2024 Tour Information
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE
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Tongue River Winery: Tongue River Vineyard & Winery is the only commercial Montana winery with a vineyard east of Missoula. 75% or more of TR Winery’s products are grown in Montana. The winery provides free tastings and sales of over 30 grape and fruit wines ranging from dry to sweet. “If it won’t grow here, we won’t make it” is the production theme at Tongue River Winery, which opened 15 years ago. A tour of the vineyard and winery plus tastings will be offered.
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $20
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Knowlton Fire Mitigation Tour (Dutch oven lunch provided): Join us as we travel about 45 miles east of Miles City to the “town” of Knowlton, MT. We will tour a series of fuels treatments, which began in 2008 and have been completed through
state, federal, and private landowner partnerships. Discussion will include building rangeland resiliency utilizing various fuels treatments that reduce the scope and consequence of wildfire. This tour will cover different methods of fuels treatments, tour before and after burn sites, discuss fire behavior, and benefits of fire. Please come prepared rain or shine. This tour will include a Dutch oven shrimp jambalaya lunch, including dessert! Bus transportation to the tour site will be provided.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Cost: FREE
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Otium Brewery: With a commitment to using 90% of their ingredients from Montana producers, Otium Brewery provides a truly local beer! Come check out Miles City’s own local brewery!
8:00 a.m. – Noon
Cost: FREE
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USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory:
This year is the 100th anniversary of Fort Keogh as a USDA research station, formerly an Army Military Fort built in 1876. Participants of this tour will learn about the military and research history at Fort Keogh and also learn about the current Animal and Range Research projects.