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Wisam moved to the US and applied for asylum from the United Arab Emirates with his wife and kids in 2017. He was forced to leave his home in Iraq after he worked with an American company during the US-Iraq war in the early 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443599642-BZIM15ECT7F30L7OFCXI/Stember_04.jpg Making Home The drive from Missoula to Spokane is precarious during winter, but an important connection for many families from the resettlement community. It takes six hours, crossing northern Idaho, and travel over four mountain passes round-trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443601366-H4E93VW6P57NK8BGLP1V/Stember_05.jpg Making Home Wisam loads up his shopping cart with halal meats, yogurt, olives, and treats before Ramadan at the Middle Eastern Market in Spokane, Washington on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Wisam makes the six hour drive to Washington because many of the foods are unavailable in Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443613507-Y12QQR66N05CJT7QHIDZ/Stember_06.jpg Making Home Wisam and his brother-in-law Ammar Omar opened Kamoon & Ragheef in January 2022. Their restaraunt serves Arabian cuisine, including shawarma, flat bread, baba ganosh, falafel and hummus in Missoula, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443623037-TUCLJ2QEBDMBMVL70ON3/Stember_08.jpg Making Home Yahyah Shikh Saleh, originally from Syria, poses with his children at his home in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, February 25, 2024. Yahyah is currently learning English and works at Wisam's restaurant, Kamoon & Ragheef. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443647285-02NWG42QAKKV3R0AIYF9/Stember_12.jpg Making Home Kamal Laksic washes his hands and feet in a small closet as part of ritual purification before praying on Friday, March 8, 2024. Laksic serves as the Imam for the local Muslim community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443633446-5YQSE8I6147GYWTMORQF/Stember_10.jpg Making Home Members of the Missoula Muslim community squeeze into a small room for worship at the University of Montana on Friday, March 7, 2024. The community, which is partly made up of refugees and asylees, has struggled to find a suitable space to worship in Missoula, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443642253-EJ5J2S9IQUG2KGA1D94P/Stember_11.jpg Making Home Folks from the Missoula Muslim community spill out into the hallway during Friday Prayer at the University of Montana on Friday, March 8, 2024. The Muslim community, which is partly made up of refugees and asylees, has struggled to find a suitable space to worship in Missoula, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443660683-R66GQ19MMHR15OZ9VX0I/Stember_14.jpg Making Home Community members gather to eat during Iftar, the evening breaking of the fast, during Ramadan in Missoula, Montana on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The local Missoula muslim community provides a wider sense of family for many resettlement families who have relatives overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443652622-003KTO5GCQE9U1QUQK9B/Stember_13.jpg Making Home The Imam, Kamal Laksic, leads a round of Quran jeopardy for kids with giant candy bars for the winners during Iftar in Missoula, Montana, on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The local Missoula muslim community provides a wider sense of family for many resettlement families who have relatives overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443678072-CEFOE7WXLSYCRUIEV4GP/Stember_17.jpg Making Home Chef Grace Mussiwa and a UWE volunteer share a giggle during day two of dinner prep at the First Methodist Church in Missoula on Monday, March 11, 2024. Grace is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She's working on becoming an accountant while her husband Paul studies computer science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443673819-IX8VE8CRJSRKARK12XDB/Stember_16.jpg Making Home Yucca is peeled by a United We Eat volunteer at the First Methodist Church in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. United We Eat uses food as a way to create bridges between chefs from all around the world eager to share their culinary traditions and local residents excited to try global cuisine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443685521-W12T03DF2W36ZS5TVVT9/Stember_18.jpg Making Home A volunteer hands an excited customer the Beef a la Tomate dinner cooked by Chef Grace Chef Mussiwa in the basement of First Methodist Church in Missoula on Wednesday, March 12, 2024. The United We Eat program highlights community exchange and provides a supplemental income for chefs from the resettlement community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443690280-GVTTYK8NKKO6YJB53RBU/Stember_19.jpg Making Home Kamar Mardelli, a Syrian refugee, prepares to teach an Arabic class for kids from the resettlement community at the Missoula Public Library on Sunday, April 27, 2024. Many of the kids are fluent in English, but some have partially forgotten how to speak Arabic over the last few years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443695711-CEFH18O8TGA09CZ93RO2/Stember_20.jpg Making Home One of Kamar's students practices writing her Arabic letters and accents during class at the Missoula Public Library on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Kamar teaches about a dozen students once a week for a few months during summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728443698172-Y29RAJP365S3ZUXHH97C/Stember_21.jpg Making Home Kamar Mardelli, a Syrian refugee, practices pronunciations with her students from the resettlement community at the Missoula Public Library on Sunday, April 27, 2024. Many of the kids are fluent in English, but some have partially forgotten how to speak Arabic over the last few years. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/boyd-station daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732598396705-LRMP8UGRY1ZKHEMCAQ96/Boyd+Infographic+3.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728484454905-BY5EDGR3T3TJIMNC1JJZ/6-2-24_John+Stember_194.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A rainbow over Boyd's Station in Berry, Kentucky on Sunday, June 2, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728486911857-DTWNJ6Y0EI2D8YUQ19ZC/Stember_singles_01.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Erik Montejano, 26, tops tobacco in 90ºF heat on a farm on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Tobacco, which used to be a major driver in the Harrison County economy, is slipping away. Over the last 20 years, tobacco production has declined 61.9% in Kentucky, according to the USDA Agriculture Census. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732595710644-IATZHTEUWHZVP4I0Z85V/7-8-24_John+Stember_17844.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Brent Dunaway, 38, takes a test flight with a DJI 40 Drone on the Dunaway family farm on Monday, July 8, 2024 near Boyd, Kentucky. The drone is a cheaper alternative to hiring a helicopter for spraying crops. The Dunaway’s own what used to support approximately 30-40 families worth of farmland, many of which have disappeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728486928865-YZANNPLEEPDZED4HU2LZ/Stember_singles_04.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 About 50 people gathered at church to hear Allegra speak about her personal experiences and advice for navigating small town America as a trans woman on Monday, July 15, 2024. “There is nothing wrong with me. I see forward. I am a woman,” Allegra said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/a783ee61-7c16-41f6-806e-75f48c441740/6-9-24_John+Stember_3877.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Tobacco set by H2-A temporary agricultural workers from Mexico at the Barnett family farm on Sunday, June 9, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2ac1c2e3-cc11-498c-a846-1b17016e37fc/6-16-24_John+Stember_7591.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Henry Haag and his girlfriend Brooklyn bounce on a trampoline as the sun sets on Wendell Haag’s farm in Olivet, Kentucky, on Sunday, June 16, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737418063010-7MLJ3BDU4KY6F7X1J25I/7-11-24_John+Stember_19284.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Jenny Lynn Hatter, 52, sips a health drink while at work for Harrison County Schools in Cynthiana on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Jenny Lynn has battled with weight loss her entire life, but recently started taking compounded trizapetide, a GLP-1 weight loss drug similar to Ozempic and Mounjaro. “You have more mental space to enjoy life,” Hatter said. “Turning off the noise of hunger is the biggest benefit.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728487392939-XAJTWR2SP6M2S0PRQGNC/6-23-24_John+Stember_10702.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A group of inner tubers on the way to exploring the underwater world of mussels with ecologist Wendell Haag on the Licking River near Mount Olivet on Sunday, June 23, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1dbc7c0f-6536-4c09-9be8-83053ba691e9/7-27-24_John+Stember_33472.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728486942863-G9S5MX2VAHD5Q4KH0J6U/Stember_singles_06.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Amish members Mahlon Hostetler, 32, John Gingerich, 35, and Samuel Gingerich, 6, are passed by a car as they head to work by horse and buggy on Lafferty Pike Road near Berry, Kentucky on Friday, June 14, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737419101642-D8D5TE3LILEFZ6XRMC6F/8-13-24_John+Stember_39302.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Uncut tobacco, which grows up to six feet tall, at the Dunaway Farm near Berry, Kentucky, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Tobacco, which used to be a major driver in the Harrison County economy, is slipping away. Over the last 20 years, tobacco production has declined 61.9% in Kentucky, according to the USDA Agriculture Census. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732596059358-2H5FOTG02338M1NUNEWG/8-11-24_John+Stember_38229.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Al Switzer, 57, after working on his truck outside his garage off Martin Road near Renaker, Kentucky, on Sunday, August 11, 2024. Al Switzer looks after his grandson, Aaron Switzer, 5, with the help of his wife, Debbie Perkins, 52. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732602204466-D18YSJEMU53FHGCHDXEA/6-29-24_John+Stember_13467.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Jamie Thompson, 22, and Amariana Kenda, 1, giggle in the bounce house at the Rotary Club's Fourth of July celebration for the community at Flat Run’s Veterans Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728486951124-AKHABI1TTEQY0CG4CIXG/Stember_singles_08.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Teenagers Trey Talbot, 13, Cole Anthony, 13, and Aiden Perkins, 13, pose for a portrait while shooting gel blaster toy guns on Thursday, June 20, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737416083973-B38OQQ2VO1T8ST43E67B/6-2-24_John+Stember_114.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 William Hill waits for his son in an alleyway behind Biancke’s Restaurant in Cynthiana on Sunday, May 2, 2024. Hill cuts grass and weeds for work through word of mouth. “I’ve been here all my life in Cynthiana,” Hill said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2eb27e62-7c43-4450-8e39-05774b75c5c7/6-5-24_John+Stember_1648.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Anjanette “AJ” Cooper, 52, responds to call for an orphaned kitten in Cynthiana on Thursday, June 6, 2024. AJ rescues and raises stray kittens through Helping Hounds Find Homes in her house off Blakes Lane in Berry. She goes through a 60 pack of Sam’s Club cat food every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/fa68665a-35be-4c15-978f-b702350abf0f/5-30-24_John+Stember_028.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Wall displays within the Cynthiana Harrison County Museum on Walnut Street on Thursday, May 30, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732595916898-H7A0F1JSH9SF2Z8JV236/6-20-24_John+Stember_9619.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Teenager Trey Talbot fools around with a toy gel blaster gun at twilight in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/651e113f-85bd-4cb9-ab9a-1cc4983f4064/6-19-24_John+Stember_8551.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Tthe Pythian Grove cemetery on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Photo by John Stember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737416546306-MT5A2EJAVSEYCPEI5I2N/6-8-24_John+Stember_2906.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Oscar Gutierrez, 23, an H2-A temporary agricultural worker from Mexico, picks raspberries during the cool morning at Stepping Stone Farm near Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732596077415-007CTWAJOM3G0IW51GXE/6-23-24_John+Stember_11269.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 About 16 people played a community game of whiffle ball on the Haag Family farm near Mount Olivet on Sunday, June 23, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732595862340-K6ZZ94X2TJZ8LMOO9XK7/6-8-24_John+Stember_3075.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A teenage couple briefly holds hands at the Houdini Diesel Horsepower Showdown at the Harrison County Fair Grounds on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f54c9f8e-1c67-44b2-ac21-922fee917a41/6-3-24_John+Stember_579.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/832c190f-4e12-4c66-9118-2976e273145c/6-23-24_John+Stember_11170.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A broken robin's egg along the Licking River near Mount Olivet on Sunday, June 23, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732602635234-JNVPPIX9Z97F3L85TMN8/7-18-24_John+Stember_27728.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A group of women give into laughter during the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at the Harrison County Fair on Thursday, July 18, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732599458817-MR193SXBIPSLMWX0QRTH/6-29-24_John+Stember_13907.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A little girl watches the firework show at the Cynthiana Rotary Club’s Fourth of July celebration for the Harrison County community on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at Flat Run’s Veterans Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737421590339-PU9VVZRAKFWX4JBMMLAK/8-20-24_John+Stember_42214.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 H2-A temporary agricultural workers from Mexico cut about 150 tobacco plants an hour on the Barnes Farm off Bowman Mill Road on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737418403948-5SMX4XKHJLCVGW1ILVC5/8-14-24_John+Stember_41118.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 H2-A temporary agricultural workers from Mexico and Nicaragua pass recently cut tobacco into the rafters to hang and dry at the Dunaway Farm near Berry, Kentucky, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Burley tobacco, which will be mixed with another form of tobacco, provides the fill for cigarettes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/78ae7237-a9ac-4aee-948a-a04c3e627b1a/6-19-24_John+Stember_8883.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Tinker Jones, 64, rummages through piles of dusty belongings in his garage in Leesburg, Kentucky on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Jones is an auto mechanic and the unofficial mayor of the small roadside town of Leesburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1737418897595-0XUCQPEU0707A92IB2LY/8-11-24_John+Stember_38121.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Aaron Switzer, 5, who recently started kindergarten, tries to open the hood of a truck at his Papaw’s place off Martin Road on Sunday, August 11, 2024. Aaron’s grandpa, Al Switzer, 57, looks after him with the help of his wife, Debbie Perkins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/a0fc47e0-e4f8-464b-8cd3-a0f185d2d0bb/6-29-24_John+Stember_13590.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Kids eat popcorn and watch fireworks from the back of a pickup truck during a Fourth of July celebration at Flat Run’s Veterans Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9ee3de10-66c1-4a3f-bfbf-980f93cd29c4/6-8-24_John+Stember_3260.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A truck barrels down the dirt runway in front of a crowd at the Houdini Diesel Horsepower Showdown outside of Cynthiana on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/46865f3c-9c5c-449c-b1ac-00a7b9a1ec7d/6-29-24_John+Stember_13487.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Jamie Fugate, 13, and Chey Spates, 16, painted their faces for a Fourth of July celebration at Flat Run’s Veterans Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/ec4900d2-6672-457e-ad73-cbedee939813/6-16-24_John+Stember_7347.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/5ee3d4bf-cdd3-4283-916e-bc46444a3e19/6-4-24_John+Stember_782.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Brandon Barnett, 31, weighs and vaccinates cattle off Edgewater Road near Lair on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/5abf3615-6c84-4687-9bc1-e9becd56126a/6-8-24_John+Stember_3221.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Fireflies emerge in farm country off County Road 1054 near Boyd Station on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/aa361e89-8ae5-49bb-899c-bbc09582b623/6-26-24_John+Stember_12002.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Nestor Martinez, 39, feeds the yearling horses dinner at the Hurricane Place Farm off U.S. Highway 27 near Lair on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The Harrison family has managed Peter Blum’s horse farm, the largest in the county, for the last decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/b8d84b48-2a84-4fbd-9f8a-53f5342e355d/6-15-24_John+Stember_7000.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A young boy lets out a yawn during a service at the Cynthiana Christian Church on Saturday, June 15, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/591743bf-9f7f-4bc3-a730-bfab7c0a704c/5-30-24_John+Stember_015.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Kayden Fried, 11, rides his bike along East Penn Street in Cynthiana on Thursday, May 30, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/7451cace-e760-4aff-b117-39c95672b04e/6-23-24_John+Stember_11064.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A dragon fly lands on Melina Walling's elbow while floating on the Licking River near Mount Olivet on Sunday, June 23, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/b77cbcc7-ab61-4505-92f1-2b0f176dbad2/6-29-24_John+Stember_13497.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Adam Marsh, 34, watches a show and fans his son, James Marsh, 1, at the Rotary Club's Fourth of July celebration at Flat Run’s Veterans Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The temperatures were in the upper 90ºs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/934c1026-b1d4-4a27-8511-cd948275ba9d/7-19-24_John+Stember_28553.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 A group of young women try to catch, hold onto a pig for 10 seconds, and get it back to the trailer for the Greased Pig event at the Harrison County Fair on Friday, July 19, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2f605713-77d3-4abe-beb1-6dba8ac111c9/8-7-24_John+Stember_35713.jpg Boyd's Station 306.36 Hunter Gonzaulez, 7, rides his scooter on Broadway Avenue the night before the first day of school on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/35-day-across-bwca daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1636946167581-5TJX5JS6ELHZVTHVEOXM/IMG_6079.jpg 35 days across BWCA https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/nyt-grizzly-bears-1 daily 0.75 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749859810011-LFJTZPAJ3AS4IW5RXSUP/Grizzly+Bear+info.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858565756-7Y0AA5W0KD3G35IQQBUZ/DJI_0564.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Aerial views of Ninemile, Montana, where grizzly bears are beginning to show up, on Friday, September 29, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858918236-DL232LYRWBBU2A5STIM6/IMG_7394.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming A female grizzly bear, which was killed by a car strike, sits on display at the Upsata Lake’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service station outside of Ovando, Montana, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. As grizzly bear populations have slowly grown in Montana, the bears are expanding back into their historic ranges and bumping up against people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858860989-2Y9DYCMVZXZ8GYLSHWUM/IMG_7146.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Leftover chicken feathers from recent bear activity on a landowner’s property outside of Potomac, Montana, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858569685-JTX5QQVLDJGI3P3KOZDV/IMG_6211.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming A GPS collared grizzly bear recently traveled along the creek behind Cathy Ream's property, which led her to electrify her chicken coop, in Turah, Montana, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858586445-3M1B5ATLKXRXITLAVS22/IMG_6260.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming A grizzly bear hide hangs on the wall of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Missoula on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Grizzly bears were listed on the Endangered Species Act in 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858947981-PIBCQJO4J159RMT3MIJC/IMG_7639.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Anatolian shepherds, 150 pound livestock guardian dogs, jostle in Natalie Thurman's backyard in Ninemile, Montana, on Friday, September 29, 2023. Thurman sells Anatolians to landowners to provide buffer zones in grizzly bear country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858934822-I64CO05AZ5UOR98NOXN0/IMG_7550.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Natalie Thurman and Aries, one of her livestock guardian dogs named after the god of war, at her property in Ninemile, Montana, on Friday, September 29, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858873791-I5IKCJRUPGOAP0YX6TLU/IMG_7253.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Cattle outside of Ovando, Montana, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. There are twice as many cattle, 2.2 million, as people in Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858905144-SBA2MDDAY6MXI9QCFZ1N/IMG_7374.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Grizzly bears, Ursus Arctos Horribilis, are named for their blonde hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858849601-8HE1U7MQYRHYXUO8RUNT/IMG_7046.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming USDA non-lethal specialists Lauren Emerick and Dane Williams learn how to build a bear deterrent electric fence around a chicken coop from Defenders of Wildlife employee Russ Talmo near Potomac, Montana, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Electrification is one of the most popular and effective tools for deterring grizzly bears from food sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858634702-8CYY1WYPT4IC2NWHQEH1/IMG_7007.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming USDA non-lethal specialist, Lauren Emerick learns how to build a bear deterrent electric fence near Potomac, Montana, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749858588439-WTJRQYT8L9CA2S8D9AZ8/IMG_6324.jpg nyt grizzly bears coming Jamie Jonkel, grizzly bear specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, poses for a portrait besides a culvert trap in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Grizzly bears are starting to show up on the edge of cities like Missoula. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/nyt-federal-layoffs daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/83a04544-faee-4ab0-87e1-fda0c2637753/Federal+Layoffs+Info.jpg nyt fed layoffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238203737-VES5OZ6XYINW2GQP8KNF/2-22-25_John+Stember_54813.jpg nyt fed layoffs Night falls on the headquarters of Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Although recent federal layoffs have impacted National Park Service personnel across the country, Glacier National Park remains largely unscathed. The park allegedly cut only three full time employees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238219295-OU7N3SDDEUV9ZJNYMUBG/2-22-25_John+Stember_54774.jpg nyt fed layoffs Headquarters of the National Park Service in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768232051-35OGWCZUSAEHC6FL7U23/2-22-25_John+Stember_54527.jpg nyt fed layoffs National Park Ranger, Emily Erickson, leads a group of about 20 visitors on a guided snowshoe tour of Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238225799-O18V8QR2OO06H27RQ625/2-22-25_John+Stember_54655.jpg nyt fed layoffs Recently terminated Glacier National Park employee, Henry Rincavage, 29, poses for a portrait in Columbia Falls, Montana, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Rincavage worked on a two year grant funded position for the National Park Service as a museum specialist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768655230-GXNPZE01WWO7AF6JTH0P/2-23-25_John+Stember_54874.jpg nyt fed layoffs Wildfire scars along the North Fork of the Flathead River on the western edge of Glacier National Park on Sunday, February 23, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768862967-LAOXARJ8N5CU6OHEQXMO/2-22-25_John+Stember_54621.jpg nyt fed layoffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768346205-M4ZNC8QURFMDMPBE43M3/2-22-25_John+Stember_54518.jpg nyt fed layoffs Visitors walk along the frozen shores of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The NPS reported approximately 3,208,754 million people visited Glacier National Park in 2024, according to preliminary data from the National Park Service Visitation Unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768826539-59KEX8IJ1O0MUGBOPKB4/2-22-25_John+Stember_54234.jpg nyt fed layoffs Mountain storms along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Glacier National Park was established as the tenth national park in 1910. The park typically ranks in the top 15 for annual visitation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238298144-JZWR686QMEV5641DNAPE/2-22-25_John+Stember_54489.jpg nyt fed layoffs Visitors walk along the frozen shores of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The NPS reported approximately 3,208,754 million people visited Glacier National Park in 2024, according to preliminary data from the National Park Service Visitation Unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768812101-694D0NWPN7GI3X3MESUF/2-21-25_John+Stember_54983.jpg nyt fed layoffs Aerial views of the Northern Region Headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. The USFS, which is divided into nine regions, manages about one quarter of federal lands. The Northern Region oversees six states, including Montana and North Dakota, and parts of Idaho, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768885070-97LRONLEY8BMK5VC9A98/2-21-25_John+Stember_53948.jpg nyt fed layoffs Recently terminated U.S. Forest Service Forestry Technician, Brendan Howell, 25, poses for a portrait in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. "I went into full on panic mode last Thursday [February 13]," Howell said. Howell used to work as a wildland firefighter, but recently monitored small carnivoes, like lynx and wolverine, for the Bitterroot National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238346041-G9Y7J3SEQK3000G5SPX5/2-21-25_John+Stember_54066.jpg nyt fed layoffs A U.S. Forest Service badge on Brendan Howell, 25, a recently terminated Bitterroot National Forest employee, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238354015-T3L4X0CUWNR6F7S54MPJ/2-21-25_John+Stember_54019.jpg nyt fed layoffs Brendan Howell, 25, pulls up his termination letter from the Bitterroot National Forest in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Howell does not plan to work for the federal government again, although he believes this is the intended effect of the layoffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768878893-647L6QE7CS5QPK8K6GFG/2-21-25_John+Stember_53898.jpg nyt fed layoffs The moon rises outside the U.S. Forest Service Northern Region Headquarters in Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1744768871431-Q7XH8C0E1PITLGQBZMH3/2-21-25_John+Stember_54073.jpg nyt fed layoffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238362672-E6CK4NUSBX20JEQUSPXC/2-21-25_John+Stember_53990.jpg nyt fed layoffs Recently terminated U.S. Forest Service Forestry Technician, Brendan Howell, 25, poses for a portrait in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Howell spent four years studying wildlife biology and three years working towards a permanent position only to see his future evaporate in a week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238375645-HHBQG8Q7O0BVNM83FHDB/2-20-25_John+Stember_53835.jpg nyt fed layoffs Greg Koniges, 38, checks in with his son Lafe Koniges, 7, after a cross country skiing fall at the Pattee Canyon National Recreation Area, which is a part of Lolo National Forest, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238385604-Q6JQGF6OETIZQ22ES57B/2-20-25_John+Stember_53824.jpg nyt fed layoffs Lafe Koniges, 7, gets help putting his cross country skis on from his dad, Greg Koniges, 38, at the Pattee Canyon National Recreation Area, which is a part of Lolo National Forest, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The U.S. Forest Service manages about one quarter of federal lands. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/idont-want-to-talk-about-it daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741240494144-6I4POCQ90M6YE8PX8CRA/I+Dont+Want+to+Talk+About+It+copy.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741239409181-3XJ20KM5548LZWI4K8F8/1-24-25_John+Stember_53044.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School students prepare backstage before their play, “I Don’t Want to Talk About it,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741239214921-9Z1T6IV5CNY5BN643VTZ/Untitled-1.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Stage props for “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237820817-CQJ2RJKY0NS1BNNB8OF7/1-24-25_John+Stember_53132.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Palyne Lucas, 14, gets a squirt of makeup from Ierlyn Kelley, 15, before performing “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237786997-KK0HJV816HPO26POBWUI/1-24-25_John+Stember_53233.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School students prepare the stage for their performance of “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. Whitehall High School blocked the performance of the play, despite months of rehearsals, because of the play's focus on suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237809240-5VSRNZ8555I11QKDYWTN/1-24-25_John+Stember_53179.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Lele Martin, 17, takes a big breath backstage before performing the lead role for “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. Whitehall school administration blocked the performance of the play, despite months of rehearsals, because of the play's focus on suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237687873-FAE7SAIE1ED7790N315L/1-24-25_John+Stember_53411.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School senior, Lele Martin, 17, performed the lead role for “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. "This play is a blank canvas for what every teenager might go through," Martin said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237846084-YSNBKP0QII88CDHYFCU8/1-24-25_John+Stember_52964.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" After their high school told them they couldn’t perform their play because of its focus on suicide, about a dozen students from Whitehall High School performed “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237558369-0TWTWE1SSMU4Z64CW6RL/1-24-25_John+Stember_53447.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School senior, L Farley, 18, poses for a portrait after performing, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. Farley believes the play, which talks about suicide, is a lot more effective at reaching youth than a school presentation. Nearly a quarter of youth in Jefferson County considered suicide in 2023, according to the most recent Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237798841-YWCQWIQOFN59CVVE9E0W/1-24-25_John+Stember_53214.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Practicing lines before performing, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237567479-8UED1R5QXHW9XEZRJH3F/1-24-25_John+Stember_53436.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School sophmore, Rolan Beati, 15, poses for a portrait after performing, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237886509-BQMRXNRTPF069SLC115S/1-24-25_John+Stember_53306.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" After their high school told them they couldn’t perform their play because of its focus on suicide, about a dozen students from Whitehall High School performed “I Don’t Want to Talk About it” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. Nearly a quarter of youth in Jefferson County considered suicide in 2023, according to the most recent Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237863620-W8F2WVJ3URUFMP0O4JRL/1-24-25_John+Stember_53376.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall High School student, L Farley, 18, giddy with excitement after performing at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741237767604-CAB4J9UATMU3Q1EOAD9R/1-24-25_John+Stember_53367.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall drama director Liz Pullman, 42, and lead Lele Martin, 17, share a hug behind the stage after performing, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1741238900081-9O28OEP8YXZ5Z7XUX94X/1-24-25_John+Stember_53493.jpg "I don't want to talk about it" Whitehall drama director, Liz Pullman, 42, poses for a portrait at the State Thespian Festival on Friday, January 24, 2025. 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Dennis maintains about 20 rental properties around Kennett, but struggles to find tenants who will take care of his homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728444585634-ZOC2253XO6740AM8RI0X/9-25-24_John+Stember_47004.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop Dating for two years, Denise Massey, 22, and Dennis Jenkins, 60, share a hug on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728444575443-AIT70ILJOPNEPAUAYYMM/9-25-24_John+Stember_46974.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop Surrounded by hired hands, Denise Massey, 22, Niklaus Jenkins, 1, and Dennis Jenkins, 60, check in on a roofing project on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at one of their rental properties in Kennett, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732584121857-3N8APWT9727L3BC0O64T/D%26D+Triptych.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728444610576-L9QBLKASS4MW7ATRFFUR/9-25-24_John+Stember_47036.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop Denise Massey, 22, passes her 1-year-old son, Niklaus Jenkins, to her partner, Dennis Jenkins, 60, on the couch on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. The couple met through Dunklin County Cab and started dating a little over two years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732584259555-H1RE0MLZXEUOLS147R6F/9-25-24_John+Stember_47058.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop Denise Massey, 22, gives her little 1-year-old son, Niklaus Jenkins, a bath before bedtime on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1732586030514-8JBWDH2O9RZXB8XN5A72/9-25-24_John+Stember_47041.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop An upset Niklaus Jenkins, 1, waits for his mom, Denise Massey, 22, to bring him food on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1728444599070-3M28IAD0349Y5TM9HVMS/9-25-24_John+Stember_47014.jpg Missouri Photo Workshop Denise Massey, 22, drives a lawnmower down the street to her mom's house on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. 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Due to high demand for childcare, there are at least eight families on the waiting list for AELC. Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041675696-AO2VUTF9YNMWJD7M6I5Z/AELC_3.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap A preschool student watches her mom leave after drop off in the morning at the Alberton Early Learning Center on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. On average, Montanans paid $18,940 in childcare expenses for children under six in 2023, according to Montana DPHHS. Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041686309-Y2FKW98BNEKCGOYIN02O/AELC_10.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap Sheri Arnett gets toddlers ready for a new activity at the Alberton Early Learning Center on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. AELC has struggled to find employees with a background in early childhood development because getting a degree or teaching certificate doesn’t make much sense with low wages. 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Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041704362-RBND6LU4SJDE2FHZMJ5A/AELC_21.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap A student in the toddler program looks for chickens in the coup during outside time at the Alberton Early Learning Center on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041673658-0KPPN8DSUK8OF3ETA92R/AELC_1.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap Felicity Day, owner of the Alberton Early Learning Center (AELC), provides high quality childcare for toddlers and preschool students in the rural 500-person town of Alberton, Montana. Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041414886-LTQQTZF9P1Y43E1C9Z4W/Cochrane_8.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap Kyle and Lauren Cochrane work remotely and have struggled to find quality childcare for their children, Sloane, 1, and Howie, 3, near Frenchtown, Montana. 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Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722281630048-URNRE8JNO3FD2QRADJM4/5K7A6027.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap Lauren Cochrane pumps milk for her 11-month-old daughter while working on Monday, April 22, 2024. The Cochranes have struggled to find quality childcare for both their children in Frenchtown, Montana. Montana Free Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722041240991-8K7DE3XIAB2UB6MY3NMP/Cochrane_3.jpg Montana’s Childcare Gap On her way out the door, Lauren Cochrane hands off her 11-month-old daughter Sloane to her husband Kyle on Monday, April 22, 2024. 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Saturday, June 7, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749853067127-B682ND8U06TEYWK8MKKU/6-7-25_John+Stember_63965.jpg Montana Drag Wrestling Stella Kinesis and Margaret Murder battle for the championship of Montana Drag Wrestling at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, Montana on Saturday, June 7, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749853119249-F34GUFWQDD3YFS0MXJKJ/6-7-25_John+Stember_63771.jpg Montana Drag Wrestling Drag artists Jack of Hearts, Bironic, and Gusty Cross Wind complete some last second preparations before the Montana Drag Wrestling show at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, Montana on Saturday, June 7, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749853484795-VVEZI4VX2463EHLQWWGI/6-7-25_John+Stember_63994.jpg Montana Drag Wrestling Margaret Murder puts Stella Kinesis in an arm bar during the Montana Drag Wrestling championship at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, Montana on Saturday, June 7, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1749853048158-1SJ1L6ASF7NU1RGVE6SJ/6-7-25_John+Stember_63881.jpg Montana Drag Wrestling Drag artists Iris Von Moxxi and Ace of Hearts compete in a lip-syncing competition during the Montana Drag Wrestling show at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, Montana on Saturday, June 7, 2025. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2026-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/26eefa43-3155-4006-80f9-8ef580d75be1/9-17-25_John+Stember_72538.jpg PORTFOLIO For the first time in U.S. history, a federal court heard live testimony in a constitutional climate lawsuit called Lighthiser v. Trump brought by 22 youth plaintiffs from Montana, Oregon, Hawai'i, California and Florida at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. One of the kids core arguments was that the Trump administration's executive orders would worsen climate change, threatening their rights to life, liberty, and health under the Fifth Amendment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1750262228479-865N0WH15DGNLPK8VL2W/Stember_5.jpg PORTFOLIO Grizzly bear specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Chad White, pulls DNA samples from the frozen remains of a grizzly bear near Choteau, Montana on Friday, October 4, 2024. This grizzly was killed by hunters after it was mistaken for a black bear in an area grizzlies are recolonizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/730b6467-f859-416b-a882-ed0f691e4c2c/9-30-25_John+Stember_74130.jpg PORTFOLIO A grizzly bear during fall in Glacier National Park, Montana on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Glacier is a part of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE), which contains the highest concentrations and largest grizzly bears in the lower 48 states. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e9d079a6-fd43-471d-bcf2-98753a8673e1/Grizzly+den+header.jpg PORTFOLIO Jojo Becker, 5, explores a coulee with grizzly bear dens in the background outside of Valier, Montana, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Becker family estimate there are eight grizzly dens nearby. They adopted two livestock guardian dogs for deterring the bears after a near miss with one of their kids in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/af50e4d0-d54d-4190-8bd3-3aa52e7cc578/10-18-25_John+Stember_76255.jpg PORTFOLIO A car driven down a driveway on the Navajo Nation on Saturday, October 19, 2025. To get to school, Navajo students typically must travel rural dirt roads like this one. The Secure Rural Schools program provides critical funding for rural infrastructure in Coconino County. Commercial work for Resource Rural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/fdf448ea-5476-4904-98d1-5413363e43f7/drag_06.jpg PORTFOLIO Stella Kinesis lingers in the doorway before her championship fight against Margaret Murder at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Montana Drag Wrestling, or MDW, started back in 2023 after a series of bills were introduced targeting drag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/cbf0c910-751c-4303-bbf6-bee014de1d51/11-20-25_John+Stember_79600.jpg PORTFOLIO A refugee who became a U.S. citizen holds her daughter's hand for an anonymous portrait on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Even with US citizenship, she doesn't feel safe as a legal immigrant in America due to the Trump Administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/8bf1e24f-caeb-4bdc-a45d-7c3fd895fbb1/10-18-25_John+Stember_76643.jpg PORTFOLIO Lena Fowler, supervisor for Coconino County, poses for a portrait outside her childhood home on the Navajo Nation on Saturday, October 19, 2025. Fowler is an advocate for the Secure Rural Schools program, which provides critical funding for rural infrastructure in Coconino County. Commercial work for Resource Rural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/a0621cd5-8bf8-4fcc-ab2d-471674573294/11-20-25_John+Stember_79664.jpg PORTFOLIO A woman, who arrived as a refugee to the U.S. in the last 5 years and is going to lose SNAP benefits, poses for an anonymous portrait on Thursday, November 20, 2025. “Coming to America was a dream," she explained. "I am not safe here now." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1676842340841-ZDG1PLM6P31EWEB7VLQD/IMG_2692.jpg PORTFOLIO A large structure fire, energized by high winds off Lake Superior, burned for nearly four hours and leveled three local businesses in downtown Grand Marais, Minnesota on Monday, April 13, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/8a5b58d1-37ab-4e26-9165-4e1da23f6a6c/12-17-25_John+Stember_81085.jpg PORTFOLIO With assistance from a birth doula and team of medical providers, Marty gave birth to a little girl alongside her partner Spencer at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. CMC's labor and delivery unit is the only one left in the Missoula after St. Patrick Hospital decided to shut down their unit in 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/8c5dfcdf-4354-4a9f-bff2-b29bda217625/11-14-25_John+Stember_79150.jpg PORTFOLIO Jennifer Mayo, M.D., OB/GYN of Western Montana Clinic poses for a portrait at Community Medical Center on Friday, November 14, 2025. Dr. Mayo was one of three physicians St. Pats recruited to start their obstetric unit in 2015. She found out abruptly that the center would be closing in October 2025. “The staff were floored by the announcement,” said Mayo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/802e0895-4627-42d1-be7c-93d88c086955/3-1-25_John+Stember_55347.jpg PORTFOLIO As part of a nationwide protest, about 200 people gathered to support public lands and oppose the recent layoffs of federal employees by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/69c7f095-232a-4ea7-9129-a46f5f443131/2-19-26_John+Stember_83052.jpg PORTFOLIO Fort Peck Tribes' buffalo herd roams the windswept plains of the 33,000 acre Turtle Mound Ranch near Wolf Point on Thursday, February 19, 2026. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes' program is one of the longest running and largest Tribally owned buffalo herds in the country. Fort Peck recently received their largest shipment of buffalo from Yellowstone National Park since their partnership started in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1745639373454-BNQCRQ7GA5KGOUH5DJ14/4-16-25_John+Stember_58126.jpg PORTFOLIO U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke at the University of Montana during a “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. About 9,000 people attended the rally, according to event organizers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1722283717251-SI65NRG79OUSQE1WXIS3/7-13-24_John+Stember_20360.jpg PORTFOLIO Erik Montejano, 26, tops tobacco in 90ºF on the Dunaway’s farm near Berry, Kentucky on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Over the last 20 years, tobacco production has declined 61.9% in Kentucky, according to the USDA Agriculture Census. 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Many of the namesake glaciers in the national park are disappearing due to climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1734217026997-O1F9X4CYL60732FYLY2M/IMG_5468.jpg PORTFOLIO The aurora borealis ripples across the night sky above the Arctic Circle near Bettles, Alaska on Monday, February 17, 2018. In this part of the Arctic, the sun disappears around November and doesn’t return until January with temperatures reaching -50ºF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/05c0465e-912d-435d-8e3f-cd8206ca3c7c/7-27-25_John+Stember_68855.jpg PORTFOLIO Since 2021, Richard Forbes has been attempting to visit all 26 of the remaining glaciers in Glacier National Park on foot, many of them only accessible through steep off-trail terrain. Back when the park was established in 1910, NASA estimates there were 150 glaciers. 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Ranching, which is an important part of the rural economy and lifestyle in Montana, forges an intimate bond between people and their livestock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e29f13a4-748c-43a6-b242-b10b02b3349e/IMG_8741.jpg PORTFOLIO Horses during blue hour on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/cffc8ea7-a912-4c83-b5bc-914c3dcb879f/8-26-25_John+Stember_71378.jpg PORTFOLIO Angie Main, cofounder and executive director of NACDC Financial Services, at her home outside of Valier, Montana, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. NACDC is a non-profit that helps remove barriers that exist in Indian County to capital and credit, including loans for home ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f2b55b04-6c4f-4cba-a75c-b3d543d83653/2-22-25_John+Stember_54820.jpg PORTFOLIO Night falls on the headquarters of Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Despite the recent round of federal layoffs, Glacier National Park largely seems unscathed. 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The idea behind the class is that dark stuff can get you through a dark time, Hall explained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/0eb78d4a-db52-4bf7-97b1-b19b30aed3e3/5-20-25_John+Stember_62356.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet The whiteboard in Mr. Sibbernsen's classroom at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/bec0dfc2-8e12-4a26-ac29-f2ac1bdb1c87/5-20-25_John+Stember_62290.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Students paint their nails during a heavy metal music class created by a non-profit called the Firekeeper’s Alliance at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The Firekeeper Alliance is focused on addressing suicide and building Indigenized mental health resources for Montana’s Tribal communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/d0f68ab7-1709-4bd9-8b69-dee33f611b65/5-19-25_John+Stember_61673.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet A whiteboard in the Blackfeet language classroom at Browning High School on Monday, May 19, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/04ac5651-650b-477f-a4c8-6b7d8c2809b3/5-20-25_John+Stember_62239.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Karrie Monroe, 48, director of Sukapi Lodge, poses for a portrait on the Blackfeet Nation outside of Browning, Montana, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Sukapi Lodge is the first tribally run mental health care center in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e549c46b-d7f9-4c8e-88a3-a93de90d1e13/5-20-25_John+Stember_62251.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Karrie Monroe, 48, director of Sukapi Lodge, poses for a portrait on the Blackfeet Nation outside of Browning, Montana, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Sukapi Lodge is the first tribally run mental health care center in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/583d33c8-ea98-46d0-90cf-00fc758a86a7/5-20-25_John+Stember_62510.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Unique decor on Mr. Sibbernsen's desk at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/ac2d3afc-a03f-411c-886b-2ec9ca684597/5-20-25_John+Stember_62533.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Dylan Williams, 16, who showed a lot of interest in the heavy metal music class, poses for a portrait at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/59ffa632-1c1d-42b1-aafc-2df2148a2725/5-20-25_John+Stember_62712.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Aerial views of Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/43bb1dd5-6508-4f7c-b45e-d4082ab66517/5-20-25_John+Stember_62656.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Charlie Speicher poses for a portrait at Browning High School on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Speicher is the founder of a non-profit called the Firekeeper's Alliance, which is focused on addressing suicide and building Indigenized mental health resources, including the heavy metal music class, for Montana’s Tribal communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9e64b8ac-3bdf-4512-b71a-a00b4ed75d88/5-20-25_John+Stember_62640.jpg heavy metal on blackfeet Charlie Speicher and Robert Hall, members of a non-profit called Firekeeper’s Alliance, pose for portraits at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Nation on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The duo have been teaching a heavy metal music class twice a week at Buffalo Hide Academy and Browning High School to create coping and healing mechanisms for suicide through heavy music. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/nyt-5050 daily 0.75 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/6c637248-65c2-4385-ac19-83cfc9709d09/5-13-25_John+Stember_59764.jpg new york times 50:50 project Aaron Leys shows a photograph of four grizzly bears in his backyard feeding on apples outside of Choteau, Montana on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The Leys produce wheat, barley, sheep and cattle. Grizzly bears first started showing up on their property in 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/0d8e3a4a-e130-4148-a34b-e0941f785f67/5-13-25_John+Stember_59828.jpg new york times 50:50 project Patton, the Leys' livestock guardian dog, dashes across the backyard outside of Choteau, Montana on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. As grizzly bears move onto the prairie, farmers in Montana are repurposing an ancient solution for deterring bears from their homes: livestock guardian dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/03007ac0-3595-4ebc-892f-d59701bf9714/5-13-25_John+Stember_60420.jpg new york times 50:50 project Equipment on the Ahren’s farm outside of Shelby, Montana, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/83971f97-09d6-4a3e-b724-e3ad217efd9c/5-13-25_John+Stember_60460.jpg new york times 50:50 project Former grizzly specialist for Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wesley Sarmento, 36, poses for a portrait in a grain field near Shelby, Montana, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Sarmento started a program to deter grizzly bears from farmsteads in central Montana using livestock guardian dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/fd3f3339-6b12-4a77-a335-28053a94c25b/5-13-25_John+Stember_59954.jpg new york times 50:50 project Mike Leys, and his livestock guardian dog, Patton, share a moment outside of Mike's home near Choteau, Montana on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/8102e6ba-d4b4-469b-83a9-f7ecf7f368c3/5-13-25_John+Stember_60527.jpg new york times 50:50 project A sign pointing the way to Pendroy and Conrad in Montana on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The population for Pendroy, a small rural agriculture town, is likely under 25 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2d821e07-1478-4545-8c5a-8e91b0a34553/DJI_0789.jpg new york times 50:50 project The Marias River, a "highway" for grizzly bears, on Monday, May 12, 2025. Grizzly bears primarily use waterways like rivers, creeks, and streams to navigate the prairie landscape of central Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1d43a2c6-803a-45bf-8792-7a87ae48f1d9/5-14-25_John+Stember_60747.jpg new york times 50:50 project Steve Becker helps tag and vaccinate newborn calves on the Becker's ranch outside of Valier, Montana, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. His family, who have two livestock guardian dogs, raise grass fed beef and pork on Stick Leg Ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2bf5e41b-d2ab-438f-9ab3-94c98d42f584/5-14-25_John+Stember_60999.jpg new york times 50:50 project Jojo Becker, 5, Henry Becker, 9, and Paul Becker, 8, play in the yard on their ranch outside of Valier, Montana, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Becker family have two livestock guardian dogs for deterring grizzly bears after a near miss with one of their kids in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e9658b7f-1bc3-4532-98f5-436f5130ecc0/5-14-25_John+Stember_60831.jpg new york times 50:50 project Seth and his father Steve Becker tag and vaccinate newborn calves on the Becker's ranch outside of Valier, Montana, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Beckers, who have two livestock guardian dogs, raise grass fed beef and pork on Stick Leg Ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/ef737f91-b62c-46a6-8caf-0809c0154750/5-13-25_John+Stember_60370.jpg new york times 50:50 project Steven Ahrens, 63, and Julie Ahrens, 62, with their 180 pound livestock guardian dog named Billy outside of Shelby, Montana, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The Ahrens are small grain farmers, a food attractant for grizzlies on the prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/16698f21-fb4e-47ed-8f76-f363f4aa6243/DJI_0814.jpg new york times 50:50 project The Ahren’s farm equipment outside of Shelby, Montana, on Monday, May 12, 2025. As grizzly bears move onto the prairie, farmers in Montana are repurposing an ancient solution for deterring bears from their homes: livestock guardian dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/7aa40c1e-b910-489a-b0ed-059b38ad8c4f/5-13-25_John+Stember_59975.jpg new york times 50:50 project Sheep, which are protected by a livestock guardian dog named Patton, on the Leys farm outside of Choteau, Montana on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. These 80-170 pound working dogs, which include breeds like Anatolian, Kangals, and Boz Shepherds, are bred to deter large carnivores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e8c9c936-8c3c-4b4d-a0f9-c3092f9d3093/5-14-25_John+Stember_61185.jpg new york times 50:50 project Jojo Becker, 5, explores a coulee with grizzly bear dens in the background outside of Valier, Montana, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Becker family estimate there are eight grizzly bear dens nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/c0b34b5a-50ca-4a78-b11f-a9d416943a06/5-13-25_John+Stember_60294.jpg https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/wildfire-drones daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/cf9daf10-0cc3-43e5-b313-b52ce0882211/6-6-25_John+Stember_63226.jpg wildfire drones UAS Drone Pilot, Luke Sutton, 33, takes off to fly the edge of the Banana Lake Fire outside of Plains, Montana on Friday, June 6, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/c5ebf641-7ec1-4a68-a3e6-77144cecd353/6-6-25_John+Stember_63135.jpg wildfire drones Firefighting crews feel for hotspots by hand on the Banana Lake Fire outside of Plains, Montana on Friday, June 6, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/476ebef6-0d4f-4b7b-8f6c-c5c440c6fe35/6-6-25_John+Stember_63011.jpg wildfire drones An Unmanned Aerial System, or commonly called drone, deployed on a wildfire by the U.S. Forest Service. This drone was built by Drone Amplified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/7122ab60-4c0f-4e50-8d2c-bb6fe98a62df/6-6-25_John+Stember_63288.jpg wildfire drones UAS Drone Pilot, Luke Sutton, 33, uses thermal infrared technology to look for wildfire hotspots from the air on the Banana Lake Fire outside of Plains, Montana on Friday, June 6, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9c026f7f-0531-4ded-b491-da8a702b1e82/6-6-25_John+Stember_63281.jpg wildfire drones US Forest Service division supervisor, Ry Phipps, 37, uses the drone program pilots to coordinate with hand crews on the ground on the Banana Lake Fire outside of Plains, Montana on Friday, June 6, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/7109417d-6edf-47f4-8284-6eaadd2abb55/6-6-25_John+Stember_62984.jpg wildfire drones Since 2018, the number of U.S. Forest Service drones flights has jumped from 734 flights in 2019 to over 17,000 in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/d4d3304c-58ae-4685-8e52-b7164e99029b/6-6-25_John+Stember_63069.jpg wildfire drones A fire danger sign near Plains, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9e388157-ce50-4e77-b707-ba7e578c9144/6-6-25_John+Stember_63385.jpg wildfire drones US Forest Service employee, George Foelsch, 38, removes batteries following a drone flight on the Banana Lake Fire outside of Plains, Montana on Friday, June 6, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/6c69005b-27cc-405a-ab08-115e0fe14507/8-19-25_John+Stember_70073.jpg wildfire drones Although drones are becoming increasingly popular with the U.S. Forest Service, private drones are not allowed to fly on or near wildfires due to safety concerns with firefighting aircraft. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/lighthiser-v-trump-1 daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/shelter-gap1 daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/38757665-d35f-4a06-9b15-a6b448836939/8-26-25_John+Stember_71538.jpg shelter gap Charles Fish, 7, Linus Fish, 7, and Kenzo ArrowTop, 7, play around on a inflatable waterslide in a Rent-to-Own neighborhood in Browning, Montana, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/390de5c3-243f-49bc-9eb8-a62ea1bc6261/8-25-25_John+Stember_70994.jpg shelter gap A portrait of Steven Morigeau, 43, at The Recovery Village in Pablo, Montana on Friday, August 22, 2025. The Recovery Village is a non-clinical, peer-led recovery residential program on the nearby Confederated Salish and Kootenai Reservation that provides housing for people struggling with addiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/cd3d4635-93c9-47e7-b9fb-bf8a1861848e/8-27-25_John+Stember_71783.jpg shelter gap U.S. President Grover Cleveland authorized The General Allotment Act of 1887 (or Dawes Act) to divide up communal Tribal lands, convert them into private parcels, and open up unclaimed land to non-Native settlement. The goal was assimilation. This led to the loss of 90 million acres for Native Americans and created a host of problems, some of which still affect housing today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/0a08960b-4aeb-463c-ab94-1cc4688bb854/8-25-25_John+Stember_71095.jpg shelter gap Steven Morigeau, 43, runs a community session at the Recovery Village in Pablo, Montana, on Monday, August 25, 2025. Steven is one of the founders of the program and bought a house across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/b01e1679-7e7e-4564-8649-e82e1bd89ad8/r0000420.tif.jpeg shelter gap Map of Montana Territory from 1887, Montana Historical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/8cf241c3-7b3f-4e9b-a786-24a94bf32c61/8-26-25_John+Stember_71420.jpg shelter gap Artwork on the wall of NACDC, a community financial institution that helps remove barriers that exist in Indian County to capital and credit, including loans for home ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/5d75db6f-37b9-4115-9f1d-2a86c1ae1e79/8-26-25_John+Stember_71378.jpg shelter gap Angie Main, executive director of NACDC, at her home outside of Valier, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/1a569248-cb3f-4ace-b55c-552799425705/8-25-25_John+Stember_70941.jpg shelter gap Traditional mortgages are difficult to secure on Tribal lands because banks cannot repossess properties if a homeowner defaults because the land is held in trust by the US government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f95c1035-d892-433c-a423-226c5d1db787/8-25-25_John+Stember_71178.jpg shelter gap Brad Hall, President of Blackfeet Community College, had difficulty securing a traditional bank loan for a home. He applied and received a loan from NACDC and moved into his new house in April 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e2ed769a-a369-423d-ac9d-615892995f4f/8-26-25_John+Stember_71600.jpg shelter gap More views of housing in Browning, Montana, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f5fa5146-35f6-4648-9675-ca809e1540cd/8-25-25_John+Stember_71314.jpg shelter gap “It’s really important for a leader, who serves, to live in the community,” said Brad Hall, president of Blackfeet Community College. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/youth-climate-trial daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f178a9a6-6409-41a3-8033-62d0327db023/9-17-25_John+Stember_72538.jpg youth climate trial For the first time in U.S. history, a federal court heard live testimony in a constitutional climate lawsuit called Lighthiser v. Trump, brought by 22 youth plaintiffs from Montana, Oregon, Hawai'i, California and Florida at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/3defeb37-eed5-450e-925f-b624eecb8dc6/9-18-25_John+Stember_73067.jpg youth climate trial Mat dos Santos, co-executive director for Our Children’s Trust in Lighthiser v. Trump, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Our Children’s Trust is suing the Trump Administration on behalf of 22 youth plaintiffs from Montana, Oregon, Hawai'i, California, and Florida in regard to climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/f8d19ed0-7b9d-4b65-9f17-c015b0a6d636/9-18-25_John+Stember_73056.jpg youth climate trial Mat dos Santos, co-executive director for Our Children’s Trust in Lighthiser v. Trump, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Our Children’s Trust is suing the Trump Administration on behalf of 22 youth plaintiffs from Montana, Oregon, Hawai'i, California, and Florida in regard to climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/ee9d7ae4-5d83-46f9-b8c5-5635f4f6d119/9-18-25_John+Stember_72988.jpg youth climate trial Grace Gibson-Snyder, 21, a senior at Yale studying global affairs and energy, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Grace is one of the youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump and was previously in Held v. Montana. She grew up in Missoula and is a raft guide in the summer for Montana River Guides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/59fb69a0-429d-489f-b944-11ff625b41c9/9-18-25_John+Stember_72949.jpg youth climate trial Grace Gibson-Snyder, 21, a senior at Yale studying global affairs and energy, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Grace is one of the youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump and was previously in Held v. Montana. She grew up in Missoula and is a raft guide in the summer for Montana River Guides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/6e9fc32c-ab45-4572-b946-150a39b329ca/9-16-25_John+Stember_72356.jpg youth climate trial The Lighthiser v. Trump youth plaintiffs walk to the hearing at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/b7c64cc6-e83d-4805-a915-277636877976/9-17-25_John+Stember_72499.jpg youth climate trial Hannah Bregman, 25, draws with chalk on the sidewalk in the lead up to the second day of trial for Lighthiser v. Trump at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/54cfb0a2-093b-4ad1-8dc4-b0442330939f/9-18-25_John+Stember_72916.jpg youth climate trial Joseph Lee, 19, one of the youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Lee, who lives in Fullerton, California, was considering a career in environmental science, but might change paths due to recent funding and science cuts for climate change from the Trump administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/6dc76355-6b0e-403c-9c3e-d1ec622cb642/9-18-25_John+Stember_72857.jpg youth climate trial Joseph Lee, 19, one of the youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Lee, who lives in Fullerton, California, was considering a career in environmental science, but might change paths due to recent funding and science cuts for climate change from the Trump administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e3f61794-468b-4df6-8ec5-a8c0e6f0c1f9/9-18-25_John+Stember_72903.jpg youth climate trial Joseph Lee, 19, one of the youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump, poses for a portrait in Missoula on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Lee, who lives in Fullerton, California, was considering a career in environmental science, but might change paths due to recent funding and science cuts for climate change from the Trump administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/4a298cc9-4172-4725-88cd-f57fe4782617/9-17-25_John+Stember_72561.jpg youth climate trial Maddie Greb, a youth climate activist from the University of Montana, leads a chant in support of the youth plaintiffs outside the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/4079d247-d921-4f03-ae88-c4e8697281f7/9-17-25_John+Stember_72601-2.jpg youth climate trial A homemade sign outside the youth climate trial at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9bc47f96-a8d4-4229-bb97-572fe7fd8b19/9-16-25_John+Stember_72272.jpg youth climate trial About 50 supporters of all ages lined up in support of the youth climate plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump case at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/5ecc6e9e-408a-4d8e-83fe-4003768bd3b5/9-17-25_John+Stember_72526.jpg youth climate trial The youth plaintiffs before the second day of the Lighthiser v. Trump hearing at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e38d9449-0df0-4924-ac79-08efa2922474/9-16-25_John+Stember_72449.jpg youth climate trial Aerial views of Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/6c85a2e1-99a9-4a7d-a33f-5a1f1c82a114/9-16-25_John+Stember_72389.jpg youth climate trial Youth plaintiffs Olivia Vesovich, 22, and Georgi, 23, respond to supporters encouragement outside the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. https://www.johnstemberphotography.com/immigration-refugee daily 0.75 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/2ddb0bde-49ee-42af-9ff1-f7109f43bbc5/11-13-25_John+Stember_78363.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer Naji, who has a green card, loads groceries into the back of her car on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Although she is not at risk of losing SNAP due to her status, she is worried for other mothers, children, and families in the resettlement community who will struggle if SNAP benefits are taken away permanently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/d14601aa-2491-4c09-8899-d89ce6270286/11-13-25_John+Stember_78516.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer Naji prepares lamb dal for her husband on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Like many people who were invited to legally resettle in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons, Abeer and her husband depend on monthly SNAP payments and Medicaid coverage to get their feet off the ground in a new country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/d10ff531-d80a-4aaf-bf57-0ad5220e5c87/11-13-25_John+Stember_78662.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer's husband, who has ongoing health issues, receives a massage to help mitigate chronic neck and spine pain on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The refugee community is equally worried about the potential loss of Medicaid coverage in 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/139bebe3-1e7e-4ac2-ab55-c77ba4ba6e2e/11-13-25_John+Stember_78671.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer's husband receives a massage to help mitigate chronic neck and spine pain on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The refugee community is perhaps even more worried about the potential loss of Medicaid coverage in 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/9205ad01-1286-4667-8612-4b883e6deff7/11-13-25_John+Stember_78284.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer Naji, who has a green card, drives home from the grocery store on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Abeer estimates she's taught 17 people how to drive in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/36d042d4-e5b9-4d9d-b635-ee719dd2110a/5K7A5828.jpg legal immigrants on edge Marmot Snetsinger, owner of a childcare center, hosted a food drive for 135 people a few weeks ago. She explained many refugee families have already experienced food shortages in their lives and there’s compounding factors making it feel like it’s impossible for refugees to live here right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/936e09a7-1d04-4419-9b05-9ba335c28582/11-18-25_John+Stember_79260.jpg legal immigrants on edge Soft Landing's staff pour cups of chai during a break in meetings on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. They recently received notice that many of their clients who had arrived in the last 5 years were going to lose SNAP eligibility permanently starting November 1, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/fb013a83-0c0c-42bd-bc76-da199771de1e/11-18-25_John+Stember_79204.jpg legal immigrants on edge An art piece representing all of the places people have come from on their path to Montana hangs on the wall of Soft Landings, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/e23bec66-850e-4a14-870d-0f04cd8ea2fa/11-18-25_John+Stember_79339.jpg legal immigrants on edge Mary Poole, one of the directors at Soft Landing, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/ad034bb8-e9e2-4e82-bcdb-316818700bea/11-13-25_John+Stember_78396.jpg legal immigrants on edge Abeer Naji grabs lentils from a friend’s pantry on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Although she is not at risk of losing SNAP because of her green card, she worries about the loss of other vital services, like Medicaid, and the increasing pressure on the resettlement community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/a2457bca-0c08-4882-a664-618073c459ff/11-20-25_John+Stember_79600.jpg legal immigrants on edge A U.S. citizen, who arrived as a refugee, holds her daughters hand on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Although she is not at risk due to her U.S. citizenship, she is worried about fellow refugee mothers who will struggle to feed their children after SNAP benefits are taken away permanently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace8238c3c16a3c92e3d55a/194bd5ec-f434-4708-a23b-35cbd27cff14/11-20-25_John+Stember_79664.jpg legal immigrants on edge A woman, who arrived as a refugee to the U.S. in the last 5 years and is going to lose SNAP benefits, poses for an anonymous portrait on Thursday, November 20, 2025. “Coming to America was a dream," she explained. 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