Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
FWP prepares new Wolf Management Plan
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct public scoping on a pr…
Where would we be without Gore-Tex? And other fishing innovations
Fishful’s 10 Biggest Fishing Innovations in the Past 70 years
Forest, Swan View at odds over special permit
A conservation group continues to raise objections to commercial use of Dickey Creek Road in the Middle Fork of the Flathead, the but Forest Service maintains …
Wild and Scenic: Stories from the mighty Middle Fork
This is the story of a bear mauling that put the Middle Fork of the Flathead to the forefront of the early American conservation movement.
Through the ice at Duck Lake is an adventure
Ice fishing on Duck Lake makes lifetime memories. Most times we remember the adventure, not the fish.
Bighorn ram from Wild Horse Island likely a world record
A 9-year-old ram whose skull was found on Wild Horse Island is poised to break the record for world’s largest ram.
Tying the wireworm
I read recently that February has not always existed.
No headline
The first hunter and bowhunter education classes of 2018 are open to registration across northwest Montana. Hunter education courses are currently scheduled in Bigfork, Whitefish, Libby, Plains, Somers and Trout Cr…
Bison Range lawsuit settled
Planning for the National Bison Range’s future looks set to move forward, now that a two-year-old lawsuit has been settled.
The week in Glacier Park photos
This definitely is a different kind of bean
“Yuck, these Jelly Bellys taste like rotten fish!”
FWP wants to ramp up mussel effort
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is looking to increase its effort to keep invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels out of the Flathead River Basin.
Bad ice out there
The major story of ice fishing this year has been the “ice,” not the “fishing.”
Plenty of winter walks on tap this month
If you’re interested in a winter woods excursion but don’t want to go alone, this month is featuring a host of free snowshoe and ski tours in the region.
New FWP region 1 spokesperson a seasoned journalist
A longtime Flathead Valley journalist is the new face of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1.
FWP holds off on gill netting in Swan Lake to see what happens if it stops program
For the first time in eight years, invasive lake trout were not gill-netted in Swan Lake in 2017.