The idea started two years ago when local groups started talking together about creating a resource to expand people’s knowledge of the area, and what it means to exist among nature.
Owen Sowerwine is comprised of over 400 acres of habitat along the Flathead River just east of Kalispell. The accomplishment is the work of the Flathead Land Trust, the Flathead Audubon Society and the Flathead Lakers.
It’s the first week of December, and one of us spent an entire afternoon working in the garden, while the other hiked in the Missions to 5,000 feet without encountering snow. Like the drought that choked the inflow to Flathead last summer, we’re entering unchartered territory due to our warmer, more erratic climate.