Thomas J. Elpel
@thomasjelpel.bsky.social
Local authors Linda Welsh and Thomas J. Elpel will be at the BOULDER HOLIDAY BAZAAR with BOOKS and GAMES this Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Please drop by for a visit, autographed copies, and special package deals. See you there!
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November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Local authors Linda Welsh and Thomas J. Elpel will be at the BOULDER HOLIDAY BAZAAR with BOOKS and GAMES this Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Please drop by for a visit, autographed copies, and special package deals. See you there!
hopspress.com
hopspress.com
I am continuing to work on the Conservation Trade-Up Challenge to trade-up a book for land for a campsite for the public on the Jefferson River Canoe Trail here in Montana. Please let me know if you have something to trade!!!
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Trading up a book for a campsite for the public on the Jefferson River Canoe Trail… #tradeupchallenge #tradebookforland #JeffersonRiver
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September 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I am continuing to work on the Conservation Trade-Up Challenge to trade-up a book for land for a campsite for the public on the Jefferson River Canoe Trail here in Montana. Please let me know if you have something to trade!!!
www.tiktok.com/@thomasjelpe...
www.tiktok.com/@thomasjelpe...
Outdoor Wilderness Living School - OWLS had a great three-day Ancient Skills Summer Camp this week with 20 kids and several adults attending. Thanks to Duncan Adams from the Montana Standard for reporting on the event:
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mtstandard.com/news/state-r...
Ancient Skills Summer Camp: Flint and steel, hide tanning, crawdads for dinner
The Ancient Skills Summer Camp, offered by the Outdoor Wilderness Living School near Whitehall, introduced 20 young people to venerable practices designed to advance their connection to nature.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Outdoor Wilderness Living School - OWLS had a great three-day Ancient Skills Summer Camp this week with 20 kids and several adults attending. Thanks to Duncan Adams from the Montana Standard for reporting on the event:
mtstandard.com/news/state-r...
mtstandard.com/news/state-r...
Here’s a song I wrote about plastic pollution. Please share widely, thank you!!!
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"Plastic in our Veins" (Cranberries "Dreams" inspired satire song about Plastic.)
YouTube video by Thomas J Elpel
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August 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here’s a song I wrote about plastic pollution. Please share widely, thank you!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBml...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBml...
I really enjoyed a recent visit with Jiling Lin for the Tea Talks podcast on Herbal Radio with Mountain Rose Herbs. Check it out:
podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/botany-in-a-...
podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/botany-in-a-...
Botany in a Day, with Thomas Elpel | Tea Talks with Jiling
This week on Tea Talks with Jiling, Thomas and Jiling discuss the patterns method of plant identification, “deer botany,” some of the plant families found in Botany in a Day, Thomas’ canoeing adventur...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I really enjoyed a recent visit with Jiling Lin for the Tea Talks podcast on Herbal Radio with Mountain Rose Herbs. Check it out:
podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/botany-in-a-...
podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/botany-in-a-...
Would you like to see more rails to trails projects in Montana?
PM your email to me to be added to our Montana Rail Trails discussion group, and let's make it happen!
Photo taken on the inactive line near Homestake Pass.
PM your email to me to be added to our Montana Rail Trails discussion group, and let's make it happen!
Photo taken on the inactive line near Homestake Pass.
April 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Would you like to see more rails to trails projects in Montana?
PM your email to me to be added to our Montana Rail Trails discussion group, and let's make it happen!
Photo taken on the inactive line near Homestake Pass.
PM your email to me to be added to our Montana Rail Trails discussion group, and let's make it happen!
Photo taken on the inactive line near Homestake Pass.
Here is a newly recut version of the video that helped put our Kickstarter campaign over the finish line for Wildlife Web. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLFZ...
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Wildlife Web: A dynamic ecology strategy game
YouTube video by Thomas J Elpel
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March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Here is a newly recut version of the video that helped put our Kickstarter campaign over the finish line for Wildlife Web. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLFZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLFZ...
Join us for our 9th Botany & Foraging Intensive as we journey to a new place and time for an all new adventure with plant identification, wild food foraging, and basic herbalism!
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#botany #foraging #wildplants #plantidentification #oregon #washington
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#botany #foraging #wildplants #plantidentification #oregon #washington
March 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Join us for our 9th Botany & Foraging Intensive as we journey to a new place and time for an all new adventure with plant identification, wild food foraging, and basic herbalism!
greenuniversity.com/Class_Schedu...
#botany #foraging #wildplants #plantidentification #oregon #washington
greenuniversity.com/Class_Schedu...
#botany #foraging #wildplants #plantidentification #oregon #washington
Meet me at the Western Legacy Center in Whitehall, Montana, Saturday February 22nd. I will share a table with Linda and my mother, all of us authors with our books. We will be set up by Startle the dugout canoe, which is on loan to WLC. See you there!
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Meet me at the Western Legacy Center in Whitehall, Montana, Saturday February 22nd. I will share a table with Linda and my mother, all of us authors with our books. We will be set up by Startle the dugout canoe, which is on loan to WLC. See you there!
Woohoo! Thank You and Congratulations to all who contributed to help purchase land for a new campsite along the Jefferson River Canoe Trail! We are planning a canoe expedition to visit the new campsite this spring. Would you like to join us? Go to: JeffersonRiver.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Woohoo! Thank You and Congratulations to all who contributed to help purchase land for a new campsite along the Jefferson River Canoe Trail! We are planning a canoe expedition to visit the new campsite this spring. Would you like to join us? Go to: JeffersonRiver.org
More hay for the sheep… it’s kind of an expensive hobby, but I’m attempting to regenerate some desertified patches in the pasture, where the south-facing slope gets blasted by the sun.
January 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
More hay for the sheep… it’s kind of an expensive hobby, but I’m attempting to regenerate some desertified patches in the pasture, where the south-facing slope gets blasted by the sun.
Plants grow slowly in Montana, and it will take a few years to cover the arched trellis with vines. But ice, we can grow that in abundance! This hanging icicle garden only required one night of watering. It may not be too inviting to walk through, but it was fun to make!
January 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Plants grow slowly in Montana, and it will take a few years to cover the arched trellis with vines. But ice, we can grow that in abundance! This hanging icicle garden only required one night of watering. It may not be too inviting to walk through, but it was fun to make!
It’s time to start booking spring field trips for public schools and homeschool groups! Thanks to Hanna at Highmark Designs for the fantastic new website! Check it out:
owlschool.org
owlschool.org
Outdoor Living Wilderness School — OWLS | Get in touch with your wild side!
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January 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s time to start booking spring field trips for public schools and homeschool groups! Thanks to Hanna at Highmark Designs for the fantastic new website! Check it out:
owlschool.org
owlschool.org
Join me February 1, 2025 for a wild night of plant-themed card games at the Tabletop Vault in Dillon, Montana! Games start at 6 p.m. I hope to see you there!
January 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Join me February 1, 2025 for a wild night of plant-themed card games at the Tabletop Vault in Dillon, Montana! Games start at 6 p.m. I hope to see you there!
My chicken operation got a little out of hand this year, with close to fifty birds split between the flocks at home and at River Camp. We butchered all but one rooster the other day, plus a few of the hens. They are not meat chickens, so a little on the small side, but they make good chicken soup.
January 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My chicken operation got a little out of hand this year, with close to fifty birds split between the flocks at home and at River Camp. We butchered all but one rooster the other day, plus a few of the hens. They are not meat chickens, so a little on the small side, but they make good chicken soup.
Thanks to Linda Borton for the gift of a watercolor painting by my high school art teacher, Ray Campeau. I spent a great deal of time in the art room in high school 39 years ago. Mr. Campeau is still painting and holding gallery events today. I’m thrilled to have an original Campeau in the house!
January 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Thanks to Linda Borton for the gift of a watercolor painting by my high school art teacher, Ray Campeau. I spent a great deal of time in the art room in high school 39 years ago. Mr. Campeau is still painting and holding gallery events today. I’m thrilled to have an original Campeau in the house!
I do at least one energy conservation project each year, and recently purchased a GE Profile ventless 4.8 cu ft. Washer/Dryer Combo that washes and dries the laundry in one process. It uses a heat pump to move heat, rather than a heating element to generate heat. I am extremely happy with it so far!
December 31, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I do at least one energy conservation project each year, and recently purchased a GE Profile ventless 4.8 cu ft. Washer/Dryer Combo that washes and dries the laundry in one process. It uses a heat pump to move heat, rather than a heating element to generate heat. I am extremely happy with it so far!
Linda and I had so much fun touring Puerto Rico with my daughter and granddaughter for a week. We enjoyed some beautiful weather, with highs averaging about 85ºF every day. We quickly learned that mornings are the best time to be at the beach, before it gets too hot in the afternoon!
December 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Linda and I had so much fun touring Puerto Rico with my daughter and granddaughter for a week. We enjoyed some beautiful weather, with highs averaging about 85ºF every day. We quickly learned that mornings are the best time to be at the beach, before it gets too hot in the afternoon!
We had a great potluck, lamb roast, and annual meeting for the Jefferson River Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, a.k.a. the Jefferson River Canoe Trail, on Sunday. Thanks to everyone for coming out!
December 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM
We had a great potluck, lamb roast, and annual meeting for the Jefferson River Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, a.k.a. the Jefferson River Canoe Trail, on Sunday. Thanks to everyone for coming out!
For my birthday, I'd be super grateful for contributions to the Jefferson River Canoe Trail. Thank you all so much for your kindness and generosity!!!
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November 27, 2024 at 4:37 AM
For my birthday, I'd be super grateful for contributions to the Jefferson River Canoe Trail. Thank you all so much for your kindness and generosity!!!
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It was great to reconnect with Rosalee de la Foret for a podcast to catch up on plants, botany, and life. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_W...
Botany for Herbalists with Thomas Elpel + Oleaster Family Sample Page from Botany in a Day
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November 20, 2024 at 2:28 PM
It was great to reconnect with Rosalee de la Foret for a podcast to catch up on plants, botany, and life. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_W...
Okay, I’m here. Hello everyone!
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Okay, I’m here. Hello everyone!