Crown Story
Ken’s story, “Finding the Invisible,” follows the struggle to stop the spread of invasive species around Flathead Lake, Montana. Through the use of a up-and-coming tool called environmental DNA, scientists
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Story Lab
Ken Rand learned all about the latest in genetic conservation in fish and wildlife populations in his lab led by Professor Gordon Luikart. How did you deal with the complex information coming
Dispatch: Paddling Across Beaver Lake
On an early morning I am winding my way up a back road, 10 miles northwest of Whitefish toward Beaver Lake, to the only known site of Eurasian Water Milfoil
To Bypass Billionaires, Hunters Fly In to Access Prime Elk Habitat
Bow hunter John Sullivan of Missoula thought the Durfee Hills in Central Montana, and with them one of the state’s largest elk herds, were inaccessible, until his friend Doug Krings
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Contracting Ranges for Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Translocation will be necessary in the future for both bull and Westslope cutthroat trout. With increasing temperatures, ranges are shrinking and as populations become geographically and genetically isolated they go
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Changing Habitat Zones
Melting Glaciers make way for pioneering plants and conifer forests. Dan Fagre at the USGS in West Glacier, Montana has studied Climate Change in the park in a variety of
Water, Wildfire and Drought
Montana saw one of its driest summers in recent years, starting with a low snowpack. By my first visit to Glacier this spring, the slopes of Logan Pass looked like
The Future Survival of Pika in the Crown
Pika are found throughout the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and California to the Canadian Rockies. Pika generally cannot survive for long at temperatures above 80 degrees. They live in mountainous
Controlling Aquatic Invasive Species
Invasive species have largely not taken over the Crown, although they are looming at the edges and make their way into lakes and streams periodically. The discovery of walleye perch,