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…
Idaho officials describe lake trout suppression efforts
Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille is often cited by advocates of lake trout suppression efforts in Flathead Lake, which the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have begun implementing to protect Flathead’s threatened b…
Snowpack warming questioned
Montana state parks post record visitors
Kootenai Forest Plan criticized from both sides
Twenty years of Yellowstone wolves
Twenty years after their ancestors were released here in one of the most controversial wildlife projects of the century, wolf howls punctuated the cold winter air on Jan. 12 to the delight of dozens of wolf watcher…
Bill targets liability waivers for outdoor recreation
A bill introduced to the legislature is aimed at protecting outdoor recreation businesses in Montana from lawsuits.
Forest officials say they'll ticket uphill ski violators
In response to dangerous behavior by some skiers at Whitefish Mountain Resort, the Flathead National Forest has announced that individuals who skin up Big Mountain and don’t follow the established uphill traffic po…
Alas, the poor starling
We come to praise starlings, not bury them. Say, what? Praise starlings? Perchance love them?
Avalanche hazard rated moderate around the Flathead
In their Jan. 15 avalanche advisory for the Flathead Range, southern Glacier National Park, the Swan Range and the Whitefish Range, the Flathead Avalanche Center categorized the hazard as moderate above 5,000 feet …
Bill would provide money to stop bear attacks
A bill to fund nonlethal measures to reduce the impacts of grizzly bear and wolf predation on livestock in Montana has been introduced to the Montana Legislature.
Student's fatal ski accident headed to trial
Group opposes reservoir winter cabin rental
Outdoor news
Ice-fishing class
Backcountry artist to peers: Just do it
Fish virus detected in Montana's Kootenai River
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports that in November state fisheries biologists detected a virus in wild spawning kokanee salmon in the Kootenai River below Kootenai Falls.