The Madison-Gallatin Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association has announced the latest in its free “Wilderness and…” lecture series, “Wilderness and Reflections from Yellowstone and Beyond” to be presented by Seasonal Park Ranger, Orville Bach on Wednesday evening, October 19th in the Large Community Room of the Bozeman Public Library at 7pm. This program is free and open to the public.
Orville Bach has been a Seasonal Park Ranger for 43 years and is the author of the first ever guidebook to hiking trails of Yellowstone National Park. He will present stories and images about what it is like to work and live in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem during all four seasons, as well as the adventures one can have backpacking, paddling, and ski-touring in some of those wild places. “Wilderness and…” is a series of lectures recommended for area newcomers, families, outdoor enthusiasts, and anyone with a passion for wild places and protecting Montana’s wildlands.
The Madison-Gallatin Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association educates and inspires people to protect special wild places in Park, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Southwest and South-Central Montana. Some best known wild places include the four units of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in the Madison Range, a large section of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, some of the northwestern parts of Yellowstone National Park, and the Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area in the Gallatin Range. Other mountain ranges in the geographic area with unprotected wild areas include parts of the Bridgers, the Gravely and Snowcrest Ranges, the Tobacco Roots, and the Crazy Mountains. Learn more at www.wildmontana.org/. •
