Monday, December 15, 2025

ARTICLES BY BRIAN PECK

A wartime president?

With the COVID-19 virus beginning to ramp up in the U.S. the President is beginning to do what he always does in such situations – Deceive, Deny, Deflect and blame everyone but himself for his bungled response. So, here’s the actual timeline of the virus, told in the President’s own …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weather or climate change?

In the last month, we’ve had three nights ranging from minus 18 to minus 22, so we can expect to hear this trumpeted by some as proof positive that global warming (climate change) is a hoax. But that of course is wrong and here’s why. What we experienced last week …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weather or climate change?

In the last month, we’ve had three nights ranging from minus 18 to minus 22, so we can expect to hear this trumpeted by some as proof positive that global warming (climate change) is a hoax. But that of course is wrong and here’s why. What we experienced last week …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Wolf paranoia being stirred up once again

In the Feb. 2 Inter Lake, “Wolves still a hot-button issue,” we see that those with an irrational, fact-free hatred of wolves are at it again, just as they were a decade ago. Unfortunately, the anti-wolf paranoia is once again being stirred up by some in the hunting community, long …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Wolf paranoia being stirred up once again

In the Feb. 2 Inter Lake, “Wolves still a hot-button issue,” we see that those with an irrational, fact-free hatred of wolves are at it again, just as they were a decade ago. Unfortunately, the anti-wolf paranoia is once again being stirred up by some in the hunting community, long …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Reasonable gun reform is possible

With yet another “mass shooting” under the nation’s belt, Americans have once more circled the wagons and fired inward, with citizens fighting each other instead of looking for realistic solutions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Reasonable gun reform is possible

With yet another “mass shooting” under the nation’s belt, Americans have once more circled the wagons and fired inward, with citizens fighting each other instead of looking for realistic solutions.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fire, fuels, logging and politics

When Barack Obama took office during a massive economic crash, his Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel said “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” and used the occasion to ram through massive changes in government. Republicans were livid.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Fire, fuels, logging and politics

When Barack Obama took office during a massive economic crash, his Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel said “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” and used the occasion to ram through massive changes in government. Republicans were livid.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

'Confine and contain' - huh?

As a former park ranger of 20-plus years with several hundred fires under my belt, my alarm bells were going off when I heard about a lightening-caused fire midway between the iconic, century-old Sperry Chalet and Lake McDonald Lodge. While I’m a supporter of such natural fires where appropriate, everything …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

'Confine and contain' - huh?

As a former park ranger of 20-plus years with several hundred fires under my belt, my alarm bells were going off when I heard about a lightening-caused fire midway between the iconic, century-old Sperry Chalet and Lake McDonald Lodge. While I’m a supporter of such natural fires where appropriate, everything …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Planning by panic in Glacier Park

The Inter Lake of Aug. 8 contains the headline, “Glacier visitation tops 1 million in July” — not much of a surprise for those who have visited this summer. What is a surprise is that after a July “emergency congestion management workshop,” park managers have decided to make matters dramatically …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Planning by panic in Glacier Park

The Inter Lake of Aug. 8 contains the headline, “Glacier visitation tops 1 million in July” — not much of a surprise for those who have visited this summer. What is a surprise is that after a July “emergency congestion management workshop,” park managers have decided to make matters dramatically …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: People are the problem, not goats

The May 29 Inter Lake (“Border collie trained to work at Logan Pass”) carried the news that Mark Biel, GNP’s natural resources program manager, will soon begin using his own personal dog Gracie to herd (“harass”) mountain goats away from tourists who approach the animals too closely, raising concerns that …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Grizzly bear facts - not fiction

In January, I submitted an op-ed to the Inter Lake titled “The Grizzly Killing Fields” questioning the haste of the states in dividing up grizzly hunting quotas while the bears were still listed as “threatened.” I questioned the need, effectiveness and wisdom of hunting the state animal because of the …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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