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…
New research suggests hybridization of pine martens
The elusive American pine marten, a little-studied member of the weasel family, might be more diverse than originally thought, according to new research publis…
Smalley catches up on outdoor news
On again. Off again. On again. This describes the proposed buyout of Cabela’s by Bass Pro Shops.
Watch your speed, Smalley warns visitors
Observe speed limits while traveling or you might lose your driver’s license.
Local photographer Philip Granrud captures night sky
Philip Granrud isn’t just a talented night photographer. His photos helped scientists discover an atmospheric phenomenon.
The 'Royal Coachman'
After recently returning from a fly-fishing float trip on the Flathead Middle Fork, a friend challenged me, “I’d bet you’d never guess what I caught my biggest…
Inner city youths get up close and personal with a bear
When you’re an inner-city teenager from Houston, smelling a live black bear has to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Canadian scientist tracking sparrows, and their genes
When it’s mating season for white-crowned sparrows, even mountains aren’t in the melodious birds’ way.
Ode to the Tilley hat
Got a Tilley hat? There might be a better hat to protect your noggin from those damaging rays from the sun, but if there is, I’m not aware of it.
Smalley was chillin' at Chelan
My wife and I spent most of last week on Lake Chelan in the state of Washington.
Bird brain
So I was wandering around in a Glacier Park backwater the other day, trying to get a photo of a bird that’s tough to get a photo of — at least in Glacier.
Mainstem Flathead should be good fishing, according to Smalley's research
Gotta be honest. My first version of this week’s column was a “whine-fest” about writing a hot weather story so early in July.
Updates from FWP commissioners
Guest speakers for the final FWP Citizen’s Advisory Committee for 2016-2017 were Tim Aldrich and Kevin Podruzney.
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Crater Lake in the Jewel Basin is normally not a difficult hike. You head up from the Camp Misery Trailhead near Bigfork and hike along Alpine Trail No. 7 for …
Tenkara
I grew up next to a creek that was largely a modified dump. It was not unusual to find a bicycle in it, or bottles, or cans, or styrofoam cups, or a carcass of some animal or another.
Smalley takes on Shark Tank with 'DoggieRamp' invention to get funds for bonefish trips
Fishful: Hello, Sharks!