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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…
Glacier Park dispatch: Tragic accident, wildlife rescues, hoverboard trouble
From wild pine martens hitching rides to hoverboarders on the lake, Glacier National Park’s rangers have been busy
Mountain bike group gears up on two major trail projects
Ron Brandt, executive director of Flathead Area Mountain Bikers, prefers action to words, but he is excited to talk about two multi-year trail projects that ar…
Flathead Audubon’s annual Birds of Prey Festival is Saturday
Flathead Audubon will hold the 15th Annual Birds of Prey Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell.
Workshops look at how river regulation could impact the future of recreation
Colin Maas, manager of the Smith River south of Great Falls, presented on the water body, one of the most highly regulated by FWP. “How we got from no restrict…
PHOTOS: Two Medicine Pass Trail in Glacier National Park
The trail hustles you up and over a glacial moraine toward the base of Mount Rockwell before turning and ascending the windswept ridgeline. Surrounded by summi…
Glacier National Park vehicle reservations end Sept. 9
Sunday is the last day vehicle reservations are required to enter Glacier National Park. This includes reservations for Going-to-the-Sun Road at the west entra…
Glacier National Park sets goal to be net zero by 2050
Glacier National Park is working to map out a plan to reduce its carbon footprint and explore other energy efficiency initiatives as part of a new Climate Acti…
Baird’s sandpiper: The elegant peep
Although identifying shorebirds can be challenging, I promise you it is not impossible to learn. If you are new to shorebirds one technique to help you begin l…
Fall Mack Days begins Sept. 5
The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin two weeks early on Sept. 5 and will end on Nov. 3.
Tips sought on vandalism on Nature Conservancy lands
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information on a recent vandalism on The Nature Conservancy lands in the Placid Lake area near Spook Lake.
Body of missing climber recovered from Glacier Park
The body of missing mountaineer Grant Marcuccio, a 32-year-old man from Whitefish, was recovered Sunday from alpine terrain in Glacier National Park.
Hoot-owl restrictions lifted around western Montana
After recent rain and cooler temperatures, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks lifted fishing restrictions on several rivers around the state last week. Water temperatures have cooled enough in some areas to meet the …
Three fly free in northern Idaho
The Veltkamps also set a red-tailed hawk free to fly above a rolling hay field that had just been mowed off Voeller Road near Worley, and then drove to Heyburn…
Mountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” — Wallace Stegner
Mountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” — Wallace Stegner