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…
Amphibians in the spring
Among the many harbingers of spring are frogs peeping. On the prairie, the boreal frog sings its loudest now.
Aerial adventure park opening in Coram
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Wilderness talk
Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness for adventure
Butte and Anaconda folks consider this wilderness mountain range and the surrounding forestlands straddling the Great Divide to be their own. They hunt, fish, hike, climb, horsepack and enjoy the numerous roads and…
Hunting and fishing fees to increase
A bill to raise the price of hunting and fishing fees to support the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Park’s budget has passed both houses of the Montana Legislature.
Stoltze conservation plan to be presented next week
Wrong grizzlies captured near Mud Lake
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reported April 21 that bear managers trying to capture a grizzly suspected of killing two calves instead captured two other male bears.
Bear country: Stay calm and use bear spray
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Park volunteers
New law clarifies game tagging rule
A bill that clarifies when hunters must tag animals they successfully take in the state was signed by Gov. Steve Bullock on March 31.
Streamflow forecast good despite low snowpack
Flathead Forest offers 14 cabins for rent
Outdoor enthusiasts who want a comfortable base of operations while they explore Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, the North Fork, the Swan Valley and other parts of the Flathead, the Flathead Nat…
Federal lands task force bill moving through legislature
A bill calling for the creation of a federal lands task force was approved by the Senate Natural Resources Committee by 7-5 on April 15 despite opposition from conservation groups.
Vandals trash the Whitefish Trail
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports that vandals used guns and a chainsaw to damage signs and other infrastructure along the Whitefish Trail earlier this month.
Open house planned for Stoltze conservation plan
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold an open house in Columbia Falls to take preliminary public input on two proposed conservation easement projects on lands owned by the F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.