Miscellaneous

Birding

• Ten Ways to Keep Backyard Bullies at Bay [NWF - 10-05]
• The Backyard Birder, Parts I-IV [NWF - 07-04]
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases “Birding in the United States” Report [The full report is available on-line at http://library.fws.gov/nat_survey2001_birding.pdf]

Ethics

• Arduous Pursuit [11/05]
• "I showed my son Wild America" [11/04; originally published 06/72]
• Contemplations on Hunting, Values and Ethics [Nov. 2004]
• A Matter of Taste: Hunter Ethics - Hunter Ethics Is More Often About Values Than Right or Wrong [Nov. 2004]
• Making of a Hunter – Tomorrow’s hunters tackle tough issues during first night of hunter education. [Sept. 2002]

Fishing

• Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish [April 2005]
• Wilderness Trout by Dave Stalling [April 2004]
• Sportfishing in America — Values of our Traditional Pasttime [American Sportfishing Association] - PDF file
• Rocky Mountain Game & Fish Magazine
  • The Legends of Trout Fishing - Three famous rivers -- Montana's Madison, Idaho's Silver Creek, and Wyoming's Miracle Mile of the North Platte -- easily rank among the best trout fisheries in the West. Here's how and where to fish them.

Gardening

• NWF and eNature Offer Guide to Native Plants [NWF - 10/04 - PDF Format]
• Viburnum: The plant that keeps on giving -- Delicate spring flowers, beautiful fall foliage and colorful winter berries [NWF - 09/04 - PDF Format]
• Butterflies: Beauty With Brains - New Insights from the National Wildlife Federation on the Brainpower of Butterflies [NWF - 04/04]
• Just in Time for Spring Gardening Season! National Wildlife Federation's Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife [NWF Press Release - 03/04 - PDF Format]
• Tis the Season for Birds and Berries [Jan. 2004]
• National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program’s (BWHP) Habitat Project: Bat House
• Habitat tips in our series celebrating the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program’s (BWHP) 30th anniversary!
  • Plant a Native Tree this Fall - tip #8 - October 30, 2003
  • Attract Birds to Your Yard this Fall - tip #7 - September 16, 2003
  • Bees Great Pollinators for Your Yard - Most Species Do Not Sting - tip #6 - July 29, 2003
  • Rock and Brush Piles Help Backyard Wildlife - More features to make your yard wildlife-friendly - tip #5 - June 23, 2003
  • Birds Can Use Your Help in Summer - tip #4 - June 13, 2003
  • NWF and Home Depot® Offer Backyard Pond Kit - tip #3 - March 26, 2003
  • Attract Birds to Your Yard with a Nesting Box - tip #2 - January 30, 2003
  • Start Your Wildlife Habitat by Feeding Winter Birds - tip #1 - December 11, 2003

Hunting

• How best to pick a hunting outfitter [October 2005]
• Wilderness Hunting by David Stalling [December 2003]
• Rocky Mountain Game & Fish Magazine [August 2003]
  • Rocky Mountain Pheasant Hotspots - Here are the places you'll want to hunt in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho this year to put some long feathers into your game bag.
  • Your 2003 Rocky Mountain Pronghorn Outlook - Hunters can generally expect another good season of antelope hunting this year despite lingering drought conditions. Here's the inside scoop on where you'll be hunting this summer.
  • Intermountain Whitetails - Move over, mule deer! You've got company. Massive whitetails are growing in several locations in the northern Rocky Mountain states.
• Two Family Traditions [2003]
• Clarke's Firearm's Safety Tips [1997]
• Clarke's Firearm's Maintenance Tips [1997]
• Clarke's Reloading Tips [1997]
• Clarke's Marksmanship and Shooting Tips [1997]
• What Do I Do Now: How to Field Dress Big Game

Miscellaneous

• Looking for Love in all the Right Places ... The Truth About Groundhog Day [NWF]
  
• “Montana Wildlife Federation and Phil Tawney Hunters Conservation Endowment Board Offer College Scholarship” [MWF Press Release]
  
• "Montana’s Noxious Weeds" -- Do your part ... know your weeds!

Montana State University Extension Publications has released a revised edition of “Montana’s Noxious Weeds.” The 66-page, spiral-bound, pocket guide categorizes 27 of the state’s most destructive noxious weeds by their degree of establishment. The booklet provides category tables, brief instructions on collecting specimens, a glossary, a list of references, and addresses and telephone numbers for all of Montana’s county weed districts. The book has more than 90 color photos and sells for only $3 postpaid.

To order, specify “EB159: Montana’s Noxious Weeds” and send $3 to MSU Extension Publications, PO Box 172040, Bozeman MT 59717-2040 or, for credit card orders, call (406) 994-3273.

View over 200 Extension publications on-line at: http://www.montana.edu/publications

• Tick season! Did you know using hot matches is just a myth?! Find out more about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
  
• Wildlife on the Move: Guide To Unique Wildlife Migrations in the U.S. [PDF]