Blackened-Out
By Benjamin Catton | Missoula Climate Stories live storyteller
The land can heal, but we must strive for a culture that gives it a chance. A culture that gives our children a chance.
Tougher Stuff
By Josh Slotnick | Missoula Climate Stories live storyteller
Wildfire smoke bathed the scene in grey, ate the horizons, obliterated the mountains and literally colored everything in sight. At that very moment the last of Hurricane Harvey’s biblical rains pummeled Houston: 19 trillion gallons of water fell in five days, more than four feet of rain, while Irma bore down on the entire state of Florida, having already swept away good chunks of Barbuda, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.
Teaching Change: Bringing Montana’s Climate and Ecology Into The Classroom
By Annie Gustafson
The Flathead Valley is surrounded by our public lands in all directions. It is also the most ecologically intact landscape in the Continental United States! This SHOULD be our classroom. I strive to bring the Northern Rockies alive within the walls of my middle school.
Recapping Blockade at Glacier Park
The government had pledged to halt all of its climate pollution by 2050. Previous reporting and estimates from a Freedom of Information Act request show that only a fraction of the pledged reductions have been made.
What Happened to the Bumblebees?
By Andrea Berry
These two effects of extreme heat caused by climate change can intersect further. Stressed plants and stressed bees can’t interact in their usual healthy manner, which potentially further limits productivity.
The Snowball Effect
By Robin Paone
We’ve been climbing up a mountain towards a clean energy economy. We look forward and see a steep uphill climb. But, when we pause and take a look around, we notice beautiful accomplishments.
Banking On Snow
By Griffen Smith | Native News, University of Montana School of Journalism
Some on the Blackfeet Reservation are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Residents have recently lived through out-of-season fires, drought, merciless winters and extreme wind events. With residents concerned for more hardships living off the land, the environmental office hopes snow fences could be the spark needed to retain its wetlands.
Staying Séliš
By Sabrina Fehring | Native News, University of Montana School of Journalism
Seeing the climate changes and how they are entangled with traditions and culture, many tribal members are devastated. Traditions and landscapes are changing. Their elders had to go through adapting in the past. Now the Séliš-Qĺispé have to adapt once more to human-caused events.