The Montana Department of Commerce announced today more than $22.6 million in federal housing tax credits will be allocated to developments in four communities in Montana to preserve or build 247 new affordable homes. “Access to affordable homes is vital for our communities to grow and prosper. These homes will provide a safe place to live and needed stability for many Montanans in communities across the state,” Commerce Director Scott Osterman said. “Working alongside our statewide housing partners, we will continue to support the development and preservation of safe and affordable homes for Montana families and individuals.” On Monday, the Montana Board of Housing approved tax credits for four affordable developments. Federal housing tax credits allow developers to borrow less money for construction and pass those savings along to families and individuals through lower rent. This year, developers submitted housing tax credit applications for eight distinct projects requesting more than $46.5 million to build or rehabilitate homes. The Board has allocated the competitive federal housing tax credits to the following communities: Billings – Tapestry Apartments will receive $6,200,000 to build 26 new homes for families and individuals. Dillon – Bicentennial Apartments will receive $5,590,170 to rehabilitate and preserve 58 existing homes for seniors. Great Falls – Baatz Apartments will receive $6,100,000 to build 25 new homes for families and individuals. Kalispell – Junegrass Place will receive $4,780,000 to build 24 new homes for families and individuals. This project is also leveraging non-competitive private activity bonds to construct an additional 114 units. “Over the last three years, the Montana Board of Housing received over $250 million in housing tax credit requests, representing nearly 50 critically needed affordable housing developments across the state,” said Bruce Posey, Board Vice Chair. “Each year, the Board invites 8 projects to submit a full application and is faced with difficult decisions since we are only able to award four or five. In reality, all of these projects are needed.” The Montana Board of Housing also passed a resolution to move over $6.1 million in remaining federal housing tax credits to a subsequent board meeting. It is anticipated the Board will consider awards or allocations to projects not awarded credits at Monday’s meeting, or to one or more projects previously awarded credits but not yet placed in service at the November 15, 2021 meeting. The Montana Board of Housing is part of the Montana Department of Commerce. Federal housing tax credits flow through the state agency and fund the construction or rehabilitation of about 230 homes each year. This supports the creation an estimated 520 jobs, about $23 million in local wages, and more than $2 million in new taxes and revenues for local governments.

BUSINESS MEETING SCHEDULED FOR DILLON ROTARY WEDNESDAY John Jackson , Beaverhead County Commissioner, will speak to Rotarians and guests at noon Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Visitors are welcome. Anyone interested in learning more about Rotary should come at noon to be a guest for lunch. The Club meets in the Guild Hall of St. James Episcopal Church, 203 East Glendale St. For more information, email John O’Brien at john@highpeaksfcu.com or Tina Giem at tgiem@barretthospital.org .

BEAVERHEAD COUNTY/CITY BOARD OF HEALTH STC Great Room UMW Campus Dillon, Montana 59725 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Call meeting to order ~ Establish Quorum 1. Public Health Update 2. Covid-19 Vaccination Update DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS • Old Business ~ Approval of July 8, 2021 Minutes • New Business ➢ Discussion ~ New Board of Health laws ➢ Discussion ~ Potential new by-laws to align with new laws ➢ Discussion ~ BCHS & District 10 School Close Contact Protocols ➢ Discussion ~ AAR results • Public Discussion/Comments on Subjects Under BOH Jurisdiction Not on Agenda • Meeting Schedule ~ Next meeting Tentatively January 19, 2022 • Adjourn the meeting

125 N. Idaho St. City of Dillon, Montana City Council Chambers October 20, 2021 7:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. MINUTES 1. Approve October 6, 2021 Regular Meeting Minutes B. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS C. MAYOR’S REPORT 1. Citizen Requests D. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF THE CITY 1. Library Board – John McGinley, Council Member; Lori Canady, Library Director 2. Attorney – James Dolan 3. Planning Board- Don Hand; Bill Shafer 4. Zoning Commission – Raymond Graham; Russ Schwandt 5. Director of Operations - Todd Hazelbaker 6. Police Department – Chief Don Guiberson a. Approve September 2021 Activity Report 7. Fire Department - Fire Chief, BJ Klose a. Approve City Clerk Report for Fire Hall for September 2021 b. Approve Budget vs Expenditures for Fire Hall for September 2021 a. Approve September 2021 Activity Report 8. City Court – Judge Kaylan Minor 9. Treasurer – Karen Kipp 10. Tree Board – Mary Jo O’Rourke a. Accept September 8, 2021 Meeting Minutes E. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL 1. Judiciary Committee – Dan Nye, Chair; Mary Jo O’Rourke, Raymond Graham 2. Finance Committee – Don Hand, Chair; Russ Schwandt; Dan Nye 3. Fire and Order Committee – Bill Shafer, Chair; Russ Schwandt; Raymond Graham 4. Health and Welfare – John McGinley, Chair; Mary Jo O’Rourke; Diane Armstrong 5. Cemetery Committee - Diane Armstrong, Chair; Bill Shafer; Don Hand 6. Parks Committee – Mary Jo O’Rourke, Chair; Bill Shafer; John McGinley 7. City Hall Committee – Raymond Graham, Chair; Dan Nye, John McGinley 8. Street and Alley Committee – Dan Nye, Chair; Don Hand, Russ Schwandt 9. Water and Sewer Committee – Don Hand, Chair; Russ Schwandt, Raymond Graham F. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY G. ADJOURNMENT PLEASE NOTE: The City of Dillon understands that citizens have the right under the Montana Constitution to observe and participate in local governmental affairs by personally attending all public meetings of the Dillon City Council and other City boards and committees. This meeting is open to the public as normal (pre- virus). Any who would like to physically attend, are asked to please wear a face covering and practice 6-ft social distancing at the meeting. For those who are cautious about physically attending, a Zoom link is available. Join the meeting with Zoom ID: 770-316-6528, allowing permission for mic and camera (if using a computer go to https://zoom.us/j/7703166528) and use Passcode 4245. Please mute your mic until you desire to comment. Any problems or questions, call City Hall at 683-4245. Thank you, Michael L. Klakken, Mayor

The Beaverhead Search and Rescue was called out on the 1st of October at 12:12 PM to search for an individual who walked away from his truck at the Lone Tree Campground.  The individual had not reported for work but notified his employer and asked him to pick up his truck from the Lone Tree campground.  Upon retrieving the truck, a note was found indicating a number of possibilities for his disappearance.  The Search and Rescue was notified and a search of the area commenced.  Day 1 of the search was completed on the south end of Clark Canyon, checking for footprints leading into the lake or footprints heading to the mountains south of the reservoir.   There were no apparent leads as to his direction of travel from his truck and what is presumed to be the last known point.  With searchers on the ground, the perimeter of the lake was searched along with various ridges to the south and west of his truck were walked checking for the individual and or clues as to his location. Each day a fixed wing aircraft, piloted by members Lawrence Morrisroe and Dan Cahill, in addition Randy Bailey of Dillon Flying Service with spotters Brian Vinson and Alan Holt, was deployed from Dillon.  Multiple passes were made encompassing the south end of the lake as well as the mountains to the south of the reservoir.   A drone, operated by member Mark Smith, was also used to check out and take pictures in areas that would be more difficult for man search teams.  There were also multiple vehicles; side by sides, pickups, motorcycles, and 4 wheelers, used in  the search efforts to check numerous roads in the area.  Day 1 ended at 6:00 PM with nothing more than was had at the start of the day.  On October 2nd, day 2 of the search, the same resources were deployed back into the search area and the S&R members continued to research areas with high probability and areas further to the south, east, and west.  After two days of searching and accumulating a total of 175 search/man hours and 735 search miles the search was suspended until further notice.   Later that week with more information having been collected, it was determined that search dogs would be brought in to search the areas.   On Friday evening, October 8th, 8 dog teams and handlers arrived in Dillon to begin searching on Saturday, October 9th.  Dog teams were deployed into high probability areas but came up with nothing.  The dog teams, comprised of dog, handler, and support individual, accumulated 112 hour during their time in the field.  They also covered 100 plus miles.   While the dog teams were searching specific areas, other BVHD S&R members continued their search in areas outside the dog team perimeters.   Those Search and Rescue members accumulated 281 miles and put 125 man hours in the field that day. The total cost to the unit for the three day search came to +$6700.00.  When the Search and Rescue brings in dog handlers and dogs, it is customary to pay for their motel and meals.  The cost for the 8 dog teams was +$4400.00. Members participating in the 3 days of searching include: IC-Trent Cottom, IC- Jeanne Dawson, Operations-Dan Cahill, Logistics- Brian Vinson, Wade Bush, Tara Remely, Julia Clark, Chuck Maddox, Clint Rouse, Mark Smith, Nathan Freeman, Shane Puyear, Tom McKnight, Trent Cottom, Zane Wood, Alan Holt, Lawrence Morrisroe, Mel Rice, Alex Dunn, Graden Greenslade, Kolby Malesich, Park Scott, and Steve Scott.   Dave Kauffman with True North Search Dogs coordinated all the dog teams while Bob Braun, DVM, from the Dillon Small Animal Hospital was on call in case there was an emergency with one of the dogs while in the field. After three days of searching, an accumulated 1,016 miles on the ground were logged, and over 404 total man hours were spent in the field searching for an individual who returned home to his family after 6 days of being somewhere else in the world.    We truly are “In the Business of Saving Lives”.     Your Beaverhead Search and Rescue…

With only two weeks left in their regular season, the East Helena Vigilantes were hoping to get their first win in school history last night against Dillon. But Dillon quickly came out and dashed any hopes the Vigilantes would have. Halfway through the second quarter they would use a mercy rule as the score was 35 to 0. Dillon would end up scoring one more time to make it 42-0 for the final score and another win for the Beavers. Full picture gallery below:

Human-bear conflicts increase in autumn as bears gorge in preparation for hibernation, and people take to the woods for archery and rifle hunting seasons. Elk and deer rifle season opener is Oct. 23, and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is hosting two virtual bear safety training events, followed by two bear spray give-away opportunities in Bozeman and Helena. The virtual bear safety events are focused on bear awareness for hunters and will cover bear safety, biology, conflict prevention, responding to bear encounters, handling carcasses in bear country, and how to use bear spray. The two events will be held Oct. 18 and Oct. 21 from 6-7:30 p.m. Virtual presentations are free and open to anyone. Each event will cover the same material. To attend the virtual training on Oct. 18, click here: https://mt-gov.zoom.us/j/84725261354?pwd=SWVoTzRLbmNaNFhMSmxJdTBuT3V1QT09 To attend the virtual training on Oct. 21, click here: https://mt-gov.zoom.us/j/89098996725?pwd=Mm9reGFxbEJHZEppbTNNNlZxb2tIUT09 In-person bear spray giveaways will feature a short bear spray tutorial, followed by a free bear spray give-away while supplies last. First come, first served. One bear spray can per person 18 years of age or older. Bozeman: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m. at FWP Region 3 office, 1400 South 19th Helena: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m. at Montana Wild, 2668 Broadwater Ave. If you are interested in learning more about hunting safely in grizzly bear country and can’t make it to one of these events, you can watch a recording of the “Bear Safety for Hunters” presentation here: https://youtu.be/tihgSHMHVhA Hunters can expect to see grizzly bears in the western half of Montana. Preventing conflicts with bears is easier than dealing with them. Storing food and other attractants properly helps keep you safe and bears away from camp. Prepare for bear country by carrying bear spray and knowing how to use it. Learn what to do if you have a bear encounter and communicate with your companions about how to respond if you have a bear encounter. More bear safety information can be found on the FWP website: https://fwp.mt.gov/conservation/species/bear/bear-aware

BEAVERHEAD AMBULANCE SERVICES SPECIAL DISTRICT AGENDA October 15, 2021 10:00 a.m. Beaverhead County Commissioners Room Beaverhead County Courthouse A. Call to Order B. Review and approve minutes of September 24, 2021 meeting. C. Announcements D. Old Business a. Review and discuss of revised draft By-laws. b. Report on ambulance progress on employee and manager job descriptions and hiring E. New Business a. Next Meeting b. - F. Public Comment – Public comment on items of significant public interest, not on the Agenda and within the jurisdiction of the Beaverhead Ambulance Services Special District Board.

BEAVERHEAD FIRE DIST. #2 405 N. IDAHO STREET DILLON, MT TUESDAY October 19, 2021 5:00 PM AGENDA: GENERAL BUSINESS PAYMENT OF INVOICES ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST NOT ON THE AGENDA

ARPA COMMITTEE MEETING City Council Chambers October 18, 2021 12:00 PM ~ AGENDA ~ 1. Call to Order 2. Elect Officers 3. Review ARPA Guidelines 4. Public Comment On Items Of Significant Public Interest Not On The Agenda And Within The Jurisdiction Of The City 5. Adjournment Committee Members: Russ Schwandt John McGinley John Garry Lindsay Buhr Geri Godecke PLEASE NOTE: The City of Dillon understands that citizens have the right under the Montana Constitution to observe and participate in local governmental affairs by personally attending all public meetings of the Dillon City Council and other City boards and committees. This meeting is open to the public as normal (pre-virus). Any who would like to physically attend, are asked to please wear a face covering and practice 6-ft social distancing at the meeting. For those who are cautious about physically attending, a Zoom link is available. Join the meeting with Zoom ID: 770-316-6528, allowing permission for mic and camera (if using a computer go to https://zoom.us/j/7703166528) and use Passcode 4245. Please mute your mic until you desire to comment. Any problems or questions, call City Hall at 683-4245. Thank you, Michael L. Klakken, Mayor

Jason Morris and Derek Gore both recently went missing in Beaverhead County. Jason's vehicle was found on the south side of Clark Canyon dam and Derek left on his motorcycle and hadn't been seen in a while and had no contact with anyone. The Beaverhead County Sheriff's Office announced today (10/13/2021) that both men were spotted the day before in St George Utah on motorcycles. Jason returned home early Wednesday morning and both men had left together. Derek has not returned home and will remain in the NCIC database until located. The whole post can be seen below. MISSING PERSON UPDATE: Tuesday afternoon the Beaverhead County Sheriff's Office received a call from a gentleman in St. George Utah who saw 2 men on motorcycles the day before matching the descriptions of Jason Morris and Derek Gore. He particularly recognized the unique motorcycle that Derek was riding. Both bikes had Montana plates. Undersheriff Knox talked to the man who looked on Facebook posts for Jason and Derek on the BCSO page and said he was 100% certain it was them. Early Wednesday morning Jason showed up at his home south of Dillon. His family is grateful for all the efforts to find Jason. Jason confirmed that he and Derek left together, but Derek has not returned home. The Missing Person alert for Jason is canceled but Derek will remain in the NCIC database until located. The Beaverhead County Sheriff's Office would like to thank Beaverhead Search and Rescue went above and beyond for over a week with their usual professional methods and tactics, 9 search dogs teams from all over Western Montana who assisted in the search, numerous other Law Enforcement agencies who provided assistance particularly the Dillon Police Department for helping gather information on both men, and especially the public who spread the word via social media and word of mouth. Undersheriff Bill Knox

Sentencing for Sandy Moore, who pled guilty in the killing of Larry Coon in January of 2020, was held today, October 12, 2021. The court heard statements from the victim’s family members, as well as statements for Sandy Moore which included her counselor Jenn Miller, LPC. Lori Ford, the victim’s sister, also incarcerated, made what could be seen as threatening assertions, regarding crossing paths in the Montana Women’s Prison. This caused some concern for both the defendant’s lawyers as well as Judge Berger. Moore’s lawyers asked the state for a 25-year sentence, minus the 641 days already served. They pointed out that she has mental and chemical dependency issues. They also asked the state to grant her access to a chemical dependency and mental health program while she is serving her time. During sentencing, Judge Berger made the remark that he has thought about the sentencing and doesn’t want to be seen as a judge that hands down harsh sentences. Judge Berger stated, “If the circumstances were, Sandy, you cannot steal, this would be on a different level. But here we are, and I am telling you, Sandy, you cannot murder people. Most people have a flight or fight response, and you have a fight and fight response that has led to nothing but tragedy. You are a broken individual, and I cannot give you a sentence that could have you out in as little as four years with the time already served.” For this reason, Judge Berger ruled for the state recommended sentencing of 40 years, with eligibility of parole after a quarter of that sentence served, along with needing to pay $3417.76 in restitution and to take any chemical dependency and mental health programs offered through the Montana Women’s Prison.

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In a preseason poll of Frontier Conference women’s basketball coaches, defending regular season and conference tournament champion Carroll College is the unanimous choice to win the 2021-2022 league title. Montana Western edged the University of Providence by one point for second place. MSU-Northern and Rocky Mountain College tied for third. Montana Tech is picked to finish last. In the women’s poll, there were two ballots that gave both Montana Western and Providence a second place vote. The points for second and third were added together and divided by two with each school receiving half of the total. Carroll College is the men’s coaches unanimous pick to win the 2021-2022 title. Montana Tech edged Providence by one point for second place. MSU-Northern was picked fourth followed by Montana Western and Rocky Mountain College. Votes were five points for first, four points for second, three points for third, two points for fourth and one point for fifth. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. Results

University of Montana Western students, Mana Bryant and Will Larson, will travel to Portland, Oregon to present their results from a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Pioneer Mountains research project at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects 2021 Conference October 10-13. UMW Environmental Science students Will Larson (left) and Mana Bryant (right) in the field. Led by Dr. Spruce Schoenemann of the Montana Western Environmental Sciences (ES) Department, this NSF funded collaborative project was a student-led research project conducted in the Pioneer Mountains, near Dillon, Montana, with the goal to reconstruct the glacial retreat history of the region. The unique combination of block scheduling and the proximity to the once-glaciated Pioneer Mountains, made the University of Montana Western an ideal place for undergraduates to engage in this project. The Pioneer Mountains are one of the few ranges in western Montana underlain by granite, making it possible to use Beryllium-10 (10Be) for cosmogenic nuclide geochemical dating and produce the first moraine chronologies for the region. The project first started in the Fall 2020 semester with University of Vermont professor, Dr. Lee Corbett, providing ES students and faculty a virtual training on the use of cosmogenic nuclides for geochemical dating. The training included proper field techniques on how to identify and sample glacial boulders that would provide accurate dates for glacial retreat in the Pioneers. In anticipation of the research grant, Dr. Schoenemann offered a special topics course titled “Glacial Geology of Montana” where students learned about geochronologic dating methods, glaciology, regional weather/climate patterns, applications of radioactive isotopes, and the development of paleoclimatic reconstructions. UMW Environmental Science student Mana Bryant (left) and Dr. Spruce Schoenemann (right). At the onset of the Fall semester, UMW students Mana Bryant and Will Larson were selected to join the research project under the mentorship of Dr. Schoenemann. During the winter months, Bryant and Larson used topographic maps, aerial photos, and Google Earth to perform topographic analysis of which glacial moraine sets would be the best candidates for dating. Once the snow melted in the late spring, Bryant and Larson participated in a 10-day field session to map surficial glacial deposits and collect rock samples from multiple moraines. They spent several days in the lab looking at locations and photos to determine which were the least eroded boulders, which were the least likely to have rolled or toppled over, and which were least likely to have been buried substantially by seasonal snowpacks in order to choose the best samples for dating. By taking samples of the granite rocks and utilizing the cosmogenic nuclides for geochemical dating, the students would then test the hypothesis that glacier systems, located in continental regions proximal to the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) and thus experience both cold temperatures and exceptionally low precipitation, may have reached local ice maximum considerably earlier than the LIS. Bryant and Larson then took these samples to the Montana Tech rock preparation facilities to crush, grind and sieve the samples down to 250-850 micrometers in preparation for testing at the NSF-supported community cosmogeny laboratory at the University of Vermont. During the early summer, Bryant and Larson traveled to the University of Vermont for eight weeks to learn and perform the complete process of sample preparation under the supervision of Dr. Corbett. Once purified, they were sent to the NSF-supported PRIME lab at Purdue University. Bryant and Larson worked remotely with Dr. Marc Caffee to learn how accelerator mass spectrometry analysis is done to determine cosmogenic ages and to interpret the dates. UMW Environmental Science student Will Larson samples a boulder in the Pioneer Mountains. The ages that were determined from the Purdue University PRIME lab, and the data collected during the entire year-long project, will be presented at the GSA Connects 2021 conference by Bryant and Larson from October 10-13. Larson’s poster titled “Glacial Mapping in the Arid Pioneer Mountains, Montana: Assessing Paleo-Elas during the Last Glacial Maximum” and Bryant’s poster titled “Investigating Arid Alpine Pleistocene Glaciation in the Pioneer Mountains of Montana using Cosmogenic 10-Beryllium” combine to cover the entire scope of the project. “This NSF project has offered the students a unique set of opportunities, including involvement from the initial site selection through the entire process, particularly with the chance to travel and work at a state-of-the-art research lab. It doesn’t get more experiential than this!” said Schoenemann. “When I first applied to college, I never would have imagined I would be standing here today, working with experts in their field and presenting what I learned at a national conference… all at an undergraduate level!” said Mana Bryant. “I hope to be able to continue being part of such fun collaborative projects after I graduate from Montana Western. The opportunities that arise for undergraduates here are truly experiential learning!” For more information, please email spruce.schoenemann@umwestern.edu.

News release from Beaverhead Search & rescue. Sunday Morning at 12:15 a.m. the Beaverhead Search and Rescue was paged out to look for a lost party in the Crystal Park area. A 53 year old gentleman and his 16 year old son had been reported missing from a day trip to Crystal Park. The lost party is from Anaconda. The incident actually started the day before. The reporting party called the Sheriff’s office at 7:52 p.m. Saturday evening and reported the two individuals had not returned home. A Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the Scenic By-Way from the Grasshopper end of the highway. A Highway Patrol Trooper was also dispatched from the Wise River end. Searches at either end of the byway did not produce the lost individuals or their vehicle. The Dillon deputy found car tracks going around the road closure barrier just below Elkhorn Hot Springs. Upon further investigation the deputy, while following the tracks, became stuck in a snow bank. After digging for two hours and finally getting some help from one of the Grasshopper Volunteer Firemen, he got out and returned to Dillon. At that time the Beaverhead Search and Rescue was called out to aid in the search. Tara Remely, Alex Dunn, Lawrence Morrisroe, and Mel Rice responded to the call out. Rice acted as the IC while Dunn, Remely, and Morrisroe were deployed to the Scenic By-Way with a side by side and snowmobile. The side by side and sled ventured up the By-Way behind the closure gate. The side x side had been stuck twice and was about 300 yards short of the Price Creek Campground. They had found nothing. At that point the sled went on into Crystal Park and over to Moose Park. Nothing was located and it was determined the Nissan car the party was driving would not have been able to make it that far. There were no tracks from a car in the area. It was also determined a car of that nature would not have been able to advance beyond the road closure barrier on the Wise River end of the By-Way… Therefore, the S&;R members terminated the search in the area and returned to Dillon, arriving back in town at 6:10 a.m. At this point the Sheriff’s office called individuals in Anaconda and was informed the individuals were home. Approximately 36 man hours were spent during the search. Search #2 The Beaverhead Search and Rescue was called out for two overdue hunters on September 23. The incident started when 4 hunters from Wisconsin separated into two parties and one of the parties did not return to the vehicle at the designated time. They were hunting in the Crystal Park area on the Scenic Byway. When two individuals had not returned after a certain length of time, the two that had returned called the Sheriff’s office and reported two of their party missing. S&R search managers received the page at 4:15 PM , while the general membership was called out at 4:47 PM. Hasty teams were deployed to Crystal Park, where the party of 4’s vehicle was located. A fixed wing aircraft was deployed to the search area as well. At approximately 6:15, the two missing individuals were located by the aircraft walking across Harrison Park, northwest of Crystal Park. A search ground team got to the individuals shortly after the plane spotted them; the two asked the S&R members whom they were looking for. They were informed that they were the missing party being searched for and they responded by saying we’re not lost. We’ve just been out hunting. The whole incident happened because of lack of communication or understanding between all 4 members of the party. Search and Rescue members participating in the incident: Clint Rouse, Cody Schnee, Dan Cahill, Dusty Crowe, Graden Greenslade, Jason Ericksen, Julia Clark, Lawrence Morrisroe, Sam Peterson, Shane Puyear, Steve Mock, Trent Cottom, and Tyler Gover. Thanks to all the members who were able to show up and help on the search. There were many man hours spent on an incident that wasn’t necessary had all the concerned parties fully communicated before separating for the days hunt. Please make sure when you venture out to the hills: Let someone know where you are heading and if that changes let someone know the alternative plan. Have a specific time that you are to meet back as a party but don’t panic if the individual(s) are a little bit overdue. Maybe they just got something and it is taking a while to get out. Be prepared for all of the different weather conditions that you may encounter in a 24 hour period. Have the necessary equipment in case you do get caught out after dark and may have to spend the night. It is finally looking like we might be moving into some inclement weather. Conditions can change in a hurry. Take care out there and be prepared. “In The Business of Saving Lives” your Beaverhead Search and Rescue.

Affected Area Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties Description WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT TUESDAY WHAT ...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 8 and 18 inches in the mountains. Some higher peaks could receive accumulations in excess of 2 feet. Lower elevations in northern Madison and Gallatin Counties can expect 4 to 8 inches. Lower elevations of western Beaverhead County can expect 1 to 4 inches. WHERE ...Beaverhead, Gallatin and Madison Counties. WHEN ...From Midnight tonight to Noon MDT Tuesday. IMPACTS ...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning and evening commutes. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ...Hunters and other outdoor recreationalists in southwest Montana should stay out of the mountains until after Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1 or visiting the MDT Road Report website .