Week 7-14--7-20-12 - Butte, MT and Billings BLM District, MT:
Original Stage at the Montana Folk Festival
A fire helicopter dips into the Bighorn Canyon on the MT-WY border before returning to a fire 80 miles away in WY
Fire on hay fields when a farmer's equipment sparked a blaze
Looking for smokes after dry lightening
This wild horse was orphaned at a young age - her scars are the result of the many fights she got in with every failed attempt to join a new band of wild horses. She was found alone, starving, and transported to the adopt-a-wild-horse headquarters in southern MT.
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Week 7-21--7-27-12 - Lewistown BLM district, MT:
Sunrise at fire camp by the 13,000 Wolf Creek Fire near the Charles M Russell NWR
Burnt rattlesnake found while mopping up after a fire
Dovetail fire initial attack
Retardant drop on the Dovetail
Sun sets through the heavy smoke of the Dovetail fire
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Week 7-28--8-3-12 - Lewistown, MT, Salt Lake City UT, Butte, MT:
Hail falls from a passing thunderstorm at the Lewistown BLM Fire Station
Dragon flower blooming for the first time in five years
Kids run through the medicinal garden at the Salt Lake City Botanic Garden
Aspens in Park City, UT
Wasatch-Unita NF
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Week 8-4--8-10-12 - Butte, MT:
An old grave in the woods
The Corral fire, a month later, heavy runoff causes soil erosion and washouts
Great Divide ski hill - bug-killed lodgepole pines harvested and stacked for controlled burns, with heavy smoke in the mountains beyond
Butte at 3pm, socked in heavily with smoke from Idaho fires hundreds of miles away
A dead cow killed by a lightening strike in the Bug Hole valley
Annual An Ri Ra festival in Butte, MT
