Sept. 1 - Sept. 14, 2017 Volume 8 // Issue #18 Local reflects on 24-year smokejumping career Yellowstone Club pays for wastewater spill Business profile: New Big Sky vet reopens Big Horn location Mountainfilm Tour features Montana docs Special section: Sharpen those pencils, school’s back! #explorebigsky explorebigsky explorebigsky @explorebigsky ON THE COVER: As of EBS press time on Aug. 30, there were 13 uncontained fires burning in Montana with plume-dominated fire behavior sweeping across large swaths of the state. PHOTO BY MARK PIEPER Sept. 1 – Sept. 14, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 8, Issue No. 18 Owned and published in Big Sky, Montana Section 1: News PUBLISHER Opinion.............................................................................6 Eric Ladd Local reflects on 24-year Local.................................................................................8 smokejumping career EDITORIAL 11 MANAGING EDITOR Montana.........................................................................14 Tyler Allen Regional.........................................................................15 SENIOR EDITOR Amanda Eggert Yellowstone Club pays ASSOCIATE EDITOR Section 2: Environment, Sports, Dining & Health Sarah Gianelli for wastewater spill 10 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Environment..................................................................17 Bay Stephens Sports.............................................................................23 CREATIVE LEAD DESIGNER Dining.............................................................................24 Business profile: Carie Birkmeier Business.........................................................................29 New Big Sky vet reopens GRAPHIC DESIGNER Health.............................................................................30 29 Big Horn location Marisa Specht SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR Ryan Weaver Section 3: Outdoors, Fun & Back 40 Mountainfilm Tour LEAD VIDEOGRAPHER Outdoors.........................................................................33 Jennings Barmore features Montana docs 49 SALES AND OPERATIONS Fun...................................................................................47 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Back 40.........................................................................48 Megan Paulson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SALES AND MARKETING Section 4: Arts & Entertainment.................49 Special section: E.J. Daws Section 4 : Arts & Entertainment................................49 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND 65 Sharpen those pencils, ADMINISTRATION Alexis Deaton school’s back! MEDIA AND EVENTS DIRECTOR Ersin Ozer DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR Doug Hare SALES ASSOCIATE Jeff Palmer MARKETING MANAGER Blythe Beaubien CONTRIBUTORS Jana Bounds, Matthew Brown, John Councilman, Jackie Rainford Corcoran, Jeff Daniels, Carol Doig, Kelly Gorham, Henry Hall, Amy Beth Hanson, Greg Hodge, Amy Hunter, Liam Keshishian, Ted Kooser, Derek Lennon, Jenny Lavey, Ann Lerch, Brady McCombs, Scott Mechura, Linda Pastan, Mark Pieper, Pete Souza, Kene Sperry, Patrick Straub, Ryan Turner, Matt Volz, Mark Wehrman, Todd Wilkinson, Ciara Wolfe, Mike Wolfe, Jessianne Wright EDITORIAL POLICY Outlaw Partners, LLC is the sole owner of Explore Big Sky. EBS reserves the right to edit all submitted material. Printed material reflects the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the opinion of Outlaw Partners or its editors. 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Antique wagon collection and 1800’s working bar, 2 main homes, barns, equipment, VRBO rental homes and Employee housing tracts also convey. Offered for $14,995,000 - PENDING MARTHA JOHNSON VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, FOUNDING BROKER [email protected] 406.580.5891 All information contained herein is derived from sources deemed reliable; however, the content contained herein is not guaranteed by Lone Mountain Land Company LLC or its affiliated or parent companies, subsidiaries, officers, managers, employees, agents, brokers or salespersons and none of the forego- ing make any representations regarding the accuracy of such information. Any floor plans, square footage, photos, illustrations/renderings, maps and features and amenities described herein are for illustrative purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Offerings are subject to error, omissions, prior sales, price changes or withdrawal without notice. Prospective purchasers are urged to independently investigate the property. No governmental agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property. This material shall not constitute an offer to sell in any state or other jurisdiction where prior registration is required and shall not constitute a solicitation if you are working with another real estate agent. © 2016 The Big Sky Real Estate Co.. All rights in and to the content are owned or controlled by The Big Sky Real Estate Co.. Any unauthorized reproduction is expressly prohibited. 4 September 1 - September 14 OP NEWS Explore Big Sky Outlaw welcomes new team members With the addition of four staffers this summer, Outlaw Partners has expanded its talent pool, bringing new faces to its marketing, sales, videography and design teams. Come down to our News from our publisher, Outlaw Partners Town Center office, 11 Lone Peak Drive, to learn more about their unique skills and passions. Jeff Palmer, Outlaw’s new sales associate, first moved to Big Sky the Montana State University School of Film and Photography graduate winter of 2014. “I had a yearning in my heart to head West and live the Big Jennings Barmore is a Bozeman native, born and raised. Outlaw’s new lead Sky dream,” Palmer said. “Like many, I worked at the resort and returned videographer has been with Outlaw since July and said he’s interested in to my original dream of being a professional snowboarder, and of course, film projects that feature a strong narrative storyline and use visual elements ski bum.” When that dream fizzled, Jeff returned to his other passion: to creatively communicate “what’s at the heart of the story.” He was helping people live their dreams. particularly excited to take on a recent project profiling Anne Gilbert Chase, a world renowned climber and Bozeman-based nurse, for the Montana A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., Palmer has Office of Tourism. experience in international marketing and sales, and when it comes down to it, he loves meeting new people and helping them grow their When he’s not behind the lens of a camera, he can be found recreating— businesses. “Ultimately, what led me [to this field] is the ability to help “skiing, climbing, surviving”—in the