Rocky Mountain Front Gathering

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Book a room at the Stage Stop Inn!

Friday, September 13th

  • 9am – 12pm High School Writing Workshop
    High School Writing workshop with local high school teachers and the University of Montana School of Journalism with Nadia White and Matthew Frank – Augusta, Choteau and Fairfield high schools.
  • 1pm – 4:30pm Field Trip
    Sun River Game Range Tour – Meet at the FW&P game checking station east end of Augusta
  • 6pm – 7:30pm Dinner
    Catered by Spices and Spurs.  Drinks available from the Livery Saloon in the Stage Stop Inn.
  • 7:30pm Narrated Photographic Presentation
    This is the Rocky Mountain Front and the Crown of the Continent
    – Rick & Susie Graetz – The University of Montana

Saturday, September 14th

  • 8:30am Introducing the Rocky Mountain Front – Mary Sexton, Choteau Area Port Authority
  • 8:45am – 9:45am Rocky Mountain Front Wildlife – Brent Lonner, Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Biologist
  • 10am – 10:45am USFS – “The Bob” and “The Front” – Management, Opportunities, and Challenges – Mike Muñoz – District Ranger
  • 11am – 11:40am Rocky Mountain Front History – Bill Cunningham, Historian & Conservationist
  • 11:50am – 12:30pm Farming & Ranching on the Rocky Mountain Front
  • 12:40pm – 1:15pm Covering News in Choteau – Courtney Duke Graves, Choteau Acantha Newspaper
  • Saturday 1:45pm – The Nature Conservancy Pine Butte Swamp Preserve – discussion with Nathan Birkeland of the Montana Nature Conservancy at the “School House” and an optional ascent of Pine Butte
  • 4pm – 9pm Stay in Choteau Saturday evening and purchase some of the wonderful art of Shadows of the Past Art Auction and fundraiser, hosted by the Benefis Teton Medical Center.

Date

Sep 13 2019 - Sep 14 2019

Time

08:00 - 18:00

Cost

$50.00

More Info

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Location

Stage Stop Inn
1005 Main Ave N. Choteau, 59422 United States

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