13 February 2013 – Flathead Beacon
The small town of Pablo near the base of the Mission Mountains has long been considered a harbinger of land stewardship. As the governmental seat of the Flathead Indian Reservation, the tribal community has harnessed its vast natural resources for a long-standing timber industry while preserving its sacred landscape through environmental policy, including the first-ever tribal wilderness designation along the western front of its iconic mountain range in 1982.