Rachael Traeholt of Lustre, Montana, shares a sure sign of spring in the northern plains... snow melt flooding ditches and roads. While these localized floods can make travel dangerous and difficult, the ponds and small lakes formed by the run-off enable new generations of prairie amphibians, water fowl and insects to re-establish themselves. Soon dusky evenings will be filled with the throaty calls of frogs, the chirps of young insects and the sentry calls of Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer and Western Meadowlarks. Shortly, one might even begin noticing the Mennonites and their neighbors of Lustre - Volt out in their farmyards readying equipment for the spring planting. Spring is here!
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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| Flooding over Lustre Road, Lustre, Montana, (c) Rachael Traeholt, 2013. |
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