Posted in Cherry Peak roadless area, Flowers, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wildflowers, tagged Indian paintbrush, Wildflowers on October 31, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Before I forget again, here are a couple of photos of some Indian paintbrush that I noticed along a trail at a high elevation on the first of October. They look much different than they do in the summer. I would hate to leave them out.
Posted in Autumn, Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Autumn leaves, Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, western Montana on October 30, 2007 | 15 Comments »
The drops on the leaves came from snow that had melted just minutes before.
A couple of miles up the trail (and a thousand feet higher), this mullein had a pretty coating of frost,
and this fungus peeked out from under a blanket of fresh snow.
(These are photos of a few of the small treasures along [...]
Posted in Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Trees on October 28, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Completely missing from the long list of my personal faults and deficiencies is a lack of love and respect for trees. This fir fell victim to one of our forest fires just a few years ago. I would ask those who don’t share this respect to count the number of rings and consider the fact [...]
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Trees on October 26, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Everything here seems to be pointing “up”.
This scene is behind the mountain in the background of the first photo. (Taken on two different hunting trips.)
The larch needles are dropping rapidly now and so their bright splashes of color will be soon be leaving the woods for this year.
Posted in Autumn, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on October 24, 2007 | 16 Comments »
At some point after I’m gone, someone will say: “Overall he was a fairly decent sort, but he just couldn’t stay away from the Larch”.
The scenes in these photos are between the North Siegel Creek and South Siegel Creek roadless areas and southwest of the Reservation Divide roadless area in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains of [...]
Posted in Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Sunsets, tagged sunset on October 23, 2007 | 10 Comments »
The colors are unusual for this time of year. Do you suppose the sky is competing with the leaves for attention?
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, Chippy Creek fire, Forest fires, McGregor - Thompson roadless area, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on October 22, 2007 | 10 Comments »
One week ago the last of the access roads into the area of the Chippy Creek fire were re-opened and so yesterday I was able to make my first brief visit into one small part of the burned area near Thompson Peak for a few photos.
The fire started on July 31, 2007 and burned from [...]
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, McGregor - Thompson roadless area, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Trees on October 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Sometimes there just isn’t enough room in a photo. Come sit with me here in this high place and contemplate this small portion of the West (perhaps a thousand square miles); and wonder with me, what will become of it.
The Little Thompson River drainage photographed from the north slope of Thompson Peak in the Cabinet [...]
Posted in Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Trees on October 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Photographed in the Cherry Peak roadless area in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains of western Montana on October 4, 2007.
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Idaho, Montana, Nature, Oregon, Outdoors, Washington, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975, Wyoming, tagged , Conservation, Environment, Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act on October 19, 2007 | 15 Comments »
There is a balance which exists between mankind’s existence on and use of this Earth, and the ability of the natural world to support such existence and use. We don’t yet know what all of the rules are, or the boundaries and limitations. And yet…
A proposed Congressional Act, The “Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act” (HR [...]
