Taylor Inman recaps the top headlines from the fourth week of February, which includes Glacier National Park officials looking to public to update the park’s long-term wildfire management plan, Flathead Audubon boosting efforts to protect ospreys, and Kalispell City Council exploring next steps following a judge’s decision to annul the elections of two of its members.
John Steitz and Carol Treadway Steitz have an award winning herd of merino sheep on their farm just outside of Kalispell. The couple have worked together over the years to hone in on their best practices for maintaining the herd while also working to restore the soil on their property.
Online cooking show Indigikitchen is the product of Mariah Gladstone, a Blackfeet and Cherokee woman who is dedicated to educating native communities about their traditional food sources and how they can connect with them. Taylor and Mariah talk about these sustainable food practices and how she found and developed some very yummy recipes. (Photo is from the Acorn Flour recipe found here: youtube.com/watch?v=CUe50g-TrPo)
On a quiet January morning, Glacier National Park Lead Education Technician Lindsay Brandt appears before a green screen showing off the park virtually to a classroom at Hot Spring Elementary, but the program also reaches students as far away as New Jersey. News Now host Taylor Inman speaks with Brandt and Winter Seasonal Education Technician Darcy Lilla who talk about why these distance learning programs are so beneficial.
