Author: rpalma
Question: When the Lewis and Clark expedition spent one entire day trying to capture a live prairie dog to be sent back to Washington, how did they finally make the catch? Answer: By forming a bucket brigade and pouring water down its hole until it was flushed out – it survived the […]
Source: Missoulian Picture compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos The mountain pine beetle epidemic worrying Montana’s timber industry has literally turned explosive in Canada. Extra-dry sawdust from milling beetle-killed logs is the prime suspect in two fatal British Columbia sawmill explosions this year. Mills there now face whopping insurance rate increases, prompting at least one […]
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Picture compliments of: Big Sky Country Photo’s Question: How many states have a larger population of elk than Montana? Answer: None. There are an estimated 150,000 elk in the state
Source: The Daily Sentinel Picture compliments of : Big Sky Country Photos It appears that bark beetles are attacking more than just the trees. Research conducted outside Steamboat Springs has found that the beetles that have decimated pine and spruce forests throughout the western United States have also inadvertently contributed to the air quality problems […]