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Missoula Current
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![Max Baucus: We must do more to combat obesity epidemic](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/10/Baucus2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Max Baucus: We must do more to combat obesity epidemic
Max Baucus writes, "Obesity today is a common, serious, and costly disease impacting an estimated 42 percent of adult Americans."
![Sportsmen: Elk hunter survey doesn’t support FWP claims](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/Elk.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sportsmen: Elk hunter survey doesn’t support FWP claims
A sportsmen’s group is questioning Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ interpretation of its recent elk hunting poll, particularly claims that most resident hunters are satisfied with current elk management.
![Viewpoint: Opening Johnson Street shelter no easy feat](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/11/homeless-shelter.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Opening Johnson Street shelter no easy feat
Ginny Merrian writes, "The shelter opening has been widely covered by Missoula’s news reporters. While it seems like a long time since the mayor’s emergency announcement, it has been short in logistics time."
![Viewpoint: Even Glacier can’t escape hubris of man](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/IMG_2172.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Even Glacier can’t escape hubris of man
Steve Kelly writes, "Glacier National Park won’t be deterred from sprinting ahead with its grand experiment to use poison to kill rainbow trout planted in Gunsight Lake a century ago. Back then, Gunsight Lake had no fish."
![Harmon’s Histories: A.A. White set the standard for courtroom defenses in Kalispell trial](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-Col.-A.-A.-White-the-man-in-the-stern-University-of-Montana-Archives-Special-Collections.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: A.A. White set the standard for courtroom defenses in Kalispell trial
If you should happen to ride your horse into a Kalispell saloon and are arrested for disturbing the peace, we have a perfect defense prepared for you, courtesy of Colonel A.A. White of St. Paul, Minn., who used this very strategy in court in 1917.
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Music: Sigur Ros and orchestra takes listeners on epic journey
William Munoz writes, "Sigur Rós takes the audience on a journey that for me creates a profound sense of awe."
![Climate Connections: Climate change is global, resilience local](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-garden-water.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Climate Connections: Climate change is global, resilience local
Sam Dwyer writes, "Just because climate change is big and complex doesn’t mean it’s unstoppable or out of our control. We can take action to help rebuild resilience in our communities and local ecosystems."
![Viewpoint: MT GOP’s ‘tax Montana homeowners program’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/dollars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: MT GOP’s ‘tax Montana homeowners program’
Ann Brodsky writes, "Since Democrats shined a spotlight on the historic residential property tax increases that are coming your way, Republicans have been trying every which way to shift the blame from themselves."
![Viewpoint: What stays in the litter box](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/KnudsenAustin_041117_HB384.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: What stays in the litter box
James Nelson writes, "Some Montana Schools are putting out litterboxes for the use of students who identify as cats. So says Elsie Arntzen, who identifies as Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction."
![Viewpoint: Lethal experiment at Gunsite Lake](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/08/flathead.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Lethal experiment at Gunsite Lake
Arlene Montgomery writes, "If non-native fish hadn't been planted in Gunsight Lake then there would not be a need now to try to poison them out. The misguided planting of mysis shrimp impacted the entire fishery of Flathead Lake."