Celebrating Earth Day Every Day

This past Thursday, our planet celebrated its very own holiday. Perhaps the most widely observed secular holiday across the globe, Earth Day takes place each year on April 22. According to the Earth Day Initiative, a New York City-based non-profit group, Earth Day is an event "celebrated around the world when people take time to appreciate humankind's connection to the Earth and to raise awareness of our environmental challenges."

As green whispers its way back into North Central Montana with the greening of grass and the budding of trees, we also see other signs of renewal: calves cavorting i...