MPD warns hikers about Mount Jumbo closures
These closures are critical to protecting wildlife during a time when animals are most vulnerable and to prevent a wild elk herd from becoming habituated to humans.
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Harmon’s Histories: Sentinel Pine bears witness to Missoula’s stories
About one hundred years ago (Sunday, April 26, 1925 to be exact) Arthur L. Stone, the famed newspaper man and founding father of UM’s journalism school, penned a love letter to a pine tree. “High on the hip of Mount Jumbo stands ‘Sentinel Pine.’ Remote from its kind, this yellow pine overlooks the Hell Gate and the Missoula valley with a view unobstructed.”
Harmon’s Histories: Pop quiz! Do you know these western Montana place names?
OK, it’s time to play: “Name That Place,” a game show testing your knowledge of local landmarks – but offering absolutely no cash, no prizes, no trips to exotic places, not a thing – except perhaps bragging rights. Here we go!