September 2022 – Michael Hodges, artist

The Day of the Fight Snake.

by MichaelWildlife, Writing September 28, 2022September 28, 202214 Comments

I drove southwest from where I’d been filming moose in Glacier National Park, descending from fifty degree temps and rain-soaked forests into a dry plain known for good elk viewing. The day was hot as I followed a crunchy gravel road through one of the last intact Palouse prairies in the lower 48. Bison dotted …

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An Ode to the Legend of the Valley.

by MichaelPhotography Prints, Wildlife, Writing September 6, 2022September 15, 20228 Comments

Five years ago, I was camped deep in Glacier National Park. The leaves were long free of their branches and pirouetted across the park in bitter winds. I woke pre-dawn and hiked to a nearby lake, well aware that the country was thick with grizzlies in hyperphagia. As the sun offered its first rays of …