Outdoors
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Glacier Park transportation plan calls for more parking, more shuttles
Glacier National Park officials revealed preliminary plans for a permanent transportation plan for the Going-to-th…
Timed ticketed entry for Glacier National Park next summer brings mixed reactions
Glacier National Park’s decision to implement timed ticketed entry next summer drew mixed reviews from visitors and stakeholders, though officials say it will …
Another Montana elk tests positive for CWD
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The elk was locate…
Montana hunter shoots, kills charging grizzly bear
A grizzly bear was killed by a hunter on Saturday, Nov. 2 after an encounter south of Placid Lake in the Seeley-Swan Valley.
Glacier National Park to introduce timed vehicle reservations in 2025
Next year, Glacier National Park visitors who go through the west entrance of Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork will be required to enter during a desig…
Big game harvest trends ahead of last season
The general deer and elk hunting season is underway in Montana, and game check station results are outpacing last year for harvested deer across northwest Mont…
Endangered Species Act wielded in the courtroom
Keith Hammer is no stranger to litigation.
Natural migration and federal protections aided Northwest Montana's wolf recovery
A female gray wolf stepped over the Candian border and into Montana 45 years ago. Her name was Kishinena.
Protecting Montana’s prehistoric sturgeon a ‘long game’
Ecologists describe the sturgeon as a living dinosaur.
Two elk left to waste near Libby
Wardens are seeking information on a pair of elk that were shot and left to waste and a third elk that was shot and taken near Sheldon Mountain off Pipe Creek …
Northwest Montana’s rare species have vital role in ecosystems
The northern bog lemming is a small, rust colored rodent with a short tail and a hairy snout. Active year-round, day and night, the animal is often found in th…
Game check stations see uptick in traffic for opening weekend
Northwest Montana hunters are off to a successful start to the general big game season.
Chronic wasting disease detected for first time in wild deer in Flathead Valley
Chronic wasting disease was recently detected in a white-tailed deer in Kalispell.
Opening day excitement builds
This Saturday is the opening day for the general rifle season for deer and elk hunting in Montana. This is the grandaddy of all opening days for the fall of 2024 hunting seasons. This is the day that probably over …
How to learn where we live
I was driving on Montana 89 just as fall began showing up at one of my favorite spots for walking, a turn onto a two-lane country road. If you don’t know busy Montana 89, it travels north from Yellowstone National …
Glacier, Yellowstone national parks see boost in visitor numbers
Glacier National Park welcomed a record number of visitors in September, according to visitation data released by the National Park Service last week.