B Bar Gazette
B Bar Gazette – July 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #26 July 2025 A Sacred Place. A State of Mind.The wildflowers are at their peak: lupines standing tall in the wind, geraniums scattered through the grass, and warm light settling over the ridgelines in the long hours before dusk.It’s in this season of still beauty and slow days that we’re preparing for something special. On July 30th, B Bar Ranch will host Echoes in the Basin, an outdoor concert with the Lake String Quartet. The event is open to the public, an...
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B Bar Gazette – June 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #25 June 2025 A Season in MotionEarlier this week, we hosted a ranch tour in Big Timber for the team at West Paw—the same folks who transformed B Bar Ranch offal into the award winning Montana Beef Sticks dog treat last year. As we stood near the corrals, one of them paused, watching the some 300 head of cattle gathered just across the fence. “They’re so quiet,” she said.And it was true. No bawling, no restlessness. Just a sea of calm, curious eyes. Eve...
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B Bar Gazette – May 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #24 May 2025 Hi friends of B Bar,There's no mistaking it now, spring has fully arrived at both our ranches. The evidence is written across our landscapes and in the behavior of every creature. Our Big Timber pastures, blessed with nine-tenths of an inch of recent rain, now hold the best soil moisture we've seen for May in years. All our cattle are out grazing, including the expectant mothers of 23 Ancient White Park calves due this summer. One new calf already wobbl...
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B Bar Gazette – April 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #23 April 2025 Hello friends of B Bar, At 6,600 feet in Tom Miner Basin, April is a month of contrasts - one day offering the warm promise of summer, the next reminding us that winter's grip hasn't fully loosened. While patches of grass emerge beneath melting snow, our mountains hold a generous gift - snowpack measuring ~113% of median water equivalent. Like nature's savings account, this moisture will soon transform into rushing creeks, vibrant meadows, a...
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B Bar Gazette – March 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #22 March 2025 Hello friends of B Bar, March roared in like a sun-drenched grizzly this year at B Bar Ranch. As 150 guests gathered for the inaugural Ramshorn Classic, Mother Nature delivered mid-fifties temperatures and brilliant sunshine that transformed our winter wonderland into something resembling a June day on Beartooth Pass. The abundant snowpack held firm, preventing mud while providing ideal skiing conditions. Ramshorn and Twin Peak as the backd...
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B Bar Gazette – February 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #21 February 2025 Field Notes: February at B BarIn Tom Miner Basin, where our 9,115 acres meet Yellowstone's northern border, the land tells its own story. Our recent work with range, forest, livestock, and wildlife expert Matt Ricketts shows just how rich this place is - grizzlies and wolves share the high country with mountain bluebirds western tanagers and white bark pines, while elk raise their calves in spring meadows, moose browse winter willows, and wo...
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B Bar Gazette – January 2025
B Bar Gazette Issue #20 January 2025 Hello friends of B Bar, When Maryanne first glimpsed Tom Miner Basin in the winter of 1978, the B Bar Ranch was accessible only by snowmobile. That record-setting winter painted a vivid picture of life at 6,600 feet. The county wouldn't plow the road for years to come. Originally seeking a small getaway spot in the Greater Yellowstone area, Maryanne found herself drawn to something far more expansive. As she viewed the land from above in her...
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B Bar Gazette – December 2024
B Bar Gazette Issue #19 December 2024 Hello friends of B Bar, As winter nights lengthen in Tom Miner Basin, we find ourselves embracing both rest and purpose. These fifteen hours of darkness offer time for stargazing, reading by the fire, sharing meals, and finding peace in the quiet season. Daylight brings its own rhythm - tending cattle, preparing accommodations, maintaining equipment, and grooming our cross-country trails. As Mark Rose trades his saddle for a snowmobile, the s...
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B Bar Gazette – November 2024
B Bar Gazette Issue #18 November 2024 Hi B Bar friends,I'm writing to you from our ranch's Great Room as snow clouds blanket the upper Tom Miner Basin. On our mountain tops, snow is here to stay, establishing a foundational layer of our winter snowpack that will nourish the soil come springtime. As the days grow shorter, nature embraces winter’s quiet as we prepare for another season of sharing this remarkable place beginning December 15th. To celebrate a successful gues...
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B Bar Gazette – October 2024
B Bar Gazette Issue #17 October 2024 Hello friends,As the aspen leaves flutter in golden hues and the cool wind whispers of winter's approach, Tom Miner Basin finds itself in a moment of transition. The land breathes with the rhythm of change, a sacred dance between seasons that we're privileged to witness. Jackson's flight over the basin revealed a tapestry of beige and brown, punctuated by the vibrant yellow of turning aspens and emerald oases of irrigated pastures. From ...
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