Feb 02 2012
in his column this week, Larry talks about winter recreation and the importance of basic survival preparedness . . . I guess it’s human nature to worry about the weather, or at least talk about it. Even so, I can’t help but wonder why people don’t think, talk and worry about things that would save [...]
Jan 25 2012
This week, Larry talks about folk’s penchant to worry about the weather . . . Apparently we humans have an inbred need to worry about something all of the time. In the first week of January, I heard several people comment that they were worried that if it didn’t snow soon, we would have a [...]
Jan 18 2012
Larry does a retrospective on the big issues of last year, including the North Fork Road and successful efforts to terminate resource extraction activities in the transboundary Flathead Valley . . . January is the month when everyone looks back on the previous year to see what the biggest news stories were and to make [...]
Jan 11 2012
This week, Larry wraps up the year-end news and discusses the impending arrival of a group from the University of Montana Geography Department . . . Another holiday season is over. On the North Fork, we had a great Christmas party, a collection of New Year’s Eve gatherings and 30 people gathered on the bank [...]
Jan 05 2012
Larry reports on the North Fork Christmas and New Year festivities . . . Boy, did we have a great Christmas party. Hosts Caldwell and Heaphy must have spent most of a day decorating the hall. There were twinkling lights overhead, brightly decorated tables and counters, and a 10-foot decorated Christmas tree. Even the front [...]
Dec 29 2011
This week, Larry discusses the importance of preparedness when traveling in the backcountry during winter . . . As I write this on the Friday before Christmas, knowing that it won’t be read until after Christmas, I still can’t help but wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. As of today, we [...]
Dec 14 2011
Larry addresses the importance of unity in diversity when it comes to land planning and other broad community issues . . . This week at the invitation of the Swan Valley Community organization, I traveled with Mark Shiltz, Montana Land Reliance staffer, to speak to that community about how the North Fork got involved in [...]
Dec 08 2011
This week, Larry starts off with a few word about North Fork curmudgeons. It’s a subject more appropriate to a short book than a short column, but he pulls it off . . . Earlier in November, it looked like it was going to be a long winter. Snow was getting deeper and deeper, temperatures [...]
Nov 30 2011
Larry Wilson discusses Thanksgiving on the North Fork and tail end of hunting season . . . As usual, the Thanksgiving dinner at Sondreson Hall was a big community success. While most of the U.S. has made Thanksgiving a family holiday, here on the North Fork it is a community event. Just like the original [...]
Nov 26 2011
This is a bit confusing. Apparently, Larry’s column didn’t make the deadline for the print edition of the Hungry Horse News, but it did get posted online — over a “Larry Peterson” byline [update - they fixed it]. Go figure. Anyway, Larry discusses the season’s first serious snowfall and cold snap . . . No [...]
