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MISSOULA, MONT. – As days become shorter and temperatures drop, the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (DNRC) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourage hunters and campers to be cautious with their warming or campfires. Despite the changing weather conditions, vegetation will dry back out this fall and a spark from a warming or campfire could ignite a destructive wildfire. “Over the years on walks through the forest, I have come across more than a few abandoned warming fires,” said DNRC Director John Tubbs. “At the tim...
Fall is the best time to divide spring and summer blooming perennials that are overcrowded, dead in the center, failing to flower or flopping open. Wait until spring to dig and divide fall or summer blooming perennials that were not moved the previous fall. These are guidelines that increase success, but most gardeners have found that the best time to divide is when you have the time and can provide good, proper post-transplanting care. Use a sharp-edged shovel to dig the perennial, roots and all, out of the ground. Lift the clump out of the...
BOZEMAN — An innovative program at Montana State University that supports Montana students based on their effort and potential will be sustained into the future with the help of a new $1 million endowment, university officials announced today. The endowment will support the Hilleman Scholars Program, named after MSU graduate and vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman. The funds are from Lorraine Hilleman, Maurice Hilleman’s widow, as well as from 11 additional individual donors and from Merck & Co., where Maurice Hilleman spent the majority of his car...
Congratulations to these young men and women! They will receive heifers from their gracious donors later this Fall. After a year of monthly reports, lessons, and breeding the heifers they will show at the 2020 NILE and then take full ownership. We're excited to see young people interested in agriculture and specifically beef cattle! Thank you donors--we couldn't do this amazing program without you! Recipient Name -- Donor Hannah Adams of Billings, MT -- Powder River Angus of Spotted Horse, WY Haylee Adams of Billings, MT -- KG Ranch of Three Fo...
