Montana State

Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountains ranges. Smaller islandrager are found in the central third state for a total of 77named ranges that are part of the Rocky Mountains. Montana has several nicknames, none official, including: “Big Sky Country” and “The Treasure State”, and slogans that include “Land of the ShiningMountains “and more recently, “The Last Best Place”. Montana is the 4th most extensive, but the 7th-least populous and the 3rd –least densely populated of the 50 United States. The economy isprimarily based on services, with ranching, wheat farming, oil and coal mining in the east, and lumber, tourism, and hard rock mining in the west. Montana is famous for its quality red meats – beef, bison,elk – and grass-fed, pastured beef and bison have plenty of plains to roam by those willing to raise them the old-fashioned way. Montana free-range, grass-fed bison is available from Montana Bison.La Cense Ranch sells fully pastured, grass-fed beef out of Dillon, Montana. The Big Sky state has fewer than a million people but over 40 farmers markets to help people eat locally, Montana-grownfood. Running seasons tend to be relatively short (but sweet)—from May or June into September, with a few going into October. A few smaller or satellite markets run only in July and August. This guide toMontana Farmers Markets will help you find a farmers market—and its season—near you in Montana

Much of Montana’s prehistory has only recently been unearthed. The abundance of fossils of large andsmall dinosaurs, marine reptiles, miniature horses, and giant cave bears indicates that, from 100 million to 60 million years ago, the region had a tropical climate. Beginning some 2 million yearsago, however, dramatic temperature changes profoundly altered heat we now call a Montana. At four different times, great sheets of glacial ice moved south through Canada to cover much of the north....