say.
The Buffalo Bill Plains Indian Museum in Cody is renowned for its dynamic exhibits, which show Indian culture as more than a unique part of our past. Meet Emma Hansen, senior curator.
Mix in equal parts a) a school bus converted into a mobile greenhouse, b) and college and high school students mentoring K-5 elementary kids in where their food comes from and how to grow it - and you have the recipe for a stunning success!
Two years ago, we talked to Brett and Kimber Emmons about their 6 year-old daughter Kenna's life-threatening illness and the need for a bone marrow donor. Since then, the family has walked a tough road.
Patricia Nell Warren is the granddaughter of Conrad Kohrs, of the famous Grant Kohrs Ranch. She was raised on the ranch and grew up to be an award-winning journalist and writer who happens to be lesbian.
This tiny animal has decimated 41 million acres of forests in the US – Can anything be done about it?
Martin Holt knew he was dying when he came on Home Ground last December. His last month's set a standard of wisdom and humanity.
Who's Hospitals? The Role and Responsibilities of Montana's Hospitals: Our hospitals are not-for-profits who get tax breaks in exchange for public service. They are also big business in competition with others. To whom are they really accountable, and how much should the public be involved? A special one-hour Home Ground Community Forum, co-sponsored by Carroll College.
The Flathead Lake Biological Station is world-renowned for its research into human-cause changes to the natural environment. Director Dr. Jack Stanford discusses the environmental and economic aspects of their work.
The canoe is an ancient, efficient, and graceful craft. And some are strikingly beautiful -- like those made by hand from red cedar by the Morley family of Swan Lake, Montana.
The NkWsum School of Arlee, is striving to save the Salish language from extinction. Can they really do it?
Award-winning Montana-born author Maile Meloy discusses what makes good writing.
Lincoln banker Kenny Martin tells why Montana banks are surviving America’s big bank crisis.
US Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell lays out the agency’s new focus on “landscape restoration”.
Mark Rey, Undersecretary of Agriculture in the Bush Administration discusses his views about forest stewardship.
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock
Civil War scholar and Pulitzer prize winning author James McPherson
Joseph Miller, author of "Wicked Wine of Democracy", and intimate associate of JKF, LBJ, and Mike Mansfield, tells it like it was.
Sec of Education Arnie Duncan outlines his goals for America's schools, including the underachievers; Helena teachers' respond.
Executive Director of Montana Republican party, Bowen Greenwood discusses the Party platform, including its call to make homosexuality a crime.
Executive Director of Montana Democratic party, Carol Williams discusses the party platform.
Montana State University President Dr. Waded Cruzado discusses the historic role of land grant colleges in developing the West, and current challenges.
Bill Milton -Zen Rancher of the Mussellshell-discusses now he brings people together to solve rural problems.
Doug Chadwick has the enviable job of writing about wild species - bears, whales, wolverines -- in some of the world's most beautiful places.
2005 interview with late Bud Moore - forest steward for 50 years and pioneer of "ecosystem management".
Clockmaker/Repairman Evan Smalley collects and repairs old clocks, and owns about 3,000 of them.
Denver Holt of Charlo's Owl Research Institute discusses owls: why humans are so interested in them, and why they matter.
Businessman Mike Geary dropped everything to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Wanda. And he's just back from Kuwait where he worked with the Red Cross helping US troops. Why does he do it?
For 20 years, despite natural tensions between their interests, folks living, working and recreating in the Blackfoot Valley have found common ground. What’s Their Secret?
Friday Special- 2009 Governor’s Humanities Award recipient Brian Kahn, Host of Home Ground Radio (interview 1)
Local citizens speak out at Presidents Obama’s Town Hall meeting in Bozeman.
Senator Max Baucus gives us an update on healthcare reform proposals; lee Newspaper’s Mike Dennison comments.
Dr. Tom Weiner, oncologist, discusses aspects of cancer care.
Butte, America documentary
MacDonald Pass forest fire and the community response to its threat.
Clayton Kirk was home schooled on a Montana ranch, attended public high school. At age 21, after three years of college, he looks back on the pluses and minuses of his experience. You'll be impressed.
The Parrot, Helena's landmark family-owned confectionery store.
Donna Worth of Whitehall Community Library and Alice Meister of Bozeman Public Library discuss how Montana libraries are dealing with the digital information age.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Steve Running of the Univ. of Montana discusses climate change in North America.
National health care is a hot political issue during this primary season, but Dr. Ken Egan of Helena fears something bigger: a healthcare meltdown.
Montana National Guardsman Chris Dana committed suicide on returning from Iraq. The tragedy casued an outcry, and has led to major changes in how the Guard helps Montana veterans.
Should we have the Right to Die? Terminally-ill Livignston resident Steve Stoelb says all Montanan’s should have this choice.
In the aftermath of major felonies committed by MSU and UM athletes, MSU Athletic Director Peter Fields discusses the pressured world of intercollegiate athletics.
A man of sophistication and faith, this renowned guide discusses what he teaches clients on the stream.
Three women detectives in the Missoula Police Department discuss the realities of working in one the last bastions of the “man’s world”.
The newest Montana Supreme Court Justice (and former clerk to US --Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist) discusses his personal and judicial philosophy.
The Fourth of July Parade in Butte has been famous for generations. What do today's citizens think about the significance of Independence Day, and the underlying principles of the Declaration of Independence? Home Ground interviews parade participants.
Former US Forest Service Chief discusses his 41 years with the agency and its challenges.
Representatives of the Montana Food Network discusses the hard truths of hunger in Montana, and the likelihood thigs will get worse.
Attorney General Mike McGrath: Candidate for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court discusses his views and personal and judicial philosophy.
The Attorney General is Montana’s top legal office. Tim Fox, Republican candidate for the position discusses his qualifications for the job.
A Hiroshima survivor, and the director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum discuss the gravity of nuclear war.
Historian Clay Jenkinson simultaneously assumes the characters of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton to debate their differing philosophies.
Historian John Board discusses America's (and Montana's) first woman member of Congress.
Incumbent Congressman Rehburg (R) discusses the same issues.
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate discusses the same issues.
Renowned paleontologist, Dr. Horner, discusses what led him to his field of study, his research and writing, and "intelligent design."
U.S. Senator Burns discusses the Abramoff scandal, lobbying, entitlement programs and the federal deficit.
Montana Supreme Court Justice Cotter, and high school science teacher, Tom Pederson, discuss recent federal court ruling prohibiting the teaching of intelligent design in the classroom.
Governor Schweitzer talks about his first 15 months in office.
Valerie Hemingway discusses meeting Ernest Hemingway at age 19 and his strong impact on her life.
#2 official in Department of Interior defends the agency against its own Inspector General's charges of cronyism and incompetence.
State Senator Carol Juneau and Chris Losie, researcher for the Office Instruction, discuss the major academic performance gap between Native American students and other Montana students.
The Republican Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives discusses his views as an “outspoken conservative”.
87-year old farmer and rancher discusses the realities of agricultural life-from the 1920s when her mother sewed her clothes from flour sacks, to the present day.
Federal Communications Commissioner discusses the controversy surrounding FCC rules controlling media consolidation, and the implications for rural communities.
Jazz vocalist and trombone player, discusses her Montana roots, musical career and the challenges of being a white woman in an African American tradition.
Attorney, Bill Mercer, and Tony Gallagher, Executive Director of the Federal Defenders of Montana, disagree about the Patriot Act's potential threat to civil liberties.
Two women serving prison sentences for methamphetamine use discuss what lead them to their addiction.
97 year old Montanan, Elsie Fox, discusses her early years in eastern Montana and the origins of her feminism and radical politics.
Helena High School students travel to Ukraine to interview WWII Eastern Front veterans - and learn about a different kind of war.
Dr. Jack Horner The famous paleontologist discusses his learning disabilities, career and offers a critique of "intelligent design" as classroom science.
Judge John Harrison At 92, Judge Harrison discusses the Montana he knew-the Ku Klux Klan in Lewistown, bribery of jurors, prostitution - and his 34 years on the MT Supreme Court.
The photographer and author of a new book discuss Montana's historic bridges, and the critical role they played in uniting communities and connecting the state.
Eminent environmental historian advocates the preservation of wilderness but argues that it is how we regard the working landscape, including cities, that will determine the viability of our environmental future.
Vietnam combat nurse and founder and president of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, talks about her experiences as a nurse during the height of that war and how her views were profoundly altered by her tour of duty.
State Representative and candidate for the Montana Supreme Court, Younkin discusses her views on Montana's Constitution and judicial activism.
State Representative and candidate for the Montana Supreme Court, Younkin discusses her views on Montana's Constitution and judicial activism.
The Montana Supreme Court Justice discusses personal and professional aspects of his eight years on the Court.
President of American Chemet Company tells the fascinating story of this family-owned company that provides the world with premium metal oxides.
Ted Turner discusses bison, cattle, endangered species and his own learning curve.
Republican State Senator and farmer John Cobb denounces the Martz administration's cuts to social services and argues it is irresponsible to not help those who cannot help themselves.
Exonerated from a crime he didn't commit, Jim Bromgard discusses the events that lead up to his conviction, his prison time and the DNA testing that gave him his freedom.
Master bamboo rod builder, Glenn Bracket, talks about the long tradition of the craft, its history and lore.
President of University of Montana
Bayern Brewery Jurgen Knoller, master brewer and owner of Bayern Brewery in Missoula, Montana discusses how he came to be a brewmeister, the training involved, the process of beer making and the joys and sorrows of operating a business in Montana.
Former Montana governor, Marc Racicot, presently Chairman of the Republican National Committee discusses his views on capital punishment, affirmative action and the role of big money in Washington politics.
Marilyn Wessel, Dean and Director of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, discusses the inner workings of the museum, its importance in the lives of Montanans and all Americans and its ambitious future goals.
Professor of Philosophy at Montana State University, rye the relevance and impact of philosophical ideas upon our contemporary lives.
#1 Curator of the Plains Indian Museum of BBHC talks about the reinterpretation of the collection.
Wing Commander of Malstrom Air Force Base, re: Air Force culture, recruiting, dissolution of the Warsaw Pact/USSR and its impact on US nuclear policy, his views on nuclear deterrent and nuclear defense.
Retired Rear Admiral of the Navy’s Sixth Fleet speaks out against the development of a nuclear missile defense system and the dangers of terrorism. (Recorded just prior to the terror attacks on New York and Washington).
Trout Unlimited and Montana rancher sign historic water leasing agreement to keep water in streams for fish/wildlife.
Retired Deputy Director of the Montana Dept. of Fish and Game and the first Director of Environmental Quality, Mr. Newby reflects upon his life in conservation and game management and reviews what has changed in matters of policy and why.
Karla Gray the Montana Supreme Court, Justice Gray discusses the importance of our national and state constitutions and her duty to ensure the protection of individual rights and liberties.
MSU Prof. Gordon Brittan discusses the relevance of Immanuel Kant's philosophy to the world of today.
Cindy Peterson discusses the realities of raising a severely mentally disabled child.
Rancher/legislator/Freeman negotiator.
Bob Gannon, President of Montana Power Company.
John Varley, Director of the Yellowstone Center for Resources; Jim Hagenbarth, Yellowstone area rancher; Tim Swanson, Chairman of the Board of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition.
Michael Umphrey, Director of Montana Heritage Project; Renee Rasmussen, Chester High School; Sarah Reeve, St. Ignatius Middle School.
Virginia Marion, mother of four and welfare recipient; Terri Olsen, welfare caseworker.
Historian and Author.
Stephen Ambrose interview Part II.
Founding member of the Northern Plains Resource Council.
Former Senate Majority Leader.
Philanthropist, founder of the Meadowlark Fund.
Rancher and Artist.
Author of the book Dead Man Walking and anti-death penalty activist.
2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage in Montana. How did Montana's non-native women win the right to vote from an all-male legislature, six years before equal suffrage was achieved nationwide? Martha Kohl, historical specialist with the Montana Historical Society, details the strategies, struggles, and unexpected outcomes (think women bootleggers) of suffrage.
For centuries history has been written through men's eyes. So we don't hear much about what women have done. A welcome exception is a terrific new book. "Beyond Schoolmarms and Madames" tells what Montana's women did to build our state. Brian Kahn speaks with Annie Hanshew and Laura Ferguson, two of the members of the Montana Historical Society Women's History Matters Committee.
Jeanine Pretty-On-Top, Avis Three Irons, Randy Falls Down, all from Little Bighorn College.
Jeanine Pretty-On-Top, Avis Three Irons, Randy Falls Down.
For the richest society in history, hunger is an awkward reality. Ann Waickman, with 13 years as director of Helena Foodshare, knows.
Like almost immigrants to the West, Anne Kania brought enthusiasm, experience, the richness of another culture, and hope for a better life. She also brought a stunning voice.
Across the past 60 years we've become used to consumer culture a world defined by "stuff," Annie Leonard has never gotten used to it and argues forcefully it is a dead end.
Director of Helena's Myrna Loy Center.
Imagine—you’re one of the five who’ll decide if Montana buys back our Hydro electric dams . . . what facts do you consider? What decision do you reach? Meet Bill Gallagher. He’s chairman of the Public Service Commission.
What does it take to be an 'anchor store' one that brings folks in, helping businesses on a whole block? Someone like Billie Shepard knows.
Timber companies, conservationist and motorized users come to agreement on vital national forest stewardship issues. will our congressional delegation support them?
Rural hospitals are appropriately held to high standards of service and care, and Townsend’s Broadwater Health Center was ordered closed last July by the Montana Department of Health. Faced with significant management and financial hurdles, it looked as though the care facility might never re open. Then the community spoke.
Brucellosis has appeared in bison, cattle and elk near Yellowstone Park—getting ranchers, hunters, and conservationists really upset. Meanwhile, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists do in depth research they hope will lead to common ground.
An earnest, urban raised youth takes a job as a Montana ranch hand, tending cattle in wolf country. Bryce Andrews’ new book describes with full honesty the hard work and hard choices that all of us can learn from.
Curbing carbon emissions is guaranteed to generate serious concern and opposition. Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality has started an analysis and community dialogue. The first meeting was in Colstrip.
Executive Director of the Montana Democratic Party, Carol Williams discusses the party platform.
Your 19th century forebears settled in Montana and as a child you were enthralled by the stories they handed down. But your life as a lawyer has created a deep divide. To try to resolve it, you've written a novel. Meet Carrie La Seur.
The ranch has been in the family for well over a hundred years. What lessons have been learned along the way what ethics instilled? 4th generation rancher Chase Hibbard, tells us.
Your wife’s birthday dinner at Fort Benton was truly unusual, truly fine. The chef came by the table, a highly interesting man. Meet Ben Thorpe, the Grand Union Hotel’s head chef.
Not talking about sexual abuse of children won’t make it disappear it’s a global problem, and, yes, it happens here in Montana. It’s a global problem, and, yes, it happens here in Montana.
Kate Mrgudic, MT Family Preservation Dept. Fred Fisher, Casey Family Program Andrea Shorter, Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice. 2014 Jamie Williams
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution has a sacred guarantee: A fair trial by an impartial jury. A strong case is being made that did not happen in the case of the Cuban 5, convicted 14 years ago of conspiracy to commit espionage. Four of the five are still in prison. The case has major implications, possibly holding the key to a sea change in US Cuba relations.
We all hate taxes. Yet without them, we’d have no public schools, roads, social security, Medicare, police, public lands, and yes, even sewers! Since we need them, who should pay? Dan Bucks, recently retired head of Montana’s Department of Revenue, has strong views.
We humans build boundaries, fences and walls. Sometimes they’re political, like the Longstanding American embargo of the island nation of Cuba. But the natural world has other ideas, and the birds, fish and yes, oil spills connect our two countries. Dan Whittle, of the Environmental Defense Fund knows.
Center for Responsive Politics—Dave Levinthal, Washington D.C. tracks the influence of money in politics.
A political pro discusses the real world of political consulting.
Montana author, discusses his book, Song of the Dodo.
Executive Secretary of Montana AFL/CIO.
“Farmer” and “union” don’t seem to go together. Farmers live on the land, grow food and take pride in independence. A “union” is an organization of people pursuing joint interests. So just what is a “farmers union”? Doris Bishop knows. She’s been a member of one for 70 years.
Webster’s defines reason as justification or support with logical deduction. We humans are good at it. We also have passion: intense, driving emotion. In relation to the natural world, writer Doug Chadwick displays both. But when it comes to the near extinct bears of the Gobi Desert, well—passion takes over.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wolf Recovery Coordinator.
What happens when our consumer culture collides with traditional people and the natural world that they—and we—depend on? Veteran TIME magazine reporter, Eugene Linden, has written a book addressing that question.
The Forest Service owns a lot of land in the West, including 16 millions acres of Montana. As Regional Forester, Fay Krueger is responsible for the care of that land, and has strong views on how to do the job.
Idealistic young Americans devote a year to helping others--in this case, to team up to grow their own food.
Fort Benton’s Grand Union Hotel was built in the 1880s, in the glory days of Missouri River steamboats. Fifteen years ago, the Gagnon family decided to restore its splendor. It turned out to be quite a job!
It’s 1848 and you’re heading 2,200miles up the Missouri River—literally pulling the boat upstream. Finally, you arrive at your destination—a fur trading post, Fort Benton, Montana. You’re in for a surprise.
Fracking can hugely increase oil and gas yield from rock formations. What, if any, are the risks? Here both sides. KD Feeback and Derf Anderson.
Seattle author Frances McCue discusses her book on the controversial poetry of Richard Hugo.
Domestic violence—two words. And behind those words are damaged human lives. The bad news is we have our share. The good news is there are good places with good people where victims can get help, and hope.
Descendent of pioneer ranchers, Gene Etchart, recounts his life with his Basque parents on Montana’s high plains.
Gene Etchart tells of his early interest in air flight, his learning how to fly, and his role in preparing American pilots for combat in WWII.
UM President George Dennison discusses changes he’s seen in his 20 years as president of the University of Montana.
Senior Curator of the Yellowstone Art Center.
Governor Bullock looks back on his first two years in office – and ahead to the 2016 legislature.
Governor of Montana.
For decades the Greater Yellowstone Coalition has fought to prevent government and private sector practices it felt threatened grizzly bears. Now, with the great bear rebounding, can GYC shift gears and work cooperatively with those it once fought?
You and your wife started a hi tech business in a spare Bozeman bedroom and sold it for $1.8 billion. What do you do now? If you're Greg Gianforte, you start a family foundation that promotes hi tech entrepreneurs and Christian causes.
Why does a bright and talented young man choose work as editor of the Madisonian, Montana’s oldest weekly newspaper? In a word, he cares.
Native Montanan and gay filmmaker Gregory Hinton discusses the realities of “coming out” in the rural west.
In Havana, I expected an interesting interview with the top official in Cuban conservation. What happened was something else – something remarkable.
Seasoned journalist, Gwen Florio, discusses her years with the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Denver Post and why she now enjoys reporting for the Great Falls Tribune.
Defenders of Wildlife Northern Rockies Field Representative.
When we say “higher education”, we usually think of 4 year schools – and overlook something highly important. Among other things, our 2 year colleges offer technical training in highly important skills – and a path to personal confidence and achievement.
Hitler’s 1941 invasion of Russia until the Nazi surrender in ’45, she served as a Red Army medic. She lived through Hell, and survived. At 94, Yedika Ivanonva tells her story.
When bureaucracy stumps us, what do we do? Often, we call the office of an elected official, hoping that the person who picks up the phone can make something good happen. Holly Luck does just that.
Big money is pouring into judges' elections. So how would you feel if the judge deciding your case had received $3.5 million from your opponent? Hugh Caperton knows.
A new academic department, founded at Helena’s Carroll College, explores and studies the ancient, deep bond between human and animal species.
Fifty years ago, Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Protection Act, and for the following half century, the Wilderness Society has been working to have selected lands enjoy its protection. Times change, and former Montanan Jamie Williams is TWS’s new President. There is new thinking, and some of it may surprise you.
Internist Dr. Jay Larson explains why there is a crisis in Primary Care Medicine.
Would you want a job where you are routinely blamed for too many, and too few, deer and elk, too many and too few wolves, for restricting oil and gas development, and for allowing too much of it? Jeff Hagener has that terrific job: He’s Director of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.
Ranchers pride themselves on independence. But the Laszlo family—long time Madison Valley ranchers—decided to try a collaborative wetlands project involving conservation groups, and yes, the government.
Hemingway scholar Jeffrey Meyers discusses the variation between the writing life and the personal life of the famous writer.
For more than 15 years, Joanne Berghold has traveled Montana’s back roads, photographing small town rodeos and open landscapes and deserted buildings. And she’s got two books to prove it. Meet her, on Home Ground.
Former Montana broadcasting mogul, current philanthropist.
Commercial logging has been controversial for decades and Julia Altemus, the new executive director of the Montana Wood Products Association, has seen the battle from many angles.
Pretty much all of us believe in our Constitutional Rights – but would have trouble naming exactly what they are. And what happens when our rights conflict? Supreme Court Justice Beth Baker’s job is to know our rights in depth, and when they come in conflict, to make the call.
Perhaps the most interesting statewide Montana election is for a seat on our Supreme Court. Whoever wins will help decide your constitutional rights. And this year, something unusual is going on.
Eastern MT writer, Karen Stevenson, talks about her new book, Elsie Fox: Portrait of an Activist and the major influence that Ms. Fox, early feminist and long time member of the Communist Party, had on her life.
Kit Fischer was not satisfied with his post college life as a "ski bum" so he joined the Peace Corps and worked for two years in Africa. What did he learn about himself and the world?
"Sexual Deviancy" Statute. Linda Gryczan, lesbian businesswoman in Helena.
I picked up the newspaper and saw a picture of Linda Gryczan getting married. And knew it was history, being made.
Why would University of Montana graduate Lorin Granger want an internship at the United States Holocaust Museum? And what did he learn?
The public's elk graze partly on private land, creating tension. How is it resolved?
New York based art critic with Montana roots by way of his family’s multi generational Montana ranch.
Director of Yellowstone Public Radio.
Marvin Granger, recipient of the Governor’s Award.
Publisher of the Missoula Independent.
Senator Max Baucus
More than 50 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare and Social Security. Both face serious financial problems. David Centner, AARP’s head of legislative policy, has some ideas.
The Center for Mental Health and Montana’s police departments is teaming up to deescalate crisis situations.
Guide and outfitter, Lewis and Clark Expeditions.
Jefferson's first inaugural called for "Exact and Equal Justice for All men". How are we doing?
Mayor Joe Whalen, former mayor of Miles City, MT, and bookstore owner, talks about the realities of local politics and the importance of literature and community dialogue to a functioning democracy.
There is more to the Buttercup Market and Café than meets the eye: A great slice of Montana history.
When a teenager gets headed down the wrong path, what can be done to turn things around? For some, it’s the Montana Youth Challenge.
Montana’s hawks, owls and eagles get injured by cars, bullets, electric lines. The Montana Raptor Conservation Center works to heal them, and return them to the wild.
There is just something special about frogs! And when kids meet frogs at the Museum of the Rockies terrific frog exhibition, good things happen.
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The 75 million year old Pallid Sturgeon is on the verge of disappearing. What is Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks doing about it?
Our prison populations are exploding, and most former inmates end up back in jail. Can anything be done to help former felons stay straight? Billings’ Passages Program says yes. They teach women inmates to be chefs. Meet two of them on Home Ground.
Former Democratic Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Former Democratic Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Artist and rancher.
Paul Ringling’s grandfather was one of five brothers, who established the Ringling Brothers Circus, and he is from Ringling, Montana.
Associate Director of FREE, a Bozeman based Libertarian think tank, discusses the virtues and limits of free markets.
The U.S. Forest Service and State of Montana haven’t always gotten along. They have different mandates, different experience and turf. But a pioneering new cooperative agreement is changing that.
Christine Amundson describes what living in poverty as a working mother is like.
Linda Cladis, volunteer, Lisa, inmate and mother.
Professor Lee discusses the relevance of Shakespeare's writing to modern times.
When we say “health.” we tend to think of mine, or yours – one person. But there’s another kind – the public health. And within Montana state government, there are serious folks working to improve it.
At the height of the 2008 recession, Pyramid is the main employer in Seeley Lake. Fresh from a meeting with the townspeople, executives discuss their plans to survive.
David Quammen discusses his book,
The concept of Justice in the Preamble of the US Constitution includes getting a fair trial under fair rules of court and receiving and just sentence. Another concept of justice called Restorative Justice is an alternative to a sentence of punishment.
Modern life reflects progress, correct? Author Richard Manning argues that in a lot of ways, it does not.
Former Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana.
Last year, former Kentucky farm boy Robert Bonnie was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment. That job matters—it oversees the U.S. Forest Service. Hear what he has to say on climate change, forest fires and finding common ground.
Director of the Helena Airport.
Our world is changing with accelerating speed, as knowledge, technology, economic structures and human beings interact. With such rapid change, does higher education still matter? Can it help a young person navigate, succeed? Can it help us all? University of Montana President Royce Engstrom says yes.
Artist, publisher and restaurateur.
The Department of Agriculture has launched an ambitious collaborative effort with ranchers to impact this increasingly rare bird.
In the post 9/11 world, the FBI is charged with preventing attacks, investigating crime, and protecting Constitutional rights a tough job. Hear what FBI Special agent Scott Cruse has to say.
Last week we talked about the ugly truth of sexual abuse of children and child sex trafficking. This week, we’ll discuss the possibility of constructive action.
Part 2 of our series on mental illness in children: How do you get through to a suicidal child and help her turn her life around? Shodair Children’s Hospital does just that.
Long active in Democratic politics, Sid Armstrong works equally well across political lines. How does she do it? In the answer to that lies the essence of our Montana community.
How do you compete with box stores and web-based suppliers? Ed Beall, owner of Capitol Sports, knows.
In athletics, we value winning above all else. But that’s not true in the Special Olympics. In this competition, the human experience is everything—and we all win.
You were born and grew up in the segregated South – the force of law and violence separating the races. But as a child, you knew it was wrong. How did that affect your life? Meet Stephen Huganir.
You were a typically self absorbed teen, became a lawyer, working in high level politics, law and high level philanthropy. What caused the shift from self focus to citizenship, and what have you learned along the way? Meet Steve Browning.
Law professor at George Mason, he has written extensively on property rights, takings, and land use planning.
Journalist and Author.
Ted Turner has blazed his own trail, his way. Todd Wilkinson's new book, LAST STAND, goes behind the scenes and reveals how and why. And it documents a remarkable transition in Ted's thinking.
Wyoming rancher, VP Wyoming Farm Bureau.
Getting through the University of Montana is tough enough without taking on extra work. So why are students getting involved in the fight against climate change – and what are they accomplishing?
What is it like to be unemployed, with family needs and financial obligations? These folks tell us.
How would you like your child to experience another culture, another country, in depth? Visions Service Adventures does that having young people work in foreign lands with local people building a health clinic, a community garden or a schoolhouse. For some, it's a life changing experience.
Rancher and cowboy poet.
Attorney representing mining interests.
In Montana's Great Plains, there's less than 12 inches of rain a year. Soil erosion and non-native grasses are major threasts. Amazingly, major conservation groups and cattlemen agree: well-managed grazing can help.
Your grandfather homesteaded near Terry, Montana in 1910. Your parents took over the ranch in the 50's, you and your wife in the 80's -- one of only 5 of the original 250 families still here, you've just won a national environmental grazing stewardship award.
Doug Chadwick has the enviable job of writing about wild species—bears, whales, wolverines—in some of the world’s most beautiful places.
Endangered Species Act. Hank Fischer, Defenders of Wildlife Dick Knox, Rancher/legislator Dick Mark, Montana FWP.
State Director of the Montana Nature Conservancy.
A CAREER IN THE GUARD What is the oldest branch of the U.S. Military? The army? The navy? No, it’s the national guard founded 1636, 140 years before our declaration of independence. Adjutant General Gene Prendergast knows that. He served in the Montana guard for 47 years. It is a career marked by innovation, commitment, and creativity.
HACKING Our constitution gives us the right of privacy, yet someone is monitoring our computer communications. In that lies real danger. Adrian Cohea knows.
ALBINI WINES What’s in a bottle of wine? At its best, thousands of years of human knowledge combined with some of the best flavors the earth can produce. Meet Don Albini, artisanal winemaker.
Think about what qualities it takes to be an effective international diplomat. For the Czech Smbassador to the United States, a sense of humor is high on the list.
In many fields specialists work hard, but often don't cooperate with others. This has long been the case in Indian healthcare... OO and off the reservation. Tressie white is working to change that.
The American prairie reserve represents a hope to some and a threat to others. Can the gap be bridged?
Attorney General Tim Fox puts it directly: we face a drug abuse epidemic, a crisis of the first order. Hear what he has to say.
Bamboo fly rods are old-fashioned, obsolete. So why do folks pay thousands of dollars to buy one, and refuse to fish with anything else?
Beavers cut down trees and build dams wherever they want. Can we improve the odds that what works for beavers works for us??
You're a conservative republican congressman from South Carolina who becomes convinced climate change is real. You have faith in markets and propose a carbon tax -- challenged in the primary, you lose. What now? Meet Bob Inglis.
A legislative committee has voted to cut senior care by $26 million a year. With federal matching funds that comes to more than $75 million. What impact will that have?
Why would a professional musician go against the grain, releasing an album where all the songs are played on a 90’s generation acoustic guitar?? That’s 1890s.
What do cattle, bison, elk and humans have in common? We all can contract and spread brucellosis, a potentially lethal disease.
We depend for our lives on clean water, clean air, minerals, wood and fertile soil. In using those parts of our earth, we impact the whole. We need to be careful, but how? Good science plus the ground-truthed knowledge of local folks!
The founders of our nation placed a great deal of trust in the role of a free press as the key to maintaining informed public opinion. Chuck Johnson, a professional newspaper reporter for 44 years, is in a good position to say how we’re doing.
In our hyper-speed, changing world it can be hard to develop discipline and core moral values. But some are able to do it. Meet Carroll College senior Cierra Powell.
Montana’s crown guitar festival changes peoples.
Our national forests play a major economic, ecological and recreational role in the nation and in the American west. They comprise roughly 200 million acres of wild lands – and invisible part of America’s landscape. Meet Dale Bosworth, former chief of the us forest service on hg.
A Montana ranch kid is fascinated by birds, an interest that determines the direction of his life—military pilot and eventually aide to one of the most powerful people in government.
Dark money is a remarkable film that tells a grim and inspiring story of secret donations in Montana elections and the determined citizens who turned on the lights.
Due to recently developed technology, our children learn differently than at any time in human history. Good news or bad?
If i were asked just what Montana’s department of environmental quality does, my answer would be….. Well… ugh… it must have something to do with protecting the environment. DEQ’s Paul Lavigne and Autumn Coleman and Rob Roberts of trout unlimited are about to tell us.
Our nation ranks first in the world in medical research, a major achievement. And most of the cutting edge work that makes miracle drugs possible is done by our universities—like mt state university in bozeman.
The bow and arrow are ancient—roughly 18,000 years old. So why would a young women, with literally hundreds of other recreational options to choose from, decide to learn to shoot one?
Eileen Morris has spent almost her entire 86 years in billings. That's enabled her to see with exceptional clarity what has changed in women's social and economic roles and rights, and why.
Montana’s great plains get less than 12 inches of rain a year. Soil erosion and non-native grasses are major threats. Amazingly, major conservation groups and cattlemen agree: well-managed grazing can help
One of his parents was Irish, the other Blackfeet. Like other indians, he has struggled to find his identity in a world turned upside down. Now he’s chairman of the Blackfeet tribal council. He’s Harry Barnes.
The political talk is all about health care insurance--but it avoids more basic questions: why is our medical system by far the world’s most expensive? And why, in critical areas, are we getting poorer care?
Helena industries helps disabled Montanans find jobs around the state. They depend in part on state funding and unless agreement is reached on Montana's budget, some of their key programs may disappear.
We who have homes rarely speak with those who don’t. What are their lives like, their stories? Meet Lorenzo, long-time citizen of Billings.
Ballot measure i-185 would increase the tax on tobacco use to help pay for health care for 100,000 low-income Montanans. Good idea or bad?
State Director of the Montana Nature Conservancy.
A Unique Electrician Training Program– A Partnership Between The Union And Contractors--Virtually Assures An Interesting Job At A Very Good Wage.
You’re 14 years old and get on a train of cattle cars jammed with people. When it stops, you and the other passengers are herded out. You have arrived at Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp, its facilities capable of murdering 10,000 human beings each day. Meet Irving Roth.
Visualize a drug addict—what images come to mind? Inner-city after dark? Back alley? Money and small packages changing hands. Later, a needle in an arm, the plunger coming slowly down. That was and remains common. But there is a lot that’s new, and it’s not good news.
You came to Montana in 1953, to play bobcat football. Something about the big sky moved you. For almost 60 years since, you devoted your life to trying to protect key parts of it. Meet Jim Posewitz.
Jim Weber teaches ‘the work ethic’ in high school. What good are skills without the right attitude?
An innovative program available to Montana high schools engages students in their communities and teaches them the skills to obtain good-paying jobs.
Driving through Montana’s vast fields of grass, wheat and barley, the landscape looks unchanged. But in the last 60 years a lot has--rippling through the state, altering how we Montanans relate to each other. Farmer Joe Perry knows.
Or, even--to devote one’s working life to participate in its operation? And if you do that—how do you pursue it, and why?
Young Montanans hope for rewarding, good-paying jobs, but what do they see? Radical changes in technology and a shifting global economy. So how can they pursue education with confidence? In part because our universities and department of labor are new partners in creating work-based learning for long-term high-demand occupations.
The wilderness act became law in 1964, enabling congress to set aside “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” Few remember the days when timber mill unions and conservationists developed wilderness proposals and took them to congress. John Gatchell does.
Hear part 2 of the 50-year saga of wilderness in Montana.
The chances are extremely high that the food you ate this morning came from a farm. John Youngberg knows something about that. Now their executive vice president, he's worked for the Montana farm bureau federation for 24 years.
There is a contested election for the seat of justice of the Montana supreme court. District court Judge Dirk Sandefer is one of the candidates.
Law enforcement has long failed to live up to our nation’s commitment to human equality by discriminating against women and minorities in hiring. That’s changing. Kqyn Kuka, a woman and Blackfeet is a Montana game warden.
When you’re wheeled into the hospital’s intensive care unit, you need the best in medical care. What are your chances of getting it?
This year they’re two candidates for a seat on the Montana supreme court. Kristen Juras, adjunct professor at the University of Montana Law School, is one.
Kurt alt has experience on 5 continents with how people try to achieve wildlife conservation.
Since Teddy Roosevelt's time, there've been a fair number of hunting and angling organizations active in wildlife conservation. And if you pursue that passion in big, wild country, there's one designed for people like you. Backcountry hunters and anglers.
You often need a lawyer to get justice. But only 20% of Americans have one. The Montana and American Bar Associations are trying to do something about that.
The roundtable on the crown of the continent attempts to provide stewardship to 18 million acres—by connecting people, cultures, communities and conservation. Lea Whitford, Blackfeet tribal member and Montana’s state senator, is part of that process.
The hot seat in Montana in the us forest service belongs to newly appointed regional forester Leanne Marten. Meet her on home ground.
Since our species evolved some 200 million years ago, we’ve eaten what we could find—whether meat or plants. But with 7 billion people on the planet, the climate changing, and animals raised in factory farms, vegans say, that if we have a choice, eating meat is morally wrong.
Food banks provide free food to those who need it. But why do they need it? Former corporate executive mike McCormick decided to find out. Now the Livingston food bank trains clients to be chefs, helps them start businesses and links them up with living-wage jobs.
The environmental and economic consequences of burning coal for energy are the subject of international focus. Left out of the discussion are the people who work coal, and what will happen to them.
You’re recently out of school; need an entry level job and get one with a lube shop. You expect fair wages and working conditions. What you don’t expect is help with your future—, setting goals, housing, or higher education. But you get that—and more, at master lube.
Montana and Gary, Indiana have something in common: high levels of poverty and elected leaders trying to do something about it.
Without water, we perish. For 30 years, the confederated Salish Kootenai tribes and the state of Montana have disagreed about tribal water right claims. But his year the legislature approved a comprehensive agreement. Melissa Hornbein was one of the lead attorneys in the negotiations.
The last election showed sharp divisions in our nation. But in Montana, folks are working with each other to expand common ground. The newly formed Montana forest collaboration network is a prime example.
How did 86,000 more Montanans get free health insurance in the last 2 years??
What’s the connection between liking folk music and the people who make it, trying to convince landowners to allow public hunting and fishing, and supervising game wardens??
When the law is broken, law enforcement and the courts step in and lawbreakers often end up in jail or on probation. All this takes time and is very expensive, and the system can only handle so much. According to chief justice Mike McGrath, many of our courts have passed the limit.
#4 in our series on the 2nd amendment and reducing gun violence: ‘moms demand action’ leader Kiely Lammers calls for universal background checks and community-based discussion of the issues.
Our state is facing a substance abuse crisis, and the Montana healthcare foundation is play in a vital role in fighting it.
We get home on a bitter winter day, flip a switch and the lights and heat come on. We take it for granted, but we should not. Dedicated, hard-working people make it happen.
For thousands of years human beings have been captivated by owls. 30 years ago, Denver Holt launched the institute. Last year, 11.5 million viewers worldwide visited their website.
Most of us are not aware of it, but the beef we buy today is very different than it used to be. What's changed?
Penelope pierce is a lawyer, and has worked in land and wildlife conservation in Wyoming, Costa Rica, Canada and Montana. Now she’s director of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. What has she learned along the way?
You grew up on the crow reservation, wanting to be an architect. But hardship intervened and you became a welder. Now speaker of the legislative branch of government, you're looking to break the tribal economy's cycle of poverty. Meet Senator Knute Old Crow.
The 3rd in Home Ground's series on the second amendment: Randy Yaeger, firearms safety instructor, shares his experience and views.
For nearly 40 years Ray Kuntz has been involved in commercial trucking. He built a national company operating from Montana, and worked for driver safety and major reductions in exhaust pollution. And as a citizen, he’s stayed engaged on issues ranging from reducing roadside fatalities to fighting mental illness.
The united states has 5% of world's population, but 25% of its prison inmates. It costs $80 billion to just run the prisons. When you add lost wages and other community impacts, we’re looking at $1 trillion a year. Can anything be done to turn things around? Reginald Michael, new director of corrections, says yes.
Private enterprises use advertising to promote what they do. For government agencies, that’s generally forbidden. So we know very little about what public employees do, or it’s worth the money. That creates fertile ground for barroom experts and politicians to take potshots at them. Rich Bechtel’s seen a lot in 40 years in government—and what it takes to make it work.
We depend on the earth’s resources for our survival. So—what do we use and how, and what do we protect? Richard Janssen has some views: he directs the Salish Kootenai Department of Natural Resources.
A thousand times a day we’re told we can have happiness and meaning by buying a miraculous technological toy. Yet for our 200,00o years on earth we have found those things through other means. Like climbing rocks.
The sage grouse ranges across millions of acres in the arid west, numbering in the tens of millions, before their population crashed. With the feds considering listing the bird as endangered, the governor appointed traditional opponents-- oil and gas, agriculture, and conservationists—to work together to save the bird.
For 42 years she taught our kids, mainly kindergarten and first grade. She cared for them and they enriched her life. And yes, along the way she learned what it takes to help young minds flower.
Visual art tends to be viewed as an activity focused on private pleasure, not public dialogue. But in parts of the world wracked by violence—like Syria and Palestine, paintings and drawings public places can stimulate healing community dialogue. Samantha Robison knows. Meet her on Home Ground.
A new corporation buys a 40 year-old talc mill-and decides to reduce costs of its longstanding labor contract. The results? Lockout!
You’re a woman who worked in the woods and couldn’t find clothes that fit—they were all made for men. So you decided to do something about it—and founded Red Ants Pants in White Sulphur Springs. Meet Sarah Calhoun.
Is it really possible to operate a productive 1,200-acre Montana farm, provide free hunting and fishing access, enhance wildlife habitat and offer hands-on education to local school kids?? If you’re the Teller Wildlife Refuge in the Bitterroot, the answer’s “yes”!
For 28 years, this highly innovative Bozeman program has been helping kids—and their parents.
Last week we discussed Thrive’s highly innovative parent liaison program. Now we’re going to talk about their child advancement project which involves more than 600 volunteer mentors in Bozeman.
You came to Montana in 1975 in your pick-up carrying all you owned—and $1,000. You figured to start a construction company. Today you’re still at it, but now your team of 775 works around the world, on highly sophisticated projects, including power transmission, dams and subway tunnels.
Tom Brokaw shares his view on distrusted media and the urban rural divide.
USFS International Conference: what’s the connection between poachers killing African elephants and promoting tourism in Seeley lake, Montana? You’ll have to listen to the show to find out.
Why in the world would a timber executive and a wilderness advocate decide to form a partnership?
For 20 years you were CEO of the world’s largest privately-held company—Cargill. What did you learn along the way?
3 students discuss their participation in the anti-gun violence movement.
If you asked me a week ago what the YWCA – or Young Women’s Christian Organization, does, I’d have said “darned if I know.” But then I attended a YWCA breakfast in Helena of roughly 800 people. I looked, listened and learned: they’re changing people’s lives.