Fishing Without Barriers 1
Rodeo 1
Conservation Easement 1
Railroad Crossing 1
Strehlow 1
Fishing Without Barriers 1Jaidah Fuller of Kila “drives” a fishing
boat during Fishing Without Barriers on Flathead Lake on Thursday.
Jaidah, who was shaken violently as a baby, joined 150 other
participants to enjoy a day of fishing on the lake. According to
Jaidah’s grandmother, Shawn Fuller, she “never ceases to amaze us, she
keeps doing things they said she’d never do.”
Rodeo 1Duston Stephens of the University of Montana rodeo team sits atop his
horse Ben before team roping practice at the Mytty Ranch near Lolo last
Wednesday night. Stephens will be competing in the College National
Finals Rodeo June 9-15 in Casper, Wyo., alongside Montana State’s Wyatt
Bloom in the team roping competition.
Vadeem Lemeza plays with his dog “Mishka” at his home in Missoula. Lemeza moved to Missoula from Belarus with his family in 1996 due to fears of religious prosecution following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite claiming himself as “Americanized” Lemeza lives with several fellow Belarusians including his wife Alla. Even “Mishka” is a tribute to Lemeza’s childhood home meaning “griz” in English.
Conservation Easement 1Gene Coughlin and Steve Kloetzel of The Nature Conservancy stand on a
section of the Blackfoot River Ranch near Helmville on Tuesday.
Coughlin, his brother Jay and neighboring rancher John Tracy Manley
recently secured easements through Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and
bought former Plum Creek Timber Co. lands from TNC. The transaction
marks a final step on the 89,000-acre conservation initiative led by the
Blackfoot Challenge and TNC.
Railroad Crossing 1Harlan Ockler, a Frenchtown businessman, stands by the railroad crossing
on Beckwith Street. Montana Rail Link has proposed closing the
crossing; however, many locals like Ockler use the crossing to take
pressure off of downtown traffic. Without the crossing, all traffic in
Frenchtown would be forced into one crossing.
Strehlow 1Alaina Strehlow stands next to Rattlesnake Creek. Strehlow has spent many hours in the creek working as the volunteer coordinator for the Watershed Education Network. This fall she stopped working there in the interest of her Wildlife biology studies at the University of Montana.
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