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…
First look at Forest Plan
Flathead bike trails ranked No. 7 in nation
The online mountain bike-trail review site Singletracks.com recently ranked the Flathead Valley as a top destination for mountain bikers.
Final Perch Assault of 2015 is a winner
Sixty teams lined up for the final Perch Assault of 2015, waiting for the starting light to signal the beginning of the end. Not only would 10 of these teams earn a paycheck for their 10 best perch, but five would …
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Instructors honored
The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
It’s one of those gems people sometimes stumble onto by accident. We knew about the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge but never quite found our way to it until one October several years ago during an autumn-colo…
Declining mountain snowpack is a concern
The mountain snowpack percentage in Montana has declined significantly in the past two months, the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service in Bozeman reports. Lack of snowfall and above normal temperatures are …
Outdoor film festival
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will host the Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour film festival at the O’Shaughnessy Center, in Whitefish, on Thursday, March 19, with doors opening at 6 p.m. for drinks, food and …
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Bull trout talk
Perch Assaulters get their exercise
The 2015 Perch Assault on Middle Thompson Lake kicked off on Saturday, Feb. 21, with 104 anglers walking off into the darkness at the 6:40 a.m. shotgun start.
Love in the time of cold
One day it’s warm and sunny, the next day cold and snowy. Welcome to that time on the calendar between winter and spring, though spring really doesn’t seem to hit us some years till May.
Buck tangled up in baling twine rescued
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife personnel successfully helped a whitetail buck near Whitefish that had bailing twine wrapped around its neck and antlers on Feb. 26.
Daines urges timber reform at Forest Service budget hearing
Sen. Steve Daines called on the U.S. Forest Service to work together with Congress to move forward common sense forest management reforms during an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Feb. 26.
House rejects bill to rein in game wardens
The Montana House turned down a bill that would have reined in the state’s game wardens by a 65-35 vote on Feb. 23. Rep.
Flathead Lake property claims go to trial this fall
Montana Power Co. has long been dismantled, but a class-action lawsuit against the former power conglomerate will proceed to trial this fall.