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Donny Perret

  • A photo of a mountain landscape in the spring shows bare south facing slopes alternating with wooded north facing slopes on Mount Sentinel in Missoula, MT. An overlay shows The Big Why logo and the text: Mountain face off: How trees choose sides.
    Montana News
    Mountain face off: How trees choose sides
    Ellis Juhlin
    Have you ever looked at a mountain and wondered why there were trees on one side but none on the other? Or noticed different species growing on opposite sides? Well, you barked up the right tree. Find out how trees choose sides in the mountain face off, right here on The Big Why.