August Schield: What is Home?
At a recent class deep in the Big Snowy Mountains I was asked, “What does it mean to be home?” This is a hard question for me to grasp. I
Claire Anderson: Connection of Soils and Souls
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver— Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? The grasshopper I mean- The one who has
August Schield: The Hypocritical Oath
I am a hypocrite. I preach conservation of lands, understand the importance of biodiversity, believe in climate change, and spent my precious free time recreating in wilderness and national forest,
Rae Bronenkant: Paradise Valley Pack-Up
Three nights in paradise; frozen finger tips, white as fogged breath in the cool morning from the calm practice of of breaking down a tent. River beside me flows north,
Ben Warzon: What a “place” can mean
As we left the shore of the muddy Missouri, we crossed a cow burnt field and started up a draw. We worked our way through the rolling hills, which flanked
Shane Randle: Environmentalism & Religion
Is environmentalism a form of religion? Environmentalists all share a view on what is important to us in the world: the animals, the land, and the natural processes that surround
Bonita Pernot: Power and Place in the Big Snowy Mountains
Our group dispersed along the ridge of Great House Peak—the highest point in Montana’s Big Snowy Mountains, standing 8,681’ high—to find a spot to take in the expansive view. It
Claire Anderson: Mad World
“Effective protest is grounded in anger, and we are not consciously angry. Anger nourishes hope and fuels rebellion, it presumes a judgement, presumes how things ought to be and aren’t,
Matt Gasper: Knowing Your Place
Throughout the second section of the Montana Afoot and Afloat course, I have been able to apply knowledge from the first section to understand this landscape more precisely. Being in