ORI In The News
2025
Cool critters: This adorable tiny owl doesn’t give a hoot | March 23, 2025 | Linda Weiford | The Spokesman-Review
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Birders Count Raptors in the Mission Valley to Help Track Population Trends | March 4, 2025 | Ellis Juhlin, Montana Public Radio
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Whoo Are You? Montana's Guide to 15 Species of Owls | March/April | Ellen Horowitz, Montana Outdoors Magazine
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BIG PICTURE: Snoozin’ into the new year | January 11, 2025 | August Frank, Lewiston Tribune​
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Current Nature: Snowy Owl Season Returns | January 21, 2025 | Libby Buck, Conservation Science and Land Steward at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Nantucket Current​
2024
Pellet Night: Have We Montanans Really Studied Owl Puke Enough? | January 10, 2024 | Denny Bedard, kyssfm.com
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Ahead of ospreys' return, Flathead Audubon raises alarm over bailing twine | February 28, 2024 | Kate Heston, Daily Inter Lake
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The Children's Hour Kids Public Radio Podcast | March, 2024 | Denver Holt and and Beth Mendelsohn interview (begins at the 20 min. mark). www.kunm.org
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Mission Valley Calendar | Key Highlights on 35 Years of Long-eared Owl Research in Montana hosted by Mission Mountain Audubon | March 28, 2024 | Lake County Leader [Link to video recording of presentation]
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Former Minnesota man fights climate change with photography | March 30 2024 John Mayers, The Bemidji Pioneer
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Will feds decimate one owl species to help another? | April 4, 2024 | Bonner Russell Cohen, The Washington Times
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Fact Check: Viral Posts Say Baby Owls Sleep on Their Stomachs Because Their Heads Are So Heavy. Here's the Truth | March 12, 2024 | Madison Dapcevich, Snopes and reprinted April 16, 2024 at uk.news.yahoo.com
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The Owl Run 100s: Pete Ripmaster, Owls, and 100-Mile Runs | April 17, 2024 | Amber Nelson, irunfar.com
Giving a Hoot:How to protect owls in your backyard | April 23, 2024 | Amy Chillag, cnn.com
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Whitefish Lake Institute holds ‘Science Quencher’ discussions | April 24, 2024 | Whitefish Pilot | Denver Holt Presentation​
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This Runner Is Completing a 100-Mile Ultramarathon in Every State—For Owls | September 10, 2024 | Allison Torres Burtka, Audubon Magazine
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Flathead Audubon’s annual Birds of Prey Festival | September 11, 2024 | Whitefish Pilot​
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‘SoCal Snowy Owl’ and stories of community inspired by its visit to Orange County debut at Film Fest | October 17, 2024 | La Times and Daily Pilot
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Migration Mystery: ORI seeks to track saw-whet owls’ journey through Montana | October 25, 2024 | Bigfork Eagle
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At Flathead Lake Biological Station, owls a subject of research | November 6, 2024 | Hungry Horse News
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2023
Snowy Owl leaves the Cypress Neighborhood after weeks of mesmerizing viewers | January 2022 | Laura Coffey, WorldTimeTodays.com
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Cypress snowy owl watchers worry she's left roost in neighborhood | January 19, 2023 | Erika I. Ritchie, The Orange County Register
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Breeding Ecology of Snowy Owls - By Denver Holt | January 19, 2023 | California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife YouTube presentation
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Rare snowy owl that drew flocks of bird-watchers disappears from Cypress neighborhood | January 20, 2023 | Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times
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Snowy Owl mania continues in Cypress | January 26, 2023 | David N. Young, Event-NewsEnterprise
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After creating spectacle, Snowy Owl heads back to Arctic | January 26, 2023 | David N. Young, Event-NewsEnterprise
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Well-hidden wanderers: searching for Montana's long-eared owls | February 15, 2023 | Shane Sater, What's going on out there?
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Great Gray Owls and Snags in Western Montana | April 14, 2023 | Presentation by Beth Mendelsohn for the Vermont Institute of Natural Science
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Mission Valley Osprey Camera Captivates Global Audience | April 21, 2023 | Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon
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Help an osprey by collecting twine | April 27, 2023 | Lake County Leader
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Bio Station to hold open house | August 2, 2023 | Taylor Davison, Valley Journal
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Where Do Owls Nest? | August 31, 2023 | Talea Dodge, a-z-animals.com
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ORI offers owl banding and survey | October 12, 2023 | Lake County Leader
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In time for Halloween, owl sits on pumpkin carved with its likeness ahead of the spooky holiday | October 26, 2023 | Brittany Kasko , FoxNews.com
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Free Poster Offers Owl Illustrations, Fun Facts | Nov. 15, 2023 | Brett French, The Missoulian
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Bird of the Month: Saw-whet Owl | December 14, 2023 | Karen Nichols, Flathead Audubon for Daily Interlake
2022
Shadow in the grasslands: Short-eared Owl | January/February 2022 | Cheryl Lyn Dybas, BirdWatching Magazine
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Snowy Owl FAQ and Information | January 20, 2022 | Karla Bloem, The Raptor Resource Project
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Snowy Owl, all the way from Arctic, stares down on captivated Washington | January 14, 2022 | Libby Cathey, ABC News
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Owls of Montana- Zoom presentation by Beth Mendelsohn | March 8, 2022 | Swan Valley Connections
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These Early Nesters Get a Head Start on Breeding Season | March 17, 2022 | Aaron Tremper, Audubon Magazine
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Finding Owls- Denver Holt | April 2, 2022 | TEDxBozeman
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Owl about Owls | April 5, 2022 | Brains On! Podcast
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Owl Behaviour & Ethics with Beth Mendelsohn | April 8, 2022 | The Wildlife Insider
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Denver Holt: Highlights of 30 Years Studying Snowy Owls and Brown and Collared Lemmings at Utqiagvik, Alaska | April 14, 2022 | Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) Research Seminar
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The Owls Are What They Seem | April 18, 2022 | MonsterTalk Podcast
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Use of Nest Web Cameras and Citizen Science to Quantify Osprey Prey Delivery Rate and Nest Success | May 6, 2022 | M.H. Academia & H.J. Dalgleish, Journal of Raptor Research 56 (2):212-219
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Ospreys and Baling Twine | May 26, 2022 | BirdNote Podcast
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All Things Snowy Owl | August 16, 2022 | The Point with Mindy Todd on WCAI (NPR)
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Wining About The Weather: Dr. Steve Hiro | October 13, 2022 | Meteorologist Mark Heyka, ABC FOX Montana News
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Grisly dissection: Draught Works hosts 'owl pellet night' | October 30, 2022 | David Erickson, The Missoulian
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Denver Holt Sacajawea Audubon Society 12-12-22 | December 12, 2022 | Sacajawea Audubon Society presentation
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2021
Night Watchers: Montana's Owl Research Institute | January 28, 2021 | Holly Endersby, Montana Senior News
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LISTEN: Meet some of the Alaska owls that live in your backyard | February 1, 2021 | Kathleen McCoy, KSKA- Anchorage, Alaska Public Media
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Snowy owl seen in Central Park after 130 years, a rare spotting of an 'unpredictable' Arctic Bird | February 3, 2021 | Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
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Was a Snowy Owl Spotted in Central Park for the First Time in 130 Years? | February 3, 2021 | Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com
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Episode #821 | February 28, 2021 | Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds Podcast
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Is This What Barn Owls Look Like 'Naked'? | April 10, 2021 | Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com
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Owl Update 5/6/2021 | May 6, 2021 | Chris Neri & Nova Mackently, The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory Owl Blog
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Osprey chicks struggling to survive baling twine | July 8, 2021 | Carolyn Hidy, Lake County Leader
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Watch Alaskan Wildlife via Webcams | July 14, 2021 | Susan Sommer, Alaska Magazine
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10 Things You Never Knew About Owls | July 18, 2021 | Sunny Sea Gold, Reader's Digest.com
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Photographer Spots Owl Perfectly Blending Into a Tree | July 28, 2021 | Michael Zhang, PetaPixel
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The Great Horned Owls are singing duets in the forest | November 28, 2021 | Rebecca Pugh, Ipswich Local News
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Alaska's Absent Snowy Owls | December 7, 2021 | Kylie Mohr, Hakai Magazine
(republished in High Country News Dec. 10, 2021- Where are Alaska's Snowy Owls? and in Alaska Magazine Dec. 9, 2021- Snowy Owls are Missing on Alaska's North Slope )
2020
These 10 wild animal cams will take you on safari from the comfort of your own home | May 1, 2020 | Lydia Schrandt, USA TODAY
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Owl Research Institute studies Long-eared owls at same location for 32-years | June 14, 2020 | Kevin Maki, NBC Montana
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15 Super Tiny Animals That Further Prove Cute Things Come in Small Packages | September 29, 2020 | Yahoo.com
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6 Facts About the Majestic Snowy Owl | October 14, 2020 | Wendy Bowman, howstuffworks.com
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Denver Holt & The Owl Research Institute | December 8, 2020 | Allerton Park Bird Club Podcast
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Fundraiser continues in memory of artist | December 30, 2020 | Kristi Niemeyer, Valley Journal
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2019
Owl vs. raven: angry birds brawl in Fort Chipewyan, Alta. | January 19, 2019 | Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
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Ditch the Super Bowl for a Who's Who of Superb Owls | February 3, 2019 | Sandra Upson, Wired
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Black bear climbs 25-foot pole to investigate Mission Valley Osprey nest | May 21, 2019 | Missoula Current
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Journal: 6 August 2019 Snowy Owls and Children's Books | August 6, 2019 | Monica Nunez, PolarTREC UTEP Arctic Change and Education Expedition
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Feathered Friends- Mysterious owl retains a low profile | October 24, 2019 | Keeli Parkey, The Erwin Record
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2018
Whooo Knew? 10 Superb Facts About Owls | February 3, 2018 | Laura Geggel, Live Science
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Whoooo goes there? Owl Research Institute seeks observations from public | March 28, 2018 | Karen Greene, Valley Journal
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Springtime in Montana | April 11, 2018 | Jean-Francois Therrien, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary blog
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Denver Holt and Snowy Owls in Barrow, Alaska (video) | April 29, 2018 | FrontierScientists
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Mountain West Voices: An Owl In The Hand | June 25, 2018 | Clay Scott, Idaho Voices: Boise State Public Radio
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Flight of the Hunter- Why Is the Snowy Owl Disappearing? | October 2018 | Leigh Calvez, Smithsonian Magazine
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2017
Denver Holt- On Owls and Field Biology | February 3, 2017 | BirdNote Podcast
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'Look for something white': Discovering the North through its most iconic birds | March 20, 2017 | Krista Langlois, High Country News
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Nothing makes Snowy Owl chicks feel at home like a nest wreathed in dead lemmings | September 6, 2017 | Ethan Shaw, Earth Touch News Network
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Montana home to top bird researchers | September 22, 2017 | Jim Robbins, Missoulian
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Power of the Owl | December 13, 2017 | Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon
(republished in the Great Falls Tribune, and the Washington Times)
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Adaptations in Owls | Winter 2017 | Denver Holt, The Yellowhammer, the newsletter of the Alabama Ornithological Society Vol. 37, No. 4 (pg. 12)
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2016
Traffic Camera Catches Snowy Owl Soaring Over Quebec Highway | January 8, 2016 | Avianne Tan, ABC News
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30 years of owl research shows species on the decline | January 27, 2016 | Melynda Harrison, Great Falls Tribune
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A Day In The Life Of An Owl Researcher | February 24, 2016 | Cherie Newman, Montana Public Radio
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Owl Research Institute in Pablo, Montana | March 10, 2016 | Dave Reese, Montana Living
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The Long-Term Business of Owls | Fall 2016 | Melynda Harrison, Big Sky Journal
2015
At Home On The Alaskan Tundra With Snowy Owl Researcher Denver Holt | April 15, 2015 | Pat Leonard, Living Bird Magazine, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Great horned owls in Montana town put spotlight on stealthy, adaptable bird | May 20, 2015 | Ben Pierce, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Montana's talon show | December 11, 2015 | Gary Walther, Financial Times
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Owl Research Institute takes long look at long-eared species | December 23, 2015 | Rob Chaney, Independent Record
2014
Multiple Snowy Owls arrive in Connecticut from Arctic, in rare spectacle | January 9, 2014 | Mark Zaretsky, The Middletown Press
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It's an owl! It's a hawk! Rare visit one for record books | January 13, 2014 | Linda Weiford, WSU News
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Snowy Owl Sightings Farther South During Winter Migration | January 15, 2014 | Belinda Recio, Organic Spa Magazine
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Owl Afternoon | February 7, 2014 | Caroline Kurtz, Fieldnotes for Montana Natural History Center; Montana Public Radio
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Arctic Snowy Owl gets its own reality show on the Internet | July 3, 2014 | Brooks Hays, UPI.com
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Long-eared owl numbers down | December 31, 2014 | Berl Tiskus, Valley Journal
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2013
Valley birders join owl researchers for field day | January 30, 2013 | Berl Tiskus, Valley Journal
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Denver Holt- It's About People | March 11, 2013 | BirdNote Podcast
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Infrared camera in wild aimed at US owl nest | April 11, 2013 | Sue Manning, Phys.org
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A sleeping owl is visual Xanax; an owl in the dark is something else entirely | April 11, 2013 | Lisa Brenner, 89.3 KPCC
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Cold-loving Snowy Owls migrate from Arctic to... Boston?! | December 6, 2013 | Wynne Parry, NBC News
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Port Authority 'wildlife specialists' hunt Snowy Owls at New York City's airports | December 9, 2013 | Thomas Tracy, Edgar Sandoval, and Tina Moore, New York Daily News
2012
WSU giving attention, care to Snowy Owl with broken wing | January 11, 2012 | The Spokesman-Review
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Snowy Owls appear outside Hogwarts | January 16, 2012 | AP, The Washington Post
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Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings | January 22, 2012 | Jim Robbins, New York Times
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A Snowy Owl makes the trip from the Arctic to Hawaii, where it is promptly shot | January 24, 2012 | Robbie Gonzalez, Gizmodo
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Snowy Owls soar south from Artic in rare mass migration | January 29, 2012 | Laura Zuckerman, Reuters
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Snowy Owl sightings soar | January 31, 2012 | Jorge Salazar, EarthSky
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This is a winter of Snowy Owls | February 23, 2012 | Christina Nealson, High Country News
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Snowy Owls and Eco Tourism and Travel in Montana | April 4, 2012 | EcoAdventure Travel Blog
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As it goes high-tech, wildlife biology loses its soul | December 17, 2012 | Jim Robbins, High Country News
2011
Snowy Owl Outburst in Montana | March 12, 2011 | Caroline Deppe, Distinctly Montana Magazine
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Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change | May 23, 2011 | Jim Robbins, New York Times
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Wise owl as climate mascot | June 6, 2011 | Deccan Herald
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Phantoms of the forest | September 4, 2011 | Ben Pierce, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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