Items by Bert Lindler

No shoes, no problem

In Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life with Wildlife, Kathleen Meyer relates her adventures in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, where she shares an old dairy barn with her boyfriend and numerous uninvited animal guests.

Bert Lindler Sept. 2, 2002 From the print edition

Animal rights group takes aim at hunters

Animal-rights activist Wayne Pacelle has his sights set on hunting in the West. So far, he's wounded or killed hunts for black bears in California and Colorado, grizzly bears and buffalo in Montana, and elk in Arizona.

Bert Lindler Dec. 30, 1991 From the print edition

Experts learn how man used to stick it to mammoths

Before Bob Perkins of Bozeman, Mont., applied beer, engineering and thought to the problem, archaeologists really didn't know how early hunters used the atlatl, or throwing stick.

Bert Lindler Oct. 7, 1991 From the print edition

A Vietnam vet tries to preserve the Blackfeet culture

Twenty years after a Viet Cong rocket left him with a concussion and flesh wounds, Ron West has become a warrior for Blackfeet spiritual leaders fighting to preserve the Badger-Two Medicine area south of Glacier National Park.

Bert Lindler May 20, 1991 From the print edition

Timber cuts raised in northern Rockies

Supervisors of many national forests in the northern Rockies have been ordered to cut more timber than they recommended.

Bert Lindler Dec. 17, 1990 From the print edition

Wolves make a comeback in Montana

While politicians, scientists and bureaucrats argue over reintroduction of the wolf to the western United States, the animals have moved south into Montana to occupy long-vacant habitat.

Bert Lindler July 16, 1990 From the print edition

Grass-eating tanks are fought by ranchers in Montana

Montana's National Guard tank brigade wants to train in a 1,500-square-miles part of the state.

Bert Lindler Oct. 23, 1989 From the print edition

Drought, fire and cold ravage Yellowstone's elk

As a harsh winter follows a summer of fire, up to one-third of Yellowstone National Park's 21,000 northern herd elk may die, either at the hands of hunters or from starvation.

Bert Lindler April 10, 1989 From the print edition

Life without fanciness: Getting by on the Plains

Life in the region is possible if lived within the limits set by the region, rather than by standards set by the humid parts of the nation.

Bert Lindler Sept. 26, 1988 From the print edition

Mountain goats are up against the wall

Increased public access to mountain areas has brought increased sport hunting and poaching, which biologists now realize was heavier at first than many mountain goat populations could withstand.

Bert Lindler Feb. 3, 1986 From the print edition