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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago

Ice climbing in the Badrock Canyon a good primer to the sport

To most, the bitter cold temps of mid-winter in the Flathead are a burden, but for a handful of dedicated climbers…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Author says wilderness experience still exists in National Parks

Whitefish author and adventurer Becky Lomax says there’s a place to experience wilderness where one doesn’t expect it: our national parks.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Youths encouraged to enter state fish art contest

Flathead Wildlife, Inc., the Hockaday Museum of Art, Glacier Country Fly Fishers and the Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited are sponsoring a regional c…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Canyon Ferry restrictions lifted

Restrictions on Canyon Ferry reservoir boat launches have been removed allowing all boaters to access all boat ramps this year, Montana Fish, wildlife and Parks has announced. FWP says it sought to remove the launc…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
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It didn’t take long for biologists to discern which animals left behind the first few sets of snowy tracks.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Frozen Moose more than just logging, Forest Service says

The Forest Service aims to accomplish much more than homeowner protection from wildfires through the Frozen Moose Project. That was the message presented by Gl…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
FWP Commission declines to extend wolf season in Region 1

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Feb. 13 to maintain the wolf hunting and trapping seasons and bag limit in Region 1 per 2019 regulations, despit…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Frozen Moose more than just logging, Forest Service says

The Forest Service aims to accomplish much more than homeowner protection from wildfires through the Frozen Moose Project. That was the message presented by Gl…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
2019 saw another 50-plus grizzly mortalities

For the second year in a row, 51 grizzly bear deaths were recorded across the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem in 2019. That ties 2018’s record.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
2019 saw another 50-plus grizzly mortalities

For the second year in a row, 51 grizzly bear deaths were recorded across the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem in 2019. That ties 2018’s record.

Updated 5 years ago
FWP makes changes to 2020 licenses, will use regular paper

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ licensing process is becoming more digitally streamlined this year. Hunters and anglers can anticipate a few changes when they buy their 2020 licenses starting March 1. Ultimately,…

Updated 5 years ago
FWP seeks volunteers to teach hunter ed

Montana’s hunting legacy depends on active, skilled and ethical hunters who pass on their traditions to new generations and Montana needs more volunteer instructors, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says.

Updated 5 years ago
FWP makes changes to 2020 licenses, will use regular paper

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ licensing process is becoming more digitally streamlined this year. Hunters and anglers can anticipate a few changes when they buy their 2020 licenses starting March 1. Ultimately,…

Updated 5 years ago
FWP seeks volunteers to teach hunter ed

Montana’s hunting legacy depends on active, skilled and ethical hunters who pass on their traditions to new generations and Montana needs more volunteer instructors, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says.

Updated 5 years ago
Finally some ice

Big news among ice fishers this winter is lack of ice due to mild temperatures.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Hunters and landowners give FWP an earful on game

Hunters and landowners gave Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists and earful last week during a hearing on proposed changes to the upcoming hunting seaso…