Stories: Montana
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Nepali Tiger Poachers Fear University of Montana Mapmakers
On the far side of the world, rangers trying to protect tigers in Nepal depend on maps made in Missoula. None of Kevin McManigal’s cartography students at the University of Montana have been to the Parsa Wildlife Preserve. But they’ve spent the past six months building the most detailed topographic record the 155,000-acre tiger habitat has...
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Himalayan Guides Pack Nepal’s Economy to New Heights
The spire of Ama Dablam was lost in clouds when Ang Dawa Sherpa found something even better to look at. We’d been walking at 13,000 feet above sea level, listening to helicopters flying somewhere below us in a sea of fog, when he pointed out the band of Himalayan tahr grazing on a fall-colored mountainside. Bigger than North American...
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Knitted Together: Montana-Nepal Partnership Builds Jobs and Security
In a city world-famous for its religious architecture, Sachindra Pradhanang built a temple of industry. And he’s done it with assistance from a quiet firm in Missoula, half a world away. He’s done it in a place with few natural resources but a determination to make the most of its people’s skills. If you...
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Abbot of Ewam Garden in Arlee Says Tibetan, Native American Beliefs Similar
A cave in these hills an hour south of Kathmandu reaches all the way through the Earth to Montana. "You feel something blessed inside," said Jemyeng Palmo, master teacher at the Turquoise Leaf Nunnery in Pharping. "You feel the blessings of Guru Rinpoche." The small cave barely has room for six people to stand, and soot from centuries of candles...
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Peaks and People: Montana and Nepal Linked by Buddhists, Sherpas and Scholars
Poke a hole through the globe on Nepal and you come out in Montana. And there’s a lot of traffic in that tunnel. From the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas in Arlee to Everest Designs’ clothing warehouse near the banks of the Clark Fork River, to seismographs on the University of Montana campus and the shrinking ice...