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A joint City-County Urban Avalanche Response Team has informally designated February as “Missoula Urban Avalanche Awareness Month.”

If you’re new to Montana, or you don’t think about these kinds of things, you might not know about some of the unique working dogs in Montana.

The Southeast Alaska starter kit would look something like this: An Alaska Airlines credit card, a pair of Xtratufs, and a copy of “90 Plus Short Walks Around Juneau.” And after about six months, the 128-page paper booklet should be trashed — if you’re doing it right.

New development, cost of housing, creating MCPS classroom crunch

As we entered a conifer thicket, we happened upon an animal I was not expecting on dry land – a snail – creeping along the curved trunk of a young fir tree.

People headed into the backcountry need to be aware of the potential for avalanches in west-central Montana.

Watch where you step! As of today (December 1), you, and your dogs, need to be mindful of wintering elk on certain mountain trails overlooking Missoula. 

Missoula Parks and Recreation is reminding hikers and bikers that some City open space are now closed to protect wildlife.

Missoula County has spent the past two years looking for ways to alleviate parking and traffic near a popular river recreation site in East Missoula.

This piece is excerpted from The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski. The manifold radiance of an expectant mother: hips