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OM Board Member, Don Woerner is Preserving Bison Culture
Click here for Billings Gazette article Written by Russell Rowland When Don ‘Doc’ Woerner gets excited about something, his whole body talks. His arms wave, and his head wags, and he uses his hands a lot. But mostly it’s in his eyes, which are bright blue and already pretty twinkly behind his wire-rimmed glasses. […]
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Introducing exploreyellowstoneriver.org, Our Montana’s new easy to use website!
FROM LAST BEST NEWS New website promotes, celebrates Yellowstone River By: DAVID CRISP | May 20, 2016 ShareEmail Print A new website aimed at enhancing appreciation of the Yellowstone River has been created by the Our Montana nonprofit organization. The website, exploreyellowstoneriver.org, offers a near-complete guide to access sites, history, points of interest, community parks and […]
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How You Can Trail Clark Down the Yellowstone
July 20, 2015 The Billings Gazette The Corps of Discovery once passed through the Yellowstone Valley where Park City, Laurel and Billings now stand. On Friday and Saturday, those of us fortunate enough to live along this stretch of river have invitations to walk the same ground those Western explorers trod in buckskin and moccasins […]
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Clark’s Crossing Dedicated
July 24, 2015 4:30 pm • By Mike Ferguson About 70 people lined the Yellowstone River on a sparkling Friday morning to dedicate the place where Capt. William Clark sent a small contingent from the Corps of Discovery to cross the river with their horses exactly 209 years earlier — on July 24, 1806. The next […]
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UM Archaeology Team Explores Rosebud Battlefield
May 24, 2015 6:15 am • By Brett French with the Billings Gazette Holding the corroded, dirt-filled piece of metal up to a small magnifying glass, Doug Scott confirmed what the volunteers surrounding him had waited almost breathlessly to hear. “It is what it’s supposed to be,” the historical ballistics expert said. “That’s a .50-70 fired […]
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Our Montana Explores the Judith River
Our Montana lead a group of conservationist on a recent canoe trip to explore Judith River to it’s confluence in the Upper Missouri River National Monument. The purpose of the trip was to better understand and photograph the recreation and wildlife qualities of the Rivers environments. Included in the group with Our Montana were representatives […]
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Tenth Annual Back to the Future a Huge Success
During this year’s Back to the Future with Lewis & Clark, Technology Then and Now, seventh graders enjoyed a hands-on study of the native land and animal species Lewis and Clark and their men encountered during their expedition. Volunteer instructors Cat Lynch and Sarah Chatwood led the groups through the Flora and Fauna session.
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State Parks’ Van Genderen Receives Service and Leadership Award
The second Paul Hickman Service and Leadership Award was presented by Our Montana to Chas Van Genderen, Administrator, Montana State Parks, for his superior management of the State Parks system. Present at the ceremony during the Montana State Parks 2014 Conference in Helena, MT, were Mike Penfold, Lt. Governor Angela McLean, Fish and Wildlife Director […]
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John Pulasky Leads Young Scientist/Engineer Workshop
Above: John Pulasky discuesses the engineering design process at the workshop. The composition book allows young scientists to document their experiments. At the new Billings Library, John Pulasky and Pat Lowthian held a 90-minute workshop to inspire young scientists in the preparation of their projects to be entered into the 26th Annual Billings Clinic Research […]
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