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Tessa Heck’s Unseen Landscapes
With her face blanketed in thick, pink hair, opaque and flowing down and across her shoulders like a shawl, the woman on the wall of Tessa Heck’s studio fixes a perpetual six-eyed stare at the workspace spread out before her. Arranged in descending, slightly overlapping pairs, the eyes — though streaked through with white, and faded like weathered graffiti — seem almost like the patterns that develop on the coat or body of animals to serve as a warning.
Tis’ the season to be bear-aware
Whitefish Legacy Partners and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are partnering to offer free family-friendly bear-awareness presentations and a hiking event. Justine Vallieres, wildlife conflict management specialist for Region 1, will be presenting information and answering questions. "The goal of these events is to offer folks free education about a vital part of our community—bears! It's about us and our safety, but it's also about them and their safety—how we can coexist on the same land,” said Haley King, education coordinator for Whitefish Legacy Partners. Vallieres was the grizzly bear conflict management technician for the last four years in Region 1, and prior...
Glacier Mapmaker Launches New Biking Guide to Going-to-the-Sun Road
Glacier National Park’s 1 million acres of wild, rugged beauty are laced with 734 miles of trail, ranging from dense forests to wind-scoured peaks. When Kalispell’s Jake Bramante set out to hike all of them in a single season — becoming the first known person to accomplish the feat — the former corporate network analyst knew he was embarking on a transformative journey.
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