ARTICLES BY GEORGE OSTROM

1984 - Revisiting a bad fire year

Hopefully we have seen the last of this year's record breaking wild blazes on public and private lands. Am recalling just one other year like this for old time's sake. Since writing the following almost exactly 31 years ago, there have been other years worse, like 2003. The future depends …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

1984 - Revisiting a bad fire year

Hopefully we have seen the last of this year's record breaking wild blazes on public and private lands. Am recalling just one other year like this for old time's sake. Since writing the following almost exactly 31 years ago, there have been other years worse, like 2003. The future depends …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Recalling berries and blondes

Got carried away with family visiting over the Labor Day holiday and almost forgot to get a column done, so rewrote one from summer of 1999 to make deadlines:
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Recalling berries and blondes

Got carried away with family visiting over the Labor Day holiday and almost forgot to get a column done, so rewrote one from summer of 1999 to make deadlines:
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Recalling berries and blondes

Got carried away with family visiting over the Labor Day holiday and almost forgot to get a column done, so rewrote one from summer of 1999 to make deadlines:
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Facts and rumors on Baby Boomers

Big national news lately is latest statistic about Baby Boomers. The U.S. Census Bureau reports 10,000 of them are retiring each week in the U.S. This situation has been building for 17 years, since the first Boomers began reaching age 50.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Facts and rumors on Baby Boomers

Big national news lately is latest statistic about Baby Boomers. The U.S. Census Bureau reports 10,000 of them are retiring each week in the U.S. This situation has been building for 17 years, since the first Boomers began reaching age 50.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Facts and rumors on Baby Boomers

Big national news lately is latest statistic about Baby Boomers. The U.S. Census Bureau reports 10,000 of them are retiring each week in the U.S. This situation has been building for 17 years, since the first Boomers began reaching age 50.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

What Grinnell wrote

The September 1901 issue of The Century Magazine featured a story titled “The Crown of the Continent.” That story is credited by most historians as being the highly effective kick-start to setting aside a vast area of the Northern Rockies as a national park. Quotes from the article are widely …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

What Grinnell wrote

The September 1901 issue of The Century Magazine featured a story titled “The Crown of the Continent.” That story is credited by most historians as being the highly effective kick-start to setting aside a vast area of the Northern Rockies as a national park. Quotes from the article are widely …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

What Grinnell wrote

The September 1901 issue of The Century Magazine featured a story titled “The Crown of the Continent.” That story is credited by most historians as being the highly effective kick-start to setting aside a vast area of the Northern Rockies as a national park. Quotes from the article are widely …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

A new Glacier memory

Had a rather new adventure 10 days ago on first 2013 visit to Glacier National Park. Left at daylight and drove 300 miles on a solo trip which covered most of the east side, from Marias Pass to Canada border. Having a new adventure is never unexpected in such a …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

A new Glacier memory

Had a rather new adventure 10 days ago on first 2013 visit to Glacier National Park. Left at daylight and drove 300 miles on a solo trip which covered most of the east side, from Marias Pass to Canada border. Having a new adventure is never unexpected in such a …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

A new Glacier memory

Had a rather new adventure 10 days ago on first 2013 visit to Glacier National Park. Left at daylight and drove 300 miles on a solo trip which covered most of the east side, from Marias Pass to Canada border. Having a new adventure is never unexpected in such a …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

A 'secret' to self-confidence

A fellow ex-GI student at the University of Montana once stated, “I’ve never met a psychologist who didn’t need one.” That observation contains a seed of truth in the eyes of us common folk who try to fathom the teachings of Sigmund Freud.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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