Author: BlackfootChallenge

  • Prepping for Pile Burning

    Prepping for Pile Burning

    This fall, partners throughout the Blackfoot Valley have been quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) working hard to restore fire on the land.

  • BCCA Council seeking applicants for 2023-2025 term

    2023 BCCA COUNCIL MEMBER APPLICATION INFORMATIONClosing Date: November 30, 2022 The Blackfoot Community Conservation Area (BCCA) Council is responsible for managing, on behalf of the community, the 5,609-acre Core area […]

  • Where There’s Smoke …

    Where There’s Smoke …

    This fall, partners throughout the Blackfoot Valley have been quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) working hard to restore fire on the land.

  • Partnerscapes & Blackfoot Challenge: Together Again

    Partnerscapes & Blackfoot Challenge: Together Again

    “Partnerscapes is both honored and extremely appreciative to have the chance to come back to where it all started … ”

  • Seeley Swan High School Discovery Days

    Seeley Swan High School Discovery Days

    Story and photo by Jean Pocha, Pathfinder staff.  OVANDO – With the sound of wolves yipping and woodpeckers hammering away, the SSHS Discovery Days began in Mollett Park on the […]

  • Pesticides and Pollinators

    Pesticides and Pollinators

    By Karen Laitala, Vegetation Coordinator Though we live dramatically different lifestyles, my oldest sister who resides in a subdivision in a north Texas city and I, the Montana “country living” […]

  • Honoring the conservation legacy of George Hirschenberger

    Honoring the conservation legacy of George Hirschenberger

    The Blackfoot Challenge lost a great friend, ardent conservationist, and longtime board member with the recent passing of George Hirschenberger. An active participant in the Challenge for more than 30 […]

  • On Horseback in Bear Country

    On Horseback in Bear Country

    Interview with Jack Rich of Rich’s Montana Guest Ranch Interview by Seth Wilson The following is excerpted from Carnivore Damage Prevention News, Issue 24. The complete edition is available online […]

  • Bears visiting the classroom

    Bears visiting the classroom

    Story and photo by Jean Pocha, Pathfinder staff.  OVANDO – “There’s three kinds of bears in Montana, black, brown and very, very brown,” chimed a young student at the Ovando […]

  • From weeds and wetlands to fences and flickers: Blackfoot Watershed Stewardship Guide now available!

    From weeds and wetlands to fences and flickers: Blackfoot Watershed Stewardship Guide now available!

    The Blackfoot Challenge is excited to announce the completion of the Blackfoot Watershed Stewardship Guide, a 36-page handbook full of information and resources on land and water stewardship for Blackfoot […]