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…
Young grizzly relocated to the Cabinets
A 3-year-old sub-adult male grizzly bear captured in Coal Creek in the Whitefish Range has been relocated by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to the Cabinet Range to augment grizzly bear populations there.
Work on schedule for new Big Mtn. chairlift
Construction work for the new Flower Point chairlift at Whitefish Mountain Resort has started and is on schedule to be completed in time for the 2014-2015 winter ski season.
Baucus heads up the North Fork
Tester, Baucus, promote forest bills in Senate
2,600-acre timber sale proposed up the North Fork
A proposed state timber sale on the Stillwater State Forest about 25 miles north of Columbia Falls calls for harvesting up to 6 million board feet of lumber from 2,600 acres of state trust land.
Boat launch and campground on reservoir reopen
The Riverside Boat Launch and the Murray Bay Campground, on the east side of the Hungry Horse Reservoir, reopened to the public on Aug. 2.
Forest Service to 'grade' its roads
New hostel is geared for bicyclists
Commments needed on roadkill
Red Shale wilderness fire grows
The Red Shale Fire burning north of the Gibson Reservoir near Red Shale Creek and Gates Park in the Bob Marshall Wilderness has grown significantly over the pa…
Senators introduce cabin fee reform bill
Firefighters containing new wilderness fire
Forest Service concerned about human-caused fires
FWP seeks comment on ice-fishing derbies
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on fishing contests proposed for the winter season of 2013-2014.
Snake in the grass
Snakes alive. I have seen more snakes in and around the vegetable garden in the last week than I can ever remember. Garter snakes, mind you, but still snakes.
A tale of three trout
Our native bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout were doing just fine until the lake trout population exploded in Flathead Lake due to the misguided introduction of Mysis shrimp. Large runs of adfluvial cutts an…