In this guest essay, the writer suggests that protecting old growth trees in the Kootenai could establish Montana as a national reference in confronting climate change
Author Archives: Rick Bass
Rick Bass is hailed as one of the foremost American nature writers of his generation. A Texan by birth, Bass (b. 1959) makes his home in the far northwestern corner of Montana, in a remote valley known as the Yaak. Bass has gained acclaim not only for his literary talent but his role as an advocate for protecting still-wild places and the creatures that inhabit them. He is presently serving as interim executive director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council.
