Finding the Invisible
A New Way to Look for Invasive Species Using eDNA On a dock that leads from the pine-bordered shoreline of Flathead Lake, I lean over, and look into the clear
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Wildlife Cameras
If you need wildlife camera setup, please get in touch with Ken! I also help with monitoring and for private property. St. Mary Peak Rd.
The Crown Reporting Experience
University of Montana journalism student Ken Rand first met Chris Joyce at the Crown Reporting Fund’s 2014 storytelling dinner. “I knew his voice, I hear him on the radio every
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
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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