Dave Branson, research entomologist for USDA-ARS in Sidney, provided an insight into the grasshopper outbreaks and management during the Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday, June 22. Branson noted that eastern Montana has experienced extensive outbreaks of grasshoppers in the last two years and this looks like another challenging year of dealing with the pests. Branson said large amount

The Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives staff are wrapping up their largest digitization project to date with the well-known photographs by F. Jay Haynes. Haynes’ work is one of the foundational collections of the MTHS Photo Archives. Since the early 1980s, more than 6,000 original glass negatives have been available to in-person researchers in Helena. “Haynes extensively photographed