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The dry winter hasn’t gone unnoticed by skiers and snowboarders who saw delayed openings at several Montana ski hills. Thankfully, recent storms have been slowly but steadily building the snowpack.

I lost my mind during the plague year. The fact that my country also lost its mind was of little comfort. Maybe you lost your mind too. There were so many opportunities. Maybe you were hiding from an invisible virus in an oppressive New York apartment, listening to the sirens all night long. In the morning you went for a bike ride through vacant streets and came across a hospital where they were stacking bodies like cordwood. Or maybe you were sheltering-in-place in a small town, Zooming and do...

Fish, Wildlife & Parks After extensive discussion over several years, new rules have been adopted for fishing on the increasingly crowded Madison River in an attempt to spread people out. The rules will be official on Dec. 24, even though most won’t be implemented until 2022. The rules include a cap on commercial use starting in 2022. The total number of guide trips per outfitter and guide will be capped at the number of trips reported in either 2019 or 2020, whichever number i...