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David Stalling is a writer, photographer and wildlife advocate living in Missoula, Montana.

He has spent much of his life roaming remote wild areas and has a particular fondness for grizzly bears.

10/31/2026

“Through the wilds where shadows creep,
Where twisted trees stand dark and deep,
The wind blows cold, the sky turns grey,
It's Halloween, a spooky day!”

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by David Stalling Through the wilds where shadows creep, Where twisted trees stand dark and deep, The wind blows cold, the sky turns grey, It's Halloween, a spooky day! The ghosts come floating through the mist, With icy hands and bones clenched fists, The skeletons dance beneath the moon, While dis...

10/27/2026

“While some trees put on a respectable autumn show, larch seems determined to steal the spotlight. Its needles turn shades of yellow and gold that can make an entire mountainside glow. Against a deep blue autumn sky, the effect can be breathtaking. On a sunny day, a stand of golden larch almost seems to have its own internal lighting system.”

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by David Stalling

10/26/2026

“We talk about Montana's wildness in terms of its great mountains,
its sweeping valleys,
its wolves, grizzlies, elk, and bighorn sheep.
But sometimes the soul of the wilds
reveals itself in something smaller.”

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by David Stalling In a land of granite mountains, where ancient forests climb toward the sky, where cold streams tumble over stone, and the wind whispers through the lodgepole pine, there lives a bird that seems to belong to another world entirely. A flash of tropical fire in the heart of the Rockie...

10/24/2026

A Day I’ll Never Forget:

by David Stalling

10/22/2026

“Wolves did not create the human world we have built across their habitat. They did not invent fences, highways, subdivisions, livestock operations, or the endless expansion of our demands upon the land. They are simply trying to survive in a world increasingly dominated by us. . . Yet wolves are still persecuted for doing what wolves have always done.”

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by David Stalling

10/21/2026

“And I find myself wondering when the hunt became so much about entitlement.
When did a wolf become a villain for doing exactly what evolution shaped it to do?
When did a grizzly become an enemy for being a grizzly?”

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by David Stalling I used to hunt elk. I love the mountains, the cold mornings, the smell of subalpine fir and damp earth, the silence before daylight when the world belonged to nobody. I love following elk through the timber, learning their habits, reading their tracks, understanding their language....

10/19/2026

“I went into the mountains believing I was learning how to hunt. Over time, I learned how to observe, how to listen, and how to appreciate the lives unfolding around me. And eventually, I learned that loving wildlife requires the willingness to question the very traditions through which we first came to know it.”

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by David Stalling

10/16/2026

“Let the mountains remind us to be humble. Let the forests remind us that diversity sustains life. Let the rivers remind us that change is constant. Let the open plains remind us that freedom requires room to breathe. And let Matthew Shepard's memory remind us that every human being deserves the chance to walk through this world without being punished for who they are.”

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by David Stalling

10/15/2026

“I want the wild world in all its glorious variety: the grizzly bear turning over rocks in search of food, the pine marten slipping through the forest, the badger working a prairie, the red squirrel chattering in the trees, the wildflowers opening in a mountain meadow, and the sagebrush bending beneath a Montana wind. I want a world that still has room for differences. Because diversity is not a flaw in nature that needs correcting. It is not a problem to be solved or an inconvenience to be eliminated. It is the very thing that makes the living world so rich, so adaptable, so resilient, and so beautiful.”

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10/08/2026

“But here's the part I find most interesting. The tree isn't simply dying and throwing its leaves away. It is recycling.”

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by David Stalling

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Missoula, MT
59802

Website

https://substack.com/@davidstalling?r=ld954&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

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