Very interesting. Love your rant. People really have blinders on about the environment. They need to look at the whole picture not just their interest. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Great video.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. It is becoming more and more clear to me as I learn more, that you cannot manage anything without considering the entire ecosystem.
@wakranich3488
10 ай бұрын
The environment was working just fine until people came w/their animals..
@travisbitters7964
10 ай бұрын
Nice work. I work for NRCS. Don't need to tell you how hard it is to get the ecological cow argument into the kids coming out of college these days! You're voice is making a difference
@earlhuff3998
10 ай бұрын
Well said Trinity. It is so refreshing to hear from someone who actually knows what they are talking about. Really appreciated and enjoyed it.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. My knowledge is almost entirely derived from a thirst for knowledge and practical experience. Not revered but often more useful.
@larrygulick6080
10 ай бұрын
After attorneys win an unjust settlement against ranchers, they sit down and enjoy a steak dinner. No understanding of the consequences of what they've done. Yup...follow the money ALWAYS!
@teamground0229
10 ай бұрын
Subscribed! I married a Montana girl 36 years ago, so its my adopted home. She lived in Chester MT when we met, then her family moved to Whitefish. Love hearing about your Montana life.
@jeanries434
10 ай бұрын
God bless you richly so you can continue because your wisdom is so needed in this country today. The scenery was breath taking, and since I am 79, I really appreciate things I have never seen before, and learned something that I never knew.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for your encouragement.
@MrBowNaxe
10 ай бұрын
Great stuff Trinity! Very informative and beautiful at the same time. You are 💯 correct, book smart environmentalist have no idea how to manage land. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see what's next.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you sir! That’s what I believe as well. If you don’t have the practical knowledge to go along with the book knowledge, it gets very off base.
@NOLAgenX
10 ай бұрын
Love this episode. You really just gave us a beautiful scenery tour. Loved it!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@bradleyhale616
10 ай бұрын
😅
@carolyn1696
10 ай бұрын
Well done! Thank you for talkin' truth! signed, senior former horsewoman 😊 (ignorance is soooo frustrating)
@markvincent6848
10 ай бұрын
Yes, well our education systems don’t teach critical thinking anymore. They mostly encourage our youngsters to embrace their feelings, and somehow their personal feelings cancel what is actual truth. Great video Trinity.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Exactly! There are truths regardless of whether you feel it or not. We teach the opposite in our schools.
@bladetheatrics
10 ай бұрын
When is last time you have attended college?😊
@markvincent6848
10 ай бұрын
@@bladetheatrics Earned my bachelors degree 45 years ago… yes, much has changed in all levels of education since then.
@celuiquipeut6527
10 ай бұрын
@@bladetheatricsDont need to attend it to know whats going on there. 😊
@jadams1722
10 ай бұрын
You have no idea what you’re talking about
@jmantmull
10 ай бұрын
Grew up in Fort benton. Grew up camping Shonkin, and the Highwood range. Love the big sag and miss is like crazy. It's too bad lost lake has been shut down to the public, but I respect the land owners decision. Cut wheat in that country and hunted that country for years! Great video
@danielmoffett1772
10 ай бұрын
The wolf depredations around the Yellowstone ecosystem have really been hard on the ungulates
@frenchpotato2852
3 ай бұрын
Yes, also the droughts, mega fire, and sadly development. There are ungulates in Yellowstone that need protection (moose, caribou).
@davidcumings4316
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the information on environment and what all those college kids miss out on. Montana is a very beautiful state. I hope to see it someday.
@IchbinMcVicker
10 ай бұрын
Wow, man! You are like the younger brother I never had that actually listen to everything Dad said! I really enjoy you sharing.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. That means a lot.
@sherrywilliams409
10 ай бұрын
Wow! Holy cow! What beautiful country! I would never get tired of seeing these views! Thanks for bringing us along. I’m a new subscriber. What you do is so interesting. With videos like these, who needs television!
@YellowstoneJayhawk
10 ай бұрын
We’ve had a good wildflower year here too in Wyoming Big Horns from all the moisture.
@robertschmidt9032
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Trinity . This part of Montana is lovely to see . You are right some that there must be a balance of animals. In 1981 agreement between the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan provided for the future establishment of Grasslands National Park, which will eventually encompass 906.4 km2. of southern Saskatchewan was bought and turned into the park to save the so called prairies The ranchers had to get off of it and there was no more cattle roaming of the land. You talked about the grass well no cattle to eat it the grass grow making for a fire hazard for one thing but after a time the . agrostology's and other scientific research people found that some of the grass species was dyeing out. The government did not take into account that some of these grass species need to be eaten but a ruminant like buffalo and cattle to reseed . Being that there were millions of buffalos and later cattle on the range to do this . There would never be enough deer and antelope to do this vast area. So what the government did was let the rancher that remained put some cattle back on the range. You have to follow mother natures plan. Personally I think that it should be grazed more waste of good grass and most of the park can not be easily seen only by foot and horse back. I have ridden in it a couple of times but it is no were as beautiful as the land you were on. . With the trees and meadows. This grass land park is bentonite hills and short grass.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
I have made a video of what the American Prairie Reserve is doing that will come out in a few weeks. In that video we discuss the very things you are talking about.
@wakranich3488
10 ай бұрын
If the white man hadn't shot all the bison they would be eating the grass..
@maggietaskila8606
10 ай бұрын
Not just a fire hazard but also causes desertification. In a few years it will be sage brush and cheat grass. The earth needs ungulants to eat the grass but also to break up the surface of the ground ( airiating it ) and fertilizing it with their digested matter , and the spread the good eatable grasses and plants .
@xvsj5833
10 ай бұрын
Excellent clarification“Trinity” 👍 I’m Thankful ✌️for you bringing accurate data to the forefront. 🇺🇸
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. i do my best!
@rustinkhodges
10 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful place. I enjoy your videos and appreciate your efforts to keep our foundations strong in farming and ranching.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@robertschuler850
10 ай бұрын
Very interesting! You are right about there is a balance to nature in all things! I grew up on a fish and wildlife refuge in North Dakota! My father was a true biologist, not a barstool biologist who taught me about your remarks and thoughts! I sure miss it all!! Keep up your great program!!
@kathryncollings9421
10 ай бұрын
Always interesting info ! God bless you and yours and your neighbors. In Jesus Name, amen
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Kathryn. I always accept prayers.
@garyb4929
10 ай бұрын
Thanks. Came for the View & discussion. Your Right On! about throwing yearling into lg pastures. Dad did that for few years! when i was younster. It was like herding Cats! to drive them out😂. keep up the great content and have Blessed day.
@Keet619
10 ай бұрын
I miss living up in that part of the world, truly God's Country. Thank you for sharing this video!
@brookejaden
10 ай бұрын
I truly enjoyed this video. Agreed, Money is their motivator. Trying to shut down all farming is sickening.
@georgehutcheson9679
10 ай бұрын
That place is gorgeous. I hunted in Colorado's White River National Forest in a Place Called the FlatTops. That was the divide of where the South Fork & North Forks began. We went in on horseback 7 miles and camped at 9800 ft in tents for 5 days. It just made me have so much respect for what goes on up there to make an ecosystem thrive. Thanks for all you and them boys out there do i know its no picnic.
@maryg3143
10 ай бұрын
I love listening to people who live on Montana lands. Please keep the videos coming!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Mary. I will certainly do my best.
@vjx68
10 ай бұрын
Vandenacre you must be of Dutch decent, I really appreciate your videos you give us a clear down to earth view of rural life in the midwest and this time a spectacular image of Montana's alpine meadows, showing that ranching isn't destructive to the natural world. Greetings from the Netherlands
@mikepoole7043
10 ай бұрын
You are a solid Montanan! We need your voice!!!!
@BillWestHobby
10 ай бұрын
Great comments, most subjects are more complicated than they first seem.
@cdmc965
9 ай бұрын
Thank you, the views are beautiful. Texas is hot 109f today and dry. I always know the Lord provides rain and relief. This heat will pass. Nice to see the green.
@johnt3728
10 ай бұрын
Another video with a lot of good stuff. Thank you Trinity.👍
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
You are very welcome. I am glad you liked it. It was a very fun day.
@drsmokeybones
10 ай бұрын
That bus is a lot like the one from the movie Into The Wild. It was about the young man who made his way to Alaska and got sick and starved to death in an abandoned Fairbanks city bus. They had drug the bus many miles into the bush for loggers to utilize I believe. True story, based on one for sure. Cool video guys! Beautiful.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
I have seen that, and yes it does look similar to that bus. 😁
@barbaraberrier8840
10 ай бұрын
What a beautiful part of the world that you live in. The one place on earth I've always wanted to visit but have yet to make it there. Thank you for the info. Have a great day.
@TwentyWonmile
10 ай бұрын
Rock on Trinity, preach it brother!
@cfishing6235
10 ай бұрын
Another new Trinity video, it’s gonna have to be a great one because that’s the only type available.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! Thank you!
@cfishing6235
10 ай бұрын
@@LifeintheWest I always love your content man, you’re inspirational and I feel like you’ll help keep ranching alive with these videos.
@steveporter6251
10 ай бұрын
Love the video. You provide some great information. I love the West and the ranching community and your videos are great. This is the first time I’ve commented but I’ve been following for a while. Thanks for sharing a way of life many of us would love to live.
@christineribone9351
10 ай бұрын
What's to do out there in dirt land? There aren't any sidewalks, can't wear high heels and dresses, there's not even a shopping mall!
@earlhuff3998
10 ай бұрын
@@christineribone9351Thank goodness for that!!!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Exactly!!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment! I definitely feel blessed.
@tiffanyq.6004
10 ай бұрын
Your rant was spot on. It's weird how when I was young the enviromentalism push was to think about not disrupting the ecosystems by foolishly focusing on only 1 part. Now everything is about single issues. Sounds like regression, not progression in enviromentalism. For the yearlings, I thought some folks put Nanny cows in with the youngsters to guide them? I'm not 100% sure, but I saw a video where a gal did that with her heifers because they'd break through fences and travel miles to go back "home" in the first few weeks. A Nanny cow that knew the pasture and the routine kept them all settled and staying put. Cutting horse trainers do this too in the arena when they don't have a bunch of turnback help. The older animal keeps them settled and hanging out in 1 spot while they work a single cow. I'd need to research it more to know the whole story, but thought I'd throw it out there. 😊
@Pterodactyl-kn3ve
10 ай бұрын
Just read a quick excerpt about the lawsuit. It’s mind blowing. And I agree, the kids are being used as propaganda. Hmmm, who has done that before?
@FarmerC.J.
5 ай бұрын
Love listening to your rants or reflections! The scenery was absolutely breathtaking! Thank you!
@stephaniechavez9422
10 ай бұрын
trinity, loved all the green scenery. what you were driving through and seeing is why i love where i live now in vancouver, washington a few minutes from the columbia river. i was born and raised in california. i've lived socal to norcal. then when i retired in 2005 i moved to vancouver. who knew that socal sun worshipping woman was really a winter loving, snow and raining loving, cold temp loving woman. in the first 5 years i lived here there was only 1 bad smog day. i wish i was standing where you were standing. my dad raised us camping in every environment and the mountains own my heart. thanx for the video. loved it.
@tiffanyq.6004
10 ай бұрын
I will be you in a couple of years. I'm over the heat and burning sun here in CA. Mostly the politics. I think I will do just fine in snow and colder weather.
@stephaniechavez9422
10 ай бұрын
my daughter is leaving cali soon and moving to idaho. my nephew left to alaska. their waking up :) blessings on your move!@@tiffanyq.6004
@bluemntceltic2
10 ай бұрын
Addendum…. The ecosystem goes down to the soil… hope you meant down to below the root layer. It kind of seemed like you meant the soil surface, there is an entire soil ecosystem that has to be taken into consideration as well, particularly if you want to reforest an area… but that’s another video and another rant. Keep up the good work. Wish I’d discovered Montana sooner. Grew up in Colorado….. but Montana stole my heart. ❤
@donelmore2540
10 ай бұрын
Listening to you talk about ranching reminds me of listening to Victor Davis Hansen talk about farming deciduous trees. There’s lots of details that aren’t obvious to the uninitiated.
@williamgeorge3154
10 ай бұрын
Trinity really enjoyed the video. Learned some things I didn’t know. So beautiful in the mountains I guess you could say that truly is Gods country 👍
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
It sure is! 😊
@davewhitman8837
10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Well said. I love watching your videos, keep them coming
@peterm.eggers520
10 ай бұрын
With the right dog, even an old bull on a hot day can be moved. Yearlings are certainly friskier, but not a problem for an experienced cowhand.
@arlysdavis3694
10 ай бұрын
Just breath taking scenery. Thank you for taking us along and sharing your knowledge.
@dougbourdo2589
4 ай бұрын
Another Very interesting video Trinity. Absolutely Spot-On commentary regarding the ecosystem.
@covemallard
10 ай бұрын
If you get the buffalo kiss the fences goodbye. Ole buff goes where he wants.
@jacotacomorocco
10 ай бұрын
Great video. Appreciate the knowledge you share!
@karenkindler834
10 ай бұрын
Great job explaining Trinity!!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@gr7485
10 ай бұрын
I find it interesting to see and hear about the area you live and work in. Where I live the Sweet Grass Hills are just over the border to the SSW of me. Even though we are a few hundred miles apart from one another we can still view common ground. Vast vistas indeed.
@pollyspaner9719
10 ай бұрын
Wonderful video. Thank you for taking us with you on your adventure.
@dennisminnick6677
10 ай бұрын
OUTSTANDING! Thank you.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@intothenight9256
4 ай бұрын
Highly informative n educational thank you for highlighting this!!! 👍🏼
@rickmarcure1613
10 ай бұрын
On both sides of my family came to Montana 1860s . Farmers /ranchers . Now I have a plan for grizzlies and wolves don’t shot them we ship them . To every state that don’t have them .
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
😁
@markburrell2778
10 ай бұрын
Living there might be tough but I'd love to visit.
@coryferguson
10 ай бұрын
Yeah. There's plants here in Oklahoma that really bug us and some trees. Here in the past 25 years wheat pasture has been getting turned back into grass. Programs etc by the state of Oklahoma. I won't go past that but I see what your saying in your neck of the woods. I see what your saying because your showing it. All I say with them purple plants were money lost on your land if you spend to kill it or if a cow eats it.
@timbrielmaier6709
9 ай бұрын
Great videos. I’m learning a lot. Thanks. Tim
@maggietaskila8606
10 ай бұрын
From the bench by Chouteau, you can litterly see a 200 mile sweeping vista . In my opinion the most beautiful part of Montana.
@SeaChellesShore
10 ай бұрын
Wow - breathtaking view and great content - thank you. Keep up with great work! Yes, lots of variables to consider regarding health of eco-system. It's not so simple. One thing I do know - not to trust anyone with a financial gain on issues! 😆
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Yes. Money usually clouds the issue. We have to do our best to think critically so that we understand the whole of these issues.
@alanmurray3624
10 ай бұрын
I moved 200 pr. On horse by myself no problems. Always open wire gates all the way wire open for cattle and your horse doesn't get wire stuck in shoe they'll go nuts break leg or buck you off makes bad day.
@laurence1643
10 ай бұрын
This my favorite kind of episode that you do.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
You mean just talking to people about life?
@tinarobinson7509
3 ай бұрын
I heard the buffalo hides were used to make the massive belts needed to run the machines for the industrial revolution.
@LifeintheWest
3 ай бұрын
Yes. That was one use for them.
@LLAND18
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree. Great video. One thing that college and everywhere has wrong is fire. If we would manage our forest with fire management we wouldn’t have these huge wildfires that get so hot during the dry season that it kills mature trees and destroys the good bacteria in the ground. ControlledFire actually helps our native plants and trees out of control wildfires with millions of dead standing trees and dry under brush under them doesn’t
@christinacrane1896
9 ай бұрын
I just stumbled onto your show, n I love it!! Thanks for all the information stuff I didn't even think of... Or know about it's great THANKS!! I will definitely be following to find out where you will go next Thanks...❤🎉❤👍🏼🐎🐎🤠
@tommyo9879
10 ай бұрын
Good job mate! very informative!
@torybryant2280
10 ай бұрын
Appreciate the wisdom
@TheHumanMass
10 ай бұрын
Always comes down to the golden rules, Don't judge a book by its cover!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Yes. We need to look at the whole, not just the part we feel the deepest about.
@robertgardner7552
10 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this very much. would love to be in that county, instead of the central valley of California. Been here 82 years, probably will not move.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah. It’s hard to move after living your whole life somewhere.
@tiffanyq.6004
10 ай бұрын
I'm near the Central Valley too. It's hotter than heck here in the summer. 105 today and tomorrow. I'm a tad younger than you so I am planning to move, but maybe you could go for a visit to MT. It's truly God's country.
@milesbliss3256
10 ай бұрын
Great video. I must be an old bull I don't move much anymore either 😂
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
😄. Get stuck in the brush and don’t want to move?
@fredvencill7639
2 ай бұрын
I would get dropped off on Mt Baldy back in the 90's working on the communications tower while in the USAF. Beautiful country!
@stevecallaway8457
10 ай бұрын
An education for us all. Thanks
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Thank you for watching.
@stevecallaway8457
10 ай бұрын
Montana girl’s little league World Series playing now. Go Montana
@coryferguson
10 ай бұрын
Man I couldn't ranch in Montana. I would love to give it a week try for vacation but I feel blessed for the flat land of Oklahoma. No bears (roar) lol Then no mountain and that's why I would love to ranch in New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota, or even Missouri because all the lovely lakes lol. Thank you for never ending yalls info in your area and the way yall do things up there north
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
The mountains of Montana are definitely not the easiest place to make money in ranching. The steep mountains, short summers, long winters are just some of the things that make it difficult. Gorgeous, but difficult. 😁
@Jerry_Debi
10 ай бұрын
Always informative! Thanks for putting up with those incredible views, just to bring us a video...😂
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Yeah!! It was tough, but someones got to do it. 😄
@allenschmitz9644
10 ай бұрын
When you said Peck Reservation to the east, I knew just where your were..the middle of god awfull big sky country..yea it makes you real small.
@chrismiles8225
9 ай бұрын
Sure as hell don't get those types of views in northwest Ohio! Love the content!
@james-we6fr
10 ай бұрын
Maybe some of them that can’t see the forest for the trees just might have learned something from this video.
@maryanngross7225
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video!!!!
@earlhuff3998
10 ай бұрын
Well said Trinity. I IS SO
@l.a.keller
10 ай бұрын
This was a fun ride-along! I learned some things and loved the view. Beautiful! I tried to look up the kind of rock you were discussing at 10:16 but am positive I'm not spelling it correctly. I'd love if you'd mention it again - perhaps help me out with the spelling? Love the wildflowers! I wonder if that's lupine - it it is native to my area of ca and is poisonous.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
It is Lupine for sure. It’s spelled Shonkin.
@l.a.keller
10 ай бұрын
@@LifeintheWest Thank you!
@DevonBaldwin0777
10 ай бұрын
Hey Trinity, I was wondering if you carry a gun while you are out there, and if you do what is it and why do you chose that one in specific. Thank you for always teaching so much and having purpose to your videos.
@ashleysmith2109
10 ай бұрын
@TrinityMT I didn't realize y'all were so far northwest in the state, thought you were more central/eastern Montana I guess for some reason. My husband is from Lolo just south of Missoula, in laws still live there. Pretty country!!
@Mooseracks
10 ай бұрын
Tuco in the movie The Good Bad and Ugly said once...."If you're going to shoot SHOOT....don't talk "
@zapatafa
10 ай бұрын
Great video. Thank you.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
@dant153
10 ай бұрын
Great video finally somebody who actually knows what hes talking about.
@patrickmorgan3326
10 ай бұрын
Outstanding,thanks.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
You are very welcome.
@49er61
10 ай бұрын
Trinity your rant for today should be heard and understood for all of it's worth it's just to bad there are so many people following the leadrs who don't know anything but making money off of fools and that my friend is my rant agreeing with what your saying
@judelyons1
10 ай бұрын
A real education on this channel.
@HVTMuddvain
10 ай бұрын
Great stuff man beautiful country!
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes. It is gorgeous country.
@equinluv1646
10 ай бұрын
Trinity, amazing video! How do you manage your other work and daily life with all the work and activities you do for these videos?
@stropefarmsllc7630
10 ай бұрын
Great video very well said
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am glad you appreciate it.
@alanmurray3624
10 ай бұрын
We have 5 grizzlies south of Elliston Mt. Sow 2 cubs 1 bore big 1 big big bore called vw beetle. Be be bear aware I had the small bore in trees next to me on my 4 wheeler hunting elk about 10 above 0.
@bluemntceltic2
10 ай бұрын
Well done. ❤
@mrj10101
10 ай бұрын
When our lawmakers are so uneducated the fight is always about money Never about reality
@gonagain
10 ай бұрын
Good rant!
@abrahamyerena932
10 ай бұрын
Another great video!
@ronniehdable
10 ай бұрын
Thank you sir
@busterbailey370
10 ай бұрын
My goodness love ur video’s keep them coming please beautiful
@Ida-fz3ir
10 ай бұрын
lupines in Central Europe are everywhere, also cultivated, in different colours... They grow at the borders of streets or fields or woods.. . Our cattle has no problems with it, but perhaps, because our meadows regulary are cut 2-3 times a year, and our territory space is not comparable to Montanas... Lupines are protected
@tomphillips3162
9 ай бұрын
The lupines of Europe and the USA though both called lupines are really not the same, some lupines are toxic to cattle where as some types are not, that's why the confusion. Plants are a product of there environment for example in some places the dandelion is a delicious and nutritious part of a salad but in other places it tastes bitter, both called dandelion but not the same.
@Ida-fz3ir
9 ай бұрын
@@tomphillips3162 👍
@westfork
10 ай бұрын
I used to hunt that area when I lived over there.
@LifeintheWest
10 ай бұрын
It’s a beautiful area.
@Shilohii65
10 ай бұрын
Always curious about mountain cattle and predators. What is the predation rate of cattle in mountainous grazing?
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