The natural environment and history of Kalispell’s West Valley area
by Skip Via
skip@wastvalleynaturalists.org
Pat Jaquith’s lovely Winter Wonders post prompted me to post these images taken on 1/7/21 at the Happy Valley State Trust Lands (see Locations) after a light snow melt on a bluebird afternoon.
by Dr. Lex Blood, Community Activist, Conservationist, Professor Emeritus/Flathead Valley Community College
The West Valley Naturalists sponsored a geology field trip in May 2014. Dr. Lex Blood led this field trip; for more than 40 years Lex Blood has served as Flathead Valley geologist, geographer, educator, conservationist. After a brief introduction we car-pooled and explained the “story behind the landscape” as we traveled through the West Valley area. For background information on the geology of the Flathead Valley please visit: http://www.flatheadwatershed.org/natural_history/geology.shtml
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skip@westvalleynaturalists.org
Mike Koopal, Executive Director of the Whitefish Lake Institute, pointed us to some exceptional resources for learning more about the Flathead Valley watershed and the numerous lakes and streams that make up some of the most beautiful areas of the west valley area and the rest of Montana.
Continue Reading →by Mike Koopal, Executive Director, Whitefish Lake Institute
mike@whitefishlake.org
(Ed. note: The Mystery of Tally Lake was presented to the West Valley Naturalists meeting on March 2, 2020. We are grateful to Mike for allowing us to post it here.)
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