Guest Post

By Bill Stroud, Victor This is a response to Dee Gibney (Star Letters, 7-17-19). Dee, I just read your LTE from last week. My first thought was, “Wow, that gal […]

By Wade Sikorski, Baker It is nice to know Steve Daines stands. He rushed to defend Donald Trump after Donald Trump tweeted that four “Progressive Democrat Congresswomen,” otherwise known as […]

By TJ Smith, Billings What is the US Climate Alliance? It is a domestic group formed specifically to undermine President Trump’s excellent decision to pull out of the Paris Climate […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton* People with bleeding hearts for illegal immigrants need to have a strong dose of reality. Just because one thinks we should let illegals in doesn’t mean […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton We are far from the detention camps at our southern border, but I am concerned about what is going on there. I believe it is a […]

By Frank Novotny, Captain, U.S. Army, retired, Victor Having just received some e-mails showing Democrat representatives advocating gun confiscation, I think it may behoove citizens to ask the following questions […]

By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD87, House Appropriations Chairman As, once again, black storm clouds build over the mountains and wind whips the trees while brilliant sunlight shines on the green […]

By Skip Kowalski, Stevensville Montanans are fortunate to have great access opportunities to our public lands and waters. For hunters and anglers, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) provides […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville During Round I of the Democrat Debate many of us saw one candidate make a definite breakout. During Round II, many of us a saw one […]

By Melissa Martin, Ph.D, Wheelersberg, Ohio “For the times they are a-changin’” sang Bob Dylan. And the digital age has changed the way information is eaten, swallowed, and digested. We can’t […]

By Linda Habeck, Corvallis It’s another banner year for hoary alyssum along the roadsides, and in fields and pastures. I first started researching hoary alyssum in 2007 when I saw […]

By M.S. Detmers, Hamilton It is strange that my neighbor, who owns an easement road, chooses to violate my Deeded Easement Rights. He blocks the easement with a large trailer, […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Americans will soon celebrate the birth of our country on July 4, 1776. We should also celebrate July 4, 1863, when our country ‘s continued […]

By Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville It seems that everywhere we go these days we hear various versions of what happened about Russian interference in our election and obstruction of justice. However; […]

By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman President Teddy Roosevelt saw “conservation as a national duty.” As he said in a 1908 speech, conservation is “the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance […]

By Carlotta Grandstaff, Coordinator, Bitterrooters for Planning The headline in the April 10 issue of the Star, “Subdivisions in north valley facing deer problems,” got it backwards. Allow a rewrite […]

By Jane Lambert, Founder, and Vocal Supporter of 3-H, Stevensville Many of you will remember my letters from last year, warning of the dangers Hoary Allysum has for horse’s health. […]

By William Frankenberger, Stevensville I am a retired professor of Soil and Environmental Sciences. I live on a farm (45 acres) in Stevensville. In the past, I have used Roundup […]

By Niall G. Clancy, Hamilton MT and Logan UT As I wrap up a master’s degree in ecology, I’ve had time to look back on all the teachers I’ve had […]

By Barb Cestero, Tracy-Stone Manning, Kayje Booker, Dave Chadwick For decades, Montanans have sought a path towards resolving the management of more than a half-million acres of public lands designated as wilderness study […]