Guest Post

By Mike Mercer, Stevensville Climate change has been studied to the point of war between two sides with little knowledge of just how complex our little blue planet is but […]

By Marc Cooke, President, Wolves of the Rockies, Stevensville Wolves of the Rockies attended a two-day Montana Environmental Quality Council meeting recently in Helena. During that time, three or more hours were […]

By Randy Laird, Manager, MedFlight Air Ambulance for the Billings Clinic I have been in the medical services industry for 34 years in Montana. As a nurse with the Billings […]

By Grace Wilson, Stevensville To all my Democrat friends: Perhaps there was a time when the Democratic party had some worthwhile statements in their platform, or at least were worth considering. […]

By Andy Roubik, Hamilton On Sunday, January 26, someone topped and mutilated two of the locust trees that have graced our downtown Hamilton for at least 15 years. The two trees […]

By Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees: Bruce Whittenberg (MHS Director), Kent Kleinkopf, Missoula (Board President), Bob Brown, Whitefish, Cliff Edwards, Billings, Ed Jasmin, Helena, Chuck Johnson, Helena, Steve Lozar, Polson, Douglas MacDonald, Missoula, Thomas Minckler, Billings, Thomas Nygard, […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Is there any tradition more American than the renegade who does The Right Thing? I was hoping for 4-5 of that sort among the Republican senators in […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville Below is my version of a draft copy of the Democratic Party platform for 2020. The final version may differ in minor details, but policy statements […]

By Verena Gruber, Mautendorf, Austria I first visited the Bitterroot Valley in early March 2018 and came back to further explore the more “protected” Bitterroot mountains as well as the […]

By Bill Galt, President, Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Recently one of our members submitted a letter expressing his opinions about the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. We disagree with his […]

By Ty Capelle, Hamilton In my reading of the ongoing legal issues brought about due to recent decisions regarding conditional use permits by the ZBA, with regards to neighborhood groups […]

By Charles E. Schlimpert, Ph.D., Portland, OR The recent Star article on the West Fork “misses the boat” by a factor of two! Reactions from individuals who actually live on the […]

By Rick Landry, Corvallis Who turned the parrots loose in the echo chamber? There are some familiar surnames which all to often dominate the Bitterroot Star’s LTE pages; lately they’ve […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville Researchers who exposed pregnant White-tailed Deer to Imidacloprid determined that many fawns born after exposure in the womb had reproductive malformations and underdeveloped facial bones (Nature, […]

By Fred Wacker, President, Montana Stockgrowers Association We’ve reached a pivotal moment for Montana farmers and ranchers, as three critical trade deals are finalized and implemented. The benefits here are […]

By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis It was highly unethical of Chuck Denowh to use the Missoulian’s Guest Column to spread misinformation about FWP’s scientifically-based findings regarding the future possibility for free-roaming bison […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville It’s that time of year again when everybody is supposed to celebrate the life of MLK, especially his color-blind dream for American society. It seems that […]

By Teresa Larsen, Victor Trump bashing has become a national sport that seems to be even more popular than football. Hence, no surprise to see the Guest Comment in your […]

By Carole Mackin, Helena With the Impeachment Trial, our U.S. Senators will either uphold the tried and true principles of our Constitution or they will plow new ground. Each Senator must […]

By Cory Swanson, Broadwater County Attorney In water law, the most important thing is getting your water.  Montana’s Senator Steve Daines has introduced the Montana Water Rights Protection Act (MWRPA) to […]