Thursday
Learn to Kayak at The Barn
Danielle will be leading the class again this year and she can be reached at The Barn at 585-2090 or at ddesmond@northerlightstrading.com.
Northern Lights has been providing kayak classes to the community of Bozeman for over 30 years. In fact, Northern Lights was founded on our owner, Mike Garcia's passion for boating. If you've never checked out The Barn, come see us off Huffine Lane, behind Slumberland Furniture and see why we're the best place to buy rafting, kayaking, canoeing and general river-running gear and clothing. We'll see you on the water!
Wednesday
Monday
Garcia Boys in High Gear in Chile
Bomb Flow TV Episode 7 "Minor Fails and Epic Wins" from BombFlowTV on Vimeo.
Ian, Evan & Nate Garcia recording first descents in Chile. Shots of Mike Garcia's kayak shop in Pucon, Chile: Rivers, Lakes and Oceans and Kayak Pucon.
Friday
Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival in Bozeman
Thursday, February 9th at 8pm at The Emerson
Montana Backcountry Alliance, along with Winter Wildlands Alliance and Northern Lights Trading Company present their annual Backcountry Film Festival. An amazing list of specially selected films will dazzle your eyes and fill your ears with mountain inspiration. This festival promotes the work of grassroots filmmakers who tell compelling and entertaining stories of backcountry, non-motorized recreation and environmental preservation.
To see a list of this year’s films go to: http://www.backcountryfilmfestival.com/bcff/index.php
Tickets: $8 at the door
This includes 1 raffle ticket...additional raffle tix will be available for purchase. Win some amazing gear from locally-owned companies that support human-powered recreation, like Northern Lights!
Tuesday
Northern Lights Donates $1,000 to American Prairie Foundation
Northern Lights is pleased to announce a grant in the amount of $1,000 to American Prairie Foundation for the month of February, 2012. Since 2001, American Prairie Foundation has been assembling habitat to build American Prairie Reserve in Montana, which currently spans more than 123,000 acres of public and private land. The Reserve will eventually be the largest wildlife reserve in the lower forty-eight states, consisting of about 500,000 private acres that glue together roughly three million acres of existing public land. American Prairie Foundation will continue to own and manage its private lands while working collaboratively with the various entities that oversee public land management and natural resources in the region: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Montana Department of State Lands, and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Conservation biologists have determined that a mixed-grass prairie would need to be approximately 5,000 square miles (roughly 3.2 million acres) in order to be a fully functioning ecosystem. A landscape of this size would be able to support the full complement of native prairie biodiversity, including seasonal migrations, and provide room to endure episodic localized natural phenomena like fire, disease and winter ice events. The Reserve is already a living laboratory for numerous long-term science studies that will help shape its management and habitat restoration efforts, including plains bison reintroduction. In 2012, there will be more than 200 bison roaming American Prairie Reserve.
In addition to acquiring habitat for the Reserve and wildlife restoration, American Prairie Foundation is dedicated to public access and educational outreach. Open to the public for a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, horseback riding and hunting, APF is actively working to make the prairie a place that inspires and welcomes all types of visitors. This is a huge undertaking. But with support from individuals and organizations like Northern Lights, the dream of a protected American Prairie can become a reality, one piece at a time. With this donation, Northern Lights is helping to construct a trail system that will allow people to explore the Reserve by foot or by bike. For more information or to make a donation, please click here.
Conservation biologists have determined that a mixed-grass prairie would need to be approximately 5,000 square miles (roughly 3.2 million acres) in order to be a fully functioning ecosystem. A landscape of this size would be able to support the full complement of native prairie biodiversity, including seasonal migrations, and provide room to endure episodic localized natural phenomena like fire, disease and winter ice events. The Reserve is already a living laboratory for numerous long-term science studies that will help shape its management and habitat restoration efforts, including plains bison reintroduction. In 2012, there will be more than 200 bison roaming American Prairie Reserve.
Courtesy: American Prairie Foundation
In addition to acquiring habitat for the Reserve and wildlife restoration, American Prairie Foundation is dedicated to public access and educational outreach. Open to the public for a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, horseback riding and hunting, APF is actively working to make the prairie a place that inspires and welcomes all types of visitors. This is a huge undertaking. But with support from individuals and organizations like Northern Lights, the dream of a protected American Prairie can become a reality, one piece at a time. With this donation, Northern Lights is helping to construct a trail system that will allow people to explore the Reserve by foot or by bike. For more information or to make a donation, please click here.
National Geographic Presents
An Evening of Field Research & Exploration
Saturday, February 11th at 7:30pm at the Strand Union Building on the campus of Montana State University. Doors open at 7:00pm and admission is free, but first come, first served. Featuring John Francis, Mike Fay and Conrad Anker, Fay will share highlights from his 1,800-mile trek through the entire redwoods range and his current work on resource use and ecosystem balance in Alaska and British Columbia. Anker will recount his 275-mile journey on foot through the remote Chang Tang to witness the high-altitude calving grounds of the elusive Tibetan antelope. For more information, call 994-7275 or MSU online.
Young Explorers Grants Workshop
Earlier in the day, from 9:45am - 3:00pm in Gaines Hall, Room 101, National Geographic will host a Young Explorers Grants Workshop, taught by grant committee members. The workshop, including breakfast and lunch, is free. Eligible participants must be age 18 to 25 and be in pursuit of research, exploration and conservation-based field projects. For details and limited registration, go to National Geographic. Space is limited, so sign up early!
Brought to you by The North Face, MSU and Northern Lights Trading Company!
Big Sky Weekly Press
Northern Lights Community Fund featured in Big Sky Weekly
Check out this great article on how Northern Lights is donating $1,000 to non-profits every month!
Check out this great article on how Northern Lights is donating $1,000 to non-profits every month!
Hyalite Canyon Drive
Thanks to many different groups, including Northern Lights, BSF, Friends of Hyalite, Gallatin County and the USFS, Hyalite is more accessible than ever. The plowing seems to be going great and we look forward to many more years of safe access to Hyalite in the winter!
This is a tribute video to the plowing effort. If anyone hasn't been up the canyon and wonders what the roads are like, check this video out. 4WD is recommended, but we've seen front wheel drive vehicles make it all the way to Grotto Falls Trailhead. No matter your vehicle capabilities, check your speed and make sure to watch out for wildlife and sleds!
Thursday
G1 Dawn Patrol
Genesis 1 Dawn Patrol from Northern Lights on Vimeo.
Northern Lights staffers getting in a few pitches in Hyalite before work. Shot on the Hero Outdoor in time lapse.
Northern Lights Community Fund
Each month, Northern Lights will announce $1,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations here and in our newsletter. The Northern Lights Community Fund is our monthly program of giving back to Bozeman and Montana. This is directly related to our belief that your dollars do more for our community when you keep them Local. When you shop Local, you keep each other healthy. When you shop online, you are sending your dollars out of state and they stay out of state. The Northern Lights Community Fund exists to help give back to a pool of conservation and human interest organizations that help make and keep Montana a great place for all of us to live and recreate. We want to help and do our part!
Northern Lights' Pictures from the Bozeman Ice Festival
All Photos Copyright Jack Harris. Thanks Jack!
Bozeman Ice Festival Recap Video
The 15th Annual Bozeman Ice Festival Highlight from Outlaw Partners on Vimeo.
Check out this great video from Outlaw Partners. The 2012 Bozeman Ice Festival will be in full force next December! Thanks to all the participants, sponsors, athletes and volunteers who make this such an amazing event.Wednesday
The North Face Speaker Series VIP Reception
Tuesday
Reel Rock Film Tour Bozeman
Presented by Northern Lights
Saturday, September 24th @ 7pm
The Emerson Center for the Arts
Tickets at Northern Lights Trading Co.
$10 in advance or $12 at the door
Cash or check only!
Doors open at 6:30pm
The Emerson Center for the Arts
Tickets at Northern Lights Trading Co.
$10 in advance or $12 at the door
Cash or check only!
Doors open at 6:30pm
Back for it's fifth year in Bozeman, the Reel Rock Film Tour 2011 is going to rock The Emerson Saturday, September 24th at 7pm. Sender Films and Big UP Productions are bringing the Bozeman audience a mind-blowing, palm-sweating pump-fest of climbing flicks for the 6th annual REEL ROCK Film Tour. We've gathered the wildest climbing stories from around the globe: The legendary race for The Nose speed record; A nine year old bouldering prodigy; Tommy Caldwell's efforts on the hardest big wall free climb; A crazed high-lining champion; The most insane ice climbing action ever and more. It's all part of the cinematic tour de force that is REEL ROCK VI.
This is THE climbing film event of the year. All your friends will be there. Don't miss it!
Monday
Devil's Backbone 50 & 25 Miler
Just got back from the Devil's Backbone race this weekend in the Gallatin Mountains. It was a gorgeous weekend with absolutely perfect weather. Warm at the trailhead and nice and cool up top. Congrats to all the racers who endured this punishing race and thanks to race directors Tom and Liz for all the hard work pulling this year's race together! This is truly a grassroots event of monumental proportions (50 miles to be exact).
Northern Lights is proud to be a sponsor of this and other great events in Bozeman. Racers: if you were (un)lucky enough for me to capture you on film, please click over to our flikr page
and see a sampling of the photos I got from the race. If you would like a full-resolution photo, please email me at matt@northernlightstrading.com
Wednesday
High Water River Safety from Mike Garcia
Mike Garcia gives KTVM a quick river safety lesson.
"I think we all hurry to our recreation and in the water I think that's a little problematic, so you want to make sure you are properly prepared for anything the river throws at you. As the river rises and gets to historic highs it picks up all the debris, new trees fall in the river...that type of floating debris is a real big danger in the river, you want to stay away from wood at all costs", Garcia said. "To stay safe you need a properly equipped boat, a properly equipped body and always check the water levels before you leave."
Mike's checklist for river safety:
1. Life jacket, life jacket, life jacket!2. Helmet
3. Throw bags for each person on the boat
4. Float bags
5. Dry bags with warm, dry, synthetic clothes. (Leave the cotton in the car!) You should also have some food, energy bars, etc in there.
6. Dry top & bottoms
7. Fleece top & pants
8. Neoprene booties & gloves
9. Rescue knife
10. A paddling parnter
For more info on river levels, visit http://mt.water.usgs.gov/
Thursday
The Barn's Annual Boat Swap
The 2011 Boat Swap is May 7th! Get out your boating gear and see what you want to sell and what you need to buy! The Barn will have a bunch of boating gear on sale as well. This is THE annual event for unloading and reloading your boating quiver. Call 585-2090 for details.
For the 2013 Boat Swap click here!
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