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…
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Lake volunteers
The full fish isn't much of an eater
Why aren't the fish biting? Before you shout, "Wadda ya mean, we killed the kokanee at Bitterroot Lake," let me give more information.
Sapphire Mountains: One of Montana's gems
Seemingly towering above the University of Montana campus, Mount Sentinel’s actual rise is only 5,158 feet. To the folks in Missoula, it is just UM’s mountain with the big M on it. But in the scheme of Montana geog…
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Trail fundraiser
Whitefish funding aquatic invader programs
The Whitefish City Council on May 18 approved spending $35,000 on efforts to keep aquatic invasive species out of Whitefish Lake and other area water bodies. The city spent $40,000 on AIS programs in both 2013 and …
New Jersey hiker rescued up the North Fork
Hunter cited for mistaken grizzly killing
Ticks: One woman's warning
Dead griz found near Paola Creek
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks grizzly bear biologists investigated and retrieved the carcass of an adult female grizzly bear from the Paola Creek area of the Mi…
Ferndale man sentenced for killing three grizzlies
A 34-year-old Ferndale man was sentenced to three years of probation, including 60 days in a prerelease center, and a $15,000 fine for shooting three grizzly bears at his residence in Ferndale in spring 2014.
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River meeting
ABCs and 123s of Montana's historic rural schoolhouses
Montana is well known for its breathtaking mountain views, majestic lakes and vast expanses of open prairie, but one new study is honing in on a particular type of building often seen within those iconic viewsheds …
Forest Service campgrounds opening for season
Flathead National Forest campgrounds began to open in early May, and all campgrounds are scheduled to be open by the Memorial Day holiday weekend, weather permitting.
Mahlen lands 1,338 fish for Mack Days
Here come the young
Right now in a coulee, sagebrush flat or wheat field near you lays a newborn antelope fawn.