Glacier National Park is famous for its mountainous landscape and glacially carved terrain. What many people don’t realize is that mountain glaciers provide more than just scenery. Glaciers are an integral part of the ecosystem, providing water to mountain and downstream environments. In today’s warming climate, these giant marvels of Read more…
In the Flathead Valley we are lucky to be able to experience “winter water” in the form of snow. Evaporation from the ocean, lakes, streams, plants, and even our breath puts water vapor into the air. When the air is cold enough snow flakes grow from that water vapor, literally Read more…
![Margaret Barr's "Strange Children" [ballet], 1955 / photographer unknown](https://flatheadcore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/4944459226_e4c3f8fe5b_o-360x240.jpg)
BY LUCY SMITH Art has something wonderful and germane to teach each of us; one of the first lessons being that Art doesn’t start out on a wall or a pedestal. Art is created when someone is inspired (or hired) to record something noteworthy. It is a lens, focused on Read more…