Eric Anderson, caretaker at the Flathead Lake Biological Station in Yellow Bay, walks along the massive trunk of a downed ponderosa pine along the shore of Flathead Lake Monday afternoon. The tree, hundreds of years old, was among about 30 ponderosa pines toppled by a fierce windstorm that swept through on Saturday. Several hundred trees in total were uprooted or snapped off. (Karen Nichols/Daily Inter Lake)

December 16, 2008