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MONTANA STATE LIBRARY 



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"One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, 



cleaving the murk of a March thaw, is the spring." 



-Aldo Leopold 



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A careful observer can find signs of wildlife in many places in Montana— there's a home here 

 for animals as big as the bison or as small as the shrew. Along some of our waterways, a riffle 

 on the surface may reveal a beaver carrying a willow branch to add to its food store. Bleizes on 

 aspen trunks show that a porcupine has enjoyed a meal there. Swirls of flattened grass in a 

 mountain meadow mark where elk have bedded down for an afternoon rest. 



