Gabriel Schwartz jumps off a cliff into the Blackfoot River at the Johnsrud Park Fishing Access Site, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. With temperatures soaring into the mid-90s, the Blackfoot Corridor offers reprieve from the hot Summer Sun with various recreational activities
Surrounded by fire weed and burnt trees, Mack Long, president of the Backcountry Horsemen's Mission Valley chapter, rides a trail toward Lake Otatsy in August 2023. Long and five other volunteers rode nearly 14 miles roundtrip to clear trail along the North Fork of the Blackfoot trail bordering the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall wilderness areas.
Stephen Smith lifts a bottle of Coors Light from the banks of the Clark Fork River following a train derailment near Quinn's Hot Springs near Plains, Montana, on April 2, 2023. At least 20 cars of a westbound freight train derailed, some containing hazardous materials, though spillage included but one item, beer.
Jane Schweitzer, right, embraces her husband Specialist Kaedin Schweitzer as Montana Army National Guard's 163rd Combined Arms Battalion returns to Montana at Minuteman Aviation in Missoula, Mont., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The battalion spent over a year overseas in the Middle East and returned home to a crowd of friends and loved ones on Thursday.
Kaehl Berg, owner of cattle contracting company Red Eye Rodeo, sits on his horse while waiting for the next bull rider at the Twisted Nut Rodeo, July 7, 2020 in Darby, Mont. The Twisted Nut Rodeo is an annual benefit for testicular cancer.
Joey Matt, a student from Dixon Elementary, stands beneath a fire hose during the 35th annual CSKT River Honoring on the banks of the Flathead River, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The day-long experience aims to teach young students the necessary tools to be responsible stewards, environmentally and culturally. Various educational stations offer lessons on water resources, wildlife conservation and traditional food sources.
Ramone “ReRe”, left, and Romeiro “RoRo” Buckner inside their bedroom of their West Willow home, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Ypsilanti. Their mother, Courtney Vesey, lost her Section 8 status and was forced to move to a homeless shelter for some time before applying for the Rapid ReHousing program in Washtenaw County. With only one month left on their lease, the family was forced to look for new opportunities outside the State of Michigan as their options dwindled.
These boys are among a group of seven friends — Max Williamson, Elijah Schwartz, Gabriel Schwartz, Carter Polanchek, Leo Filardi, Seth Judicello and Joe Nave — who braved the currents along the Blackfoot while jumping from the 20-foot cliffs along the banks at the Johnsrud Park Fishing Access Site, Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
Eric Rasmussen cuts into a deer carcass that will be used as bait to observe raptors, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 in Florence, Mont. Rasmussen works for Raptor View Research Institute, studying elevated levels of lead in birds of prey.
Smoke fills the trees during a forest fire near Dixon, Mont. in 2019.
Joe Misner with his horse Joaquin at his Wild2Ride horse training academy in Missoula, July 20, 2021. Misner alongside four fellow trainers are traveling to Oklahoma City to compete in the Extreme Horse Makeover competition in which trainers have 120 days to train mustangs and show their abilities.
Children cool off in a splash pad at Bonner Park in Missoula in June 2020 as temperatures soar into the low 100s.
Patricia Hendrickx, left, helps Jessi James, middle, with her hair before the performance of the Snake Dance during the Arlee Celebration, Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Arlee, Montana.
The 61st annual Rose Parade, Sunday, June 2, 2019 in Jackson, Michigan.
Joshua Hendricks, a U.S. Navy Veteran who served on the USS Kitty Hawk, prays with a wooden rosary during a short ceremony to commemorate Armistice Day at the Doughboy statue on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2020 in Missoula Mont.
Miguel Angel Olivas, an opera singer in Missoula, screams out "I can't breathe!" alongside hundreds of protesters on the Missoula County Courthouse, June 6, 2020 in Missoula, Mont. Olivas said he's tired of the racism that he's experienced in various aspects of life. As an opera singer, he feels as if people don't see him for himself. "People don't see me as a singer, first," he said. "They see me as a Mexican man, first."
Clay Lewis, the son of cattle ranchers Jim and Carly Lewis, waits to saddle-up on Monster, his 17-year-old horse at the family’s Triple L Livestock cattle ranch in Frenchtown, Mont. on April 8, 2020.
Matt Stafford hauls lumber up to the Skookum Butte Fire Lookout, Sept. 2, 2020. The U.S. Forest Service is on year two of a three-year project to restore the old L5 or “Grange Hall” style lookout to its former glory.
An overhead view shows the restored habitat around Ninemile Creek, July 15, 2021. Roughly 20 volunteers and veterans from Trout Unlimited, Warriors and Quiet Waters and Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks are working on a restoration project to repair portions of Ninemile Creek after 19th and 20th century placer-mining left the area with massive amounts of waste and sediment buildup. Crews used electrofishing equipment to shock various species of trout to safely remove them from the creek before water is diverted away.
Mohamed Soumah, a Guinean immigrant, breaks into tears at Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Soumah was deemed a fugitive by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after he missed a deportation meeting with agents due to his ailing health. He has since been granted sanctuary as he requires dialysis for kidney failure three times per week and refuses deportation because of the low medical standards in his home country.
Brody Smith of Arlee sits on a concrete barrier following the Western Montana 4-H/FFA livestock sale at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, Aug. 8, 2020 in Missoula, Mont.