Headwaters Preserving a Sense of Place How native plants help build community. Forestoration collaborated with the city of Whitefish to design and install a native landscape within the median located on Central Avenue in downtown Whitefish. BY MEGHAN VOSS B efore I’d...
Headwaters Citizens’ toolkit We need to get more involved with local development and growth. But first, let’s understand the landscape. How does private property get developed, and how can we make sure it happens in the best way possible? The Flathead...
Field Notes Free to be There’s enough space for all of us. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY ANDREW KROP “I ’m on the right track baby, I was born this way!” As local performers Eric Krop and Mynxx—the all-female glam band comprised of Halladay...
Field Notes Landless But I’m still a Montanan. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY HEIDI LAUMAN “S omehow in my search for ownership in this world, for land to plant roots, I tripped up and have lived the opposite of what I forever desired. As I write this, I...
Field Notes To Share or Not to Share The mountain adventure dilemma. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY COLTON BORN I t was the summer of 2016 and I was helpless. I’d been living in the Flathead for a few months, didn’t have many friends, and was captivated by the...
Field Notes THE TRAIL BUILDER A good day the woods Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY REBECCA STORM GRANDE E yes blinking open to an early Montana dawn, the trail builder stretches awake and considers his weighty but simple mission of the day, to clear a path...