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This anthology of the wisdom teachings of the sages is designed to be used as a reference, or self help, or in classes or groups. It helps people to become aware of the possibilities of personal Soul growth, to grow into living authentically as who and what one really is. The book is offered as a course of study. Ancient wisdoms teach us that when we know our own soul, and live in integrity with it, then we are happy, healthy, holy harmonious people who can and do fulfill the purpose of our birth. Current wisdom teachings from current day Sages is included. The course is designed to accommodate the focus of study on one concept per day, for one year. Each wisdom teaching is offered as a starting point for the possibility of perceiving the human life experience from a different perspective. It is one way of applying the ancient teachings to contemporary life. It is up to each individual to explore and experience each concept to determine the value of it to Self. Each wisdom work, and/or author, is introduced by a short essay on the work. There are daily guides, monthly summaries, author summaries, and a bibliography to gain more information on concepts of particular significance to the individual.

Introduction The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park flows through some of the most breath taking scenery in the World. The Firehole River originates high in the Rocky Mountains on the east side of the Continental Divide from its source, Madison Lake. The Firehole River flows northwesterly through the Yellowstone Caldera that encompasses Yellowstone National Park. The entire length of the Firehole River is Fly Fishing only, Catch and Release for Rainbow Trout. The Firehole River passes through a valley that contains 90% of all the visible thermal features within Yellowstone National Park, the most widely know is Old Faithful Geyser. There are other notable Geysers, Fumaroles and Hot Pools to see while your fishing the Firehole River Valley: Lone Star Geyser, Castle Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Emerald Pool, Morning Glory Pool, Sapphire Pool, Excelsior Geyser Crater, Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser, Hot Lake, Fountain Paint Pots and Imperial Geyser. These scenic sites are located in four distinct areas along the Firehole River; Lower Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser, Black Sand Basin and Upper Geyser Basin. The Firehole River cascades off the Rocky Mountains to a beautiful waterfalls called Kepler Cascades located southeast of Old Faithful off the Grand Loop Highway. Below Kepler Cascades the Firehole River’s gradient declines significantly to a slow meandering stream with shallow riffles spread randomly downstream to the next waterfall, Cascades of the Firehole River, fifteen-miles downstream. A short distance downstream from Cascades of the Firehole are Firehole Falls, which is impassable for upstream migrating fish, however the “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery can migrate downstream over the waterfalls and survive the waterfall plunge. The Firehole Falls segregates the Firehole River into two-distinct Trout fisheries that I shall refer to as the “Upper” Firehole River and secondly the “Lower” Firehole River. The “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery above Firehole Falls consists of a self-sustaining population’s of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout. The trout fishery in the short section of the “Lower” Firehole River below the Firehole Falls to its confluence with the Gibbon River, which creates the Madison River; consists of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish which migrate into the “Lower” Firehole River to spawn from the lake below, Hebgen Lake. The “Upper” Firehole River is lined with hundreds of thermal features; Geysers, Mud Pots, Fumaroles and Mineral Pools pouring their hot mineral rich waters into the Firehole River. This hot mineral rich water warms the Firehole River and creates early spring prolific hatches of May Flies: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) and Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.). The Firehole River has produced some of the best Dry Fly Fishing I have ever experienced. At times I have seen May Fly and Caddis Fly emergence so heavy that there was an insect on every square-foot of the river. In the springtime there are Bison, Elk, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese along the grassy and wooded areas of the Firehole River Valley. In the fall there are mature Bull Elk with their harems, Bull Bison with their cows, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese throughout the “Upper” Firehole River Basin. It is an incredible thrill to be fishing to rising trout in the Firehole River, just a few feet away a Geyser will be shooting super heated water high into the sky or Fumaroles will be making gurgling sounds from deep within the earth. The trout fishery in the “Upper” Firehole River consists of Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout 6 to 20-inches in length with the average being 10 to 14- inches in length. There are some fishermen and the National Park Service personnel who say there are Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout in the Firehole River but from the thousands of trout I have landed from the Firehole River I have yet to catch one. In the springtime the trout fishery is clearly distributed throughout its entire length but when summer comes the Firehole River gets extremely warm, often over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and the trout fishery will migrate towards the numerous cold-water tributary streams entering the Firehole River. During the summer month’s fishermen can find the majority of the trout fishery centralized at the confluences of these cold-water tributaries with the Firehole River or in the cold-water tributaries themselves. Each year the fishing season opens the fourth Saturday in May to allow Rainbow Trout to conclude their spawning quest. In the fall when the water temperature cools from the cold nights the trout fishery again disperses throughout the Firehole River system and May Flies: Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Tiny Western Olive (Pseudocloeon edmundsi), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Little Tan Short Horn Sedge (Glossosoma sp.) hatches intensify as well. The best fishing on the “Upper” Firehole River occurs when there are overcast skies, rainstorms or snowstorms and when the Swallows are flying over the rivers surface feeding on emerging insects. The “Lower” Firehole River flows through a carved out Rhyolite Lava Canyon with canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above the river. The gradient of the river increases and the river is strewn with large Rhyolite Lava boulders and ledges. This section consists of mostly pocket water with deep pools and small runs. In springtime there is a hatch of Salmon Flies (Pteronarcys californica) and Golden Stone Flies: Western Big Golden Stone (Calineuria californica) and Western Medium Golden Brown Stone (Isoperla sp.) that were transplanted into the Firehole River by the National Park Service some twenty-years ago. There are May Fly: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) emergences in the canyon but they are not as prolific as in the “Upper” Firehole River. The “Lower” Firehole River during the fall months is a heavily used spawning area for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish that have migrated upstream through the Madison River from Hebgen Lake. These Hebgen Lake Spawning Trout are large in size, Rainbow Trout 14 to 24-inches in length and weighing 2 to 8-pounds and Brown Trout 14 to over 30-inches in length and weighing 2 to 20-pounds. Fall is the time of the year I look forward to fishing the “Lower” Firehole River.

Normal 0 The headwaters of the Bitterroot River originate from two-major Head Waters. The East Fork of the Bitterroot River originates from the Sapphire Mountains and Anaconda Pintler Wilderness Areas. The West Fork of the Bitterroot River originates from the Bitterroot Mountains and the Selway – Bitterroot Wilderness Areas. The West Fork of the Bitterroot River was dammed in the early 1900’s creating Painted Rocks Reservoir. Below Painted Rocks Reservoir lies the tail-water fishery section of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River, which flows downstream to its confluence with the East Fork of the Bitterroot River north of the town of Conner, Montana. The East Fork of the Bitterroot River is still a free flowing stream. The Wild Fires of “2000” burned much of the timberland in the headwaters of both drainages. During spring run-off and summer thunderstorms the East Fork of the Bitterroot River turns turbid from the ash that is washed into the river from the tributaries flowing into the river. The West Fork of the Bitterroot River however remains clear, Painted Rocks Reservoir allows the headwater run-off to settle out within the reservoir before entering the West Fork of the Bitterroot River below the dam. The East Fork of the Bitterroot River confluence with the West Fork of the Bitterroot River forms the mainsteam of the Bitterroot River, which flows northerly to its confluence with the Clarkfork River outside the city of Missoula, Montana. The Bitterroot River trout fishery has experienced depravation from mankind since the early 1900’s when Marcus Daly “The Copper King” and others commissioned the building of an extensive network of irrigation canals throughout the Bitterroot Valley. The largest canal is the Big Ditch, which runs northerly over seventy-five miles in length traversing the eastside of the Bitterroot River Valley. They built large diversion dams across the Bitterroot River and diverted most of the tributaries in the Bitterroot Valley. These diversion dams dewater the Bitterroot River severely during the summer months. Most of the Bitterroot Tributaries become dry during critical spawning periods for Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Brown Trout and Bull Trout. With these depravation problems on the Bitterroot River there are still some sections of the Bitterroot River that offer good fishing for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout and to a lesser degree Bull Trout. The Bitterroot River at time offers some excellent dry fly fishing. In March and April there are Stone Flies: Skwala Stone Flies (Skwala parallela) and Winter Stone Flies (Capina sp.), May Flies: Midges (Diptera / Chironomous), Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Dark Gray Quill (Ameletus connectus) and Caddies Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis) and Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.). In May, June, July and August there are Stone Flies: Salmon Fly (Pteronarcys californica), Western Big Golden Stone Fly (Calineuria californica), Western Medium Golden Brown Stone Fly (Isoperla sp.), Little Yellow Stone Fly (Alloperla pallidula) and Little Olive Stone Fly (Alloperla delicata); May Flies: Midges (Diptera / Chironomous), Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Leadwing (Isonychia sicca) and Dark Gray Quill (Ameletus connectus); Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.), Great Gray Spotted Sedge (Arctopsyche grandis), Little Tan Short Horn Sedge (Glossosoma sp.), Ring Horn Microcaddis (Leucotrichia pictipes), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.), Little Sister Sedge (Cheumatopsyche campyla) and Little Plain Brown Sedge (Lepidostoma pluviale). In September and October there are May Flies: Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Tiny Western Olive (Pseudocloeon edmundsi), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Gray Drake (Siphlonurus occidentalis), White Winged Black (Tricorythodes minutus), Caddis: Giant Orange Sedge (Dicosmoecus sp.) and Midges (Diptera / Chironomous).

Normal 0 The Clarkfork of the Columbia River and most of its tributaries contained Western Montana’s best trout streams prior to the arrival of the white man. When the Berkley Pit in Butte, Montana began mining copper it was the beginning of the demise for the Clarkfork River. Years of smelting oar at the nearby town of Anaconda, Montana polluted the flood plains of the upper and lower Clarkfork River Basin with tons of toxic materials. These toxic materials have been distributed throughout the entire Clarkfork River Basin by years of spring run-off. Man-kind has been trying to clean up the devastated Clarkfork River for quite some time now; this is one of America’s largest Environmental Protection Agencies Super Fund Sites and our government agencies can not make a sound decision on how to clean up the river. Millions of dollars have been spent on constructing settling ponds, stream by-pass’s and the liming of the out-let water flowing from the settling ponds near the town of Anaconda to help restore but not permanently solve the real problems that exist with the Clarkfork River. These large deposits of toxic waste originate from the town of Butte, Montana continuing downstream to the Mill Town Dam; three miles east of the city of Missoula, Montana. With all the problems on the Clarkfork River I am amazed that there is still some excellent fishing in certain areas of the river system, however I would advise you not to consume any trout from the Clarkfork River; they are loaded with extremely toxic materials. Beginning in 1984 through 1987 I worked for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department as a Fisheries Technician performing fish population estimates on most of the trout waters in Region #2 in Western Montana. I conducted trout populations on the Clarkfork River from Anaconda downstream to its confluence with the Flathead River near Paradise, Montana. I also conducted trout population estimates on the Clarkfork River Tributaries most notably: the Blackfoot River and Tributaries, Bitterroot River and Tributaries and Rock Creek. The fishable section of the Clarkfork River originates at the outlet of the settling ponds just outside Anaconda, Montana and flows northwesterly to the Idaho State Line. I will try to give a run-down on the trout populations throughout the Clarkfork River Drainage. The Clarkfork River just below the settling ponds is big fish water; these large fish have migrated through the ponds and entered the Clarkfork River system. These trout are predominantly Brown Trout and can reach 20-pounds, however most of the population consists of one to three-pound Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout from 1½ to 10-pounds. The Brown Trout population in this area varies from year to year depending on the quantities of heavy metals entering the river system each year from the nearby smelting tailings from Anaconda. Some years the trout population is only 1,500 trout per mile of stream and in other years it is as high as 6,000 trout per mile of stream. The Clarkfork River Brown Trout population falls off rapidly just a few miles downstream towards the town of Deer Lodge; to just 250 trout per mile of stream. However, there is a high concentration of Brown Trout at the Deer Lodge sewage treatment plant out-let. These Brown Trout are neon colored due to the high level of nutrients entering into the river from the sewage settling ponds. From Deer Lodge to the Little Blackfoot River confluence, the Clarkfork River Brown Trout population is around 250 fish per mile of stream. The Brown Trout population increases slightly in the Clarkfork River from the confluence of Little Blackfoot River downstream to the confluence with Gold Creek. Gold Creek downstream to Rock Creek the Clarkfork River streambed was altered when the Interstate 90 Freeway was built and the river was channelized and constructed with a constant gradient. The Clarkfork River Brown Trout population below the Gold Creek confluence with the Clarkfork River falls to just 25 Brown Trout per mile of stream until it reaches its confluence with Rock Creek. The Clarkfork River from Rock Creek downstream to Mill Town Dam and its confluence with the Blackfoot River upstream from the Dam the combined trout population increases tremendously to 1,500 to 2,000 trout per mile of stream. The Clarkfork River trout species composition also changes; this section of the Clarkfork River, Rock Creek downstream to the dam supports 55% Rainbow Trout up to twenty-two inches in length, 5% Westslope Cutthroat Trout up to twenty-two inches in length, 43% Brown Trout up to twenty-four inches in length, 1% Bull Trout up to thirty- six inches in length and 1% Northern Pike some over 40-inches in length. Mill Town Dam was built without a fish ladder; this barrier has decimated the historic Clarkfork River Native Trout runs; the Westslope Cutthroat Trout and the Bull Trout. The Clarkfork River trout population is poor downstream from Mill Town Dam to its confluence with the Bitterroot River at only 500 to 750 trout per mile of stream. This section of the Clarkfork River runs through the city of Missoula, Montana. Until 1974 it was legal to throw garbage off any bridge in Missoula into the Clarkfork River. One of the best Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Bull Trout streams in Montana flows into the Clarkfork River in the heart of Missoula, Rattlesnake Creek. The Clarkfork River trout population below the Bitterroot River confluence increases slightly to 750 to 1,500 trout per mile of stream and is maintained at this level downstream to its confluence with the Flathead River. The section of the Clarkfork River below the confluence of the Bitterroot River contains some of the hardest fighting and leaping Rainbow Trout you will find anywhere in Montana. The Rainbow Trout in this section can reach over 25-inches in length and weight over 10-pounds. Also this section contains the Native Bull Trout, which can exceed 20-pounds. Now an update to the Clarkfork River January 1st, 2011; in the spring of 2008 the Mill Town Dam was breached and all migrating trout species now had access to the Blackfoot River, the Upper Clarkfork River and their tributaries. When they breached the Mill Town Dam the trout fishery for miles downstream was devastated by all the toxins that were released and most of the trout species were killed.