Kristie Duff, operations manager of the C.M. Russell Museum gift shop joins Rebecca and Shannon on this episode of We're No Dam Experts!  Learn all about the treasure you can find inside this wonderful facility beyond the art!  Plus, Krisitie is a hilarious and great guest. 

 

Shop CM Russell Museum: https://cmrussell.org/shop/

Events in Great Falls, including CM Russell Museum events: https://visitgreatfallsmontana.org/things-to-do/events/

Baker Bob had so many great stories about celebrities in Great Falls that we split the conversation into two episodes!  This is the second part of our conversation with the man whose fed all of the performers who have come through the Montana ExpoPark for the past two decades. 

Listen to Baker Bob every morning from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (MST) from wherever you live at https://560kmon.com/.

He's a man of many talens from baking and cooking to announcing play-by-play.  He's also the man whose fed all of the performers who have come through the Montana ExpoPark for the past two decades. Baker Bob joins Rebecca and Shannon for part one of a behind-the-scenes conversation as he shares what celebrities love about Great Falls!

Listen to Baker Bob every morning from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (MST) from wherever you live at https://560kmon.com/.

 

Rebecca and Shannon are chatting with Brandon, Travis, and Tristen about the upcoming Gathering of Families and Traditional Native Games event. 

The Gathering of Families will be October 8th-14th, 2023 in Great Falls, Montana.  See the schedule here: https://www.gatheringoffamilies.com/.

More information about Traditional Native Games: https://www.traditionalnativegames.org/

Want more info?  Email them at [email protected] 

Rebecca and Shannon are chatting with the woman they consider to be the queen of hiking in and around Great Falls, Katie Kotynski! She's hiked hundreds of miles this year alone.  Katie is founding member of Girls in Glacier, leads hikes throughout Central Montana, and is an expert on enjoying the outdoors.  She also gives Rebecca and Shannon a lesson in wildflowers. 

You can connect with Katie on the Girls in Glacier facebook page or at https://www.girlsinglacier.com/.  Check out her husband Tom Kotynshki's guide book called Discover the Rocky Mountain Front: A Hiking Guide at Cassiopeia Books in Great Falls!  You can also find it on Amazon. Here's the map system Katie's refernces in the episode: https://www.girlsinglacier.com/.  

A guy walks into a fishing access site...

Sounds like the start of a joke, but this time it's the start of a podcast topic.  Rebecca and Shannon are chatting with Dave Hagengruber of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks about the newly enacted Conservation License that's required to access most state lands. 

As of July 1, 2023, anyone 12 years and older needs a Conservation License to recreate at fishing access sites, wildlife managment areas, wildlife habitat protection areas, and Montana state trust land.  

Purchase a Conservation License: https://fwp.mt.gov/buyandapply/conservation-license

Water flow information: https://www.usgs.gov/

To learn more about aquatic invasive species, check out episode 37 of this podcast. 

Rebecca and Shannon talk with Great Falls Police Captain Doug Otto about safety while traveling.  Learn more about the community of Great Falls, what to be aware of when traveling, what rumors are true or not true, and what animals to avoid.  It's an episode unlike any other of We're No Dam Experts, but still filled with education and humor.

Learn more about the Great Falls Police Department: https://www.facebook.com/GFPolice/

Rebecca and Shannon are chatting with royalty once again on the podcast!  Meet Miss Electric City! Hear what it means to her to represent the community, how she got into the pageant world, what she loves about Great Falls, and everyone's favorite topics: food!  

P.S. You'll hear us talk about horse racing.  We recorded this episode before the races in July 2023.  Watch for more races next summer in Great Falls!

We slid into his DM's...and he responded!  Great Falls resident and avid hiker Willie Sloan joins the podcast to share about his hiking adventures, especially on Mount Wright.  

Mount Wright: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/montana/mount-wright-trail

The app/website Willie references for hiking: https://www.alltrails.com/?ref=header

#25 Emmalyn Edwards-Bush and #66 Dan Harvey join Rebecca and Shannon to talk about dirt track racing at the Electric City Speedway!  Learn the lingo and hear Emma smack talk about the Midwest Modified races (learn what that means too) on this episode.

Races continue through Labor Day weekend.  Learn more here: http://www.electriccityspeedway.com/