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Noxious weeds have destructive impacts on Montana's landscape including displacing native plant species, increasing soil erosion, and decreasing wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities. Rangeland, pastureland, cropland, forests, and wildlands comprise 92 million acres, or 98 percent, of the total land area in Montana. Both new and continued infestations of these non-native species not only reduce the productivity of cropland and rangeland, but infestations of noxious w...
The annual Lincoln Flea Market brought vendors and buyers to Hooper Park Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July19-21....
He would never exchange his solitude for anything. Never again be forced to move to the rhythms of others. Tillie Olsen Tell Me a Riddle (1960) Searching my childhood memories for material to put in this column, I have too few recollections of spending days of play with my siblings (four of the six of us were born in four-and-a-half years). Visiting with my sister, she said that she doesn't remember that I was around very much. We got along as well as any large family can, and...
The past month has been fantastic. I did not win the lottery. I did see the results of many months of preparation as we had our annual five-day Bible camp. It is a great but stressful time. Stressful because there is a lot of preparation. I should not stress about camp because God always blesses my feeble efforts and camp always turns out to be a great time. I did not stress out too much this year. Maybe after 19 years of being involved with camp I finally “get it”! There are...
Nearly 50 shooters took part in this Treasure State Cowboy Mounted Shooters Association event at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds. Last weekend marked the fourth time since 2014 that the Treasure State CMSA has hosted shoots at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds, having missed 2015 and 2017 due to the Rodeo Grounds being used as a base camp for fires during those year...
In this three-part series, Montana Free Press examines how federal land management agencies have approached wildfire in the past and highlights public sector efforts to make communities more resilient through land-use planning, strategic building processes, and targeted fuel reduction treatments. In Part 3, we explore a private sector development: the growth of private firefighting companies deployed by insurance companies to protect properties from loss by wildfire. BOZEMAN...
They told us if we got educated then we would see success in our lifetime. Yet, more than 44 million Americans have student debts that combine to total $1.5 TRILLION. Having to borrow money for school is stressful enough; abusive debt collection practices don't help. And now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to increase harassment of graduates over their debts. The CFPB wants to allow debt collectors to email and text consumers without consent, while also...
"For the times they are a-changin'" sang Bob Dylan. And the digital age has changed the way information is eaten, swallowed, and digested. We can't stop progress, but we must maintain the saliency of our local newspapers. Why? Local newspapers serve significant roles in local societies. "When local newspapers shut their doors, communities lose out. People and their stories can't find coverage. Politicos take liberties when it's nobody's job to hold them accountable. What the...
The Blackfoot Challenge and Pure Montana Tails is hosting “Fire on the Mountain: Effects of wildfire on forests and wildfire,” a walk through areas of the Rice Ridge fire north of Ovando, July 25. The excursion begins at 9 a.m. at the Monture Guard Station, seven miles north of Ovando on Monture Creek Road. Lolo National Forest biologists Scott Tomson and Shane Hendrickson will lead the walk-through areas of differing burn severity to discuss fire history and to look at the effects of fire on plants, animals and the for...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-one Calls for Service in the Lincoln area during the week of July 14 through July 20, 2019. Eleven of those Calls for Service were traffic stops performed in and around the Lincoln area by deputies. Deputies also complete one VIN inspection. One call for service last week generated a case report: Around 2:33 a.m. Sunday, July 14, in the 400 block of Main Street, deputies responded to a possible road rage incident. The...
Dear Readers, Most of you have probably heard of antioxidants and that they are good for you, but what are they exactly? Antioxidant is a chemistry term that simply means prevention of oxidation, which is the transfer of tiny, electrically charged particles known as electrons. Antioxidants protect us from free radicals, which damage our cells and lead to diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's. Free radicals result from food digestion, everyday cellular...
Justin McDonough uses a bulldozer to move dirt as he levels out the vacant lot next to the Lincoln Fire Hall, Friday evening, July 19. According to Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse, leveling the lot will make it easier to mow and will provide the Fire Department with an additional area to park vehicles, if needed. It may be used as a site for training. The Lincoln Volunteer Fire District took ownership of the property north of the fire hall March 5. The purchase included both the...
Two days of hot rods and rock & roll are coming to Lincoln this weekend as Rev Mountain Entertainment presents the Rev Mountain Car and Bike Show, July 26 and 27 at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds. Event Promoter Shelby Brookie said the event came about to bring additional attention to Lincoln as a destination and to help the towns economy boom, with an event the locals should appreciate. "We realized there are a lot of cool cars here; there are a lot of people who love their...
For the past two years, the Lincolnstock music festival has been absent from Lincoln's calendar of events, but this weekend organizer Gary Zadick is bringing it back to town once again as a free, standalone event. In 2017, Zadick took a break from organizing the festival to travel and spend time with his family. Lincolnstock as its own event was put on hold, but Zadick kept it alive in a slightly different form by handing it off to the Lincoln Arts Council and helping them...
