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Partnerships at Work: Celebrating 2025 Outcomes
In 2025, the Blackfoot Challenge responded to expanding community priorities with new programs – Science and Recreation Stewardship – led by new staff. A year of extreme drought tested the […]
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Clearwater Valley Bear Smart Wraps Up Year 2 Thanks to Community
by Alan Davis, Clearwater Valley Bear Smart It’s a wrap! For two years in a row, the Seeley Lake area avoided any significant bear events. The Clearwater Valley Bear Smart […]
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Birds Build Worldwide Conservation Connections
by Elaine Caton, Blackfoot Challenge Bird Program Coordinator I am sitting in a conference room in a Helena hotel, attending the fall meeting of the Western Working Group of Partners […]
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A Backpack Full of Stories: Intern Recounts a Summer in the Blackfoot Watershed
By Scout Noble This summer I had the great privilege of interning with the Blackfoot Challenge. For a young person who cares deeply about cultivating a reciprocal relationship with the […]
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Blackfoot TREX: When the Collaborative Rubber Meets the Road
By Julia Berkey, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation On a sunny, warm day in early May, 30 people gathered at the top of a hillside in Western Montana, […]
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“Suckers” for Aspen: Learning to Conserve Aspen Stands
Quaking aspen stand out for the subtle music of their leaves in a breeze and for their brilliant fall yellows. It turns out, aspen also shine with natural values that […]
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Trumpeting Success
by Elaine Caton, Blackfoot Challenge Bird Program Coordinator In early April I counted 26 trumpeter swans feeding and resting in this small ranch pond near Ovando. They included a swan […]
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Wildflowers or Weeds?
Just as not all unwanted plants are noxious weeds, not all noxious weeds appear to be problematic exotics. Some invasive plants may be considered pleasant in appearance with brightly colored […]
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Recreation Committee Shares Report on Community Meetings
Seeley Lake hosted one of six local meetings to gather community input on recreation impacts. by Jennifer Schoonen, Blackfoot Challenge Communications Director In the fall of 2024, the Blackfoot Challenge […]
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Listening for the Songs of Spring
American Bittern (photo credit: ©Luke Seitz, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) by Elaine Caton, Blackfoot Challenge Bird Program Coordinator The first time each year that I hear the three […]
