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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…
2021 was Glacier's 2nd busiest ever
Despite December visitation numbers being down 37% from a year ago, Glacier National Park finished 2021 with the second highest visitation on record, according…
Sun Road reservations open March 2
Glacier National Park announced that reservations to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road and to enter the Park via the Polebridge entrance this summer will be avai…
Few but weighty new elk regs affect Region 1
Elk hunters sighting the northwestern reaches of Montana already tagged a brute ahead of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Commission adopts new elk hunting regs, with amendments
Hunters will have new regulations for taking elk in the 2022-23 seasons, but the changes won’t be as dramatic as earlier proposed with an amended and unanimous…
Commission to review Church Slough no-wake petition
Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say boating speeds at Church Slough on the Flathead River just north of Flathead Lake remain a “social issue” of no great fu…
Glacier biologists hoping to determine wolverine population
Building on a study done in 2016, Glacier National Park biologists are hoping to learn more about one of the areas more reclusive inhabitants.
Regional snowpack nearing, exceeding normal levels
Bouts of heavy snowfall through Tuesday helped still-lagging mountain snowpack in the region draw nearer to normal.
Forest plan looks at snowmobile terrain, wilderness
The Flathead National Forest has released a two-pronged proposed action that looks to update where snowmobiles and other over-the-snow motorized vehicles can r…
Glacier Conservancy book club to discuss native trout
The Glacier National Park Conservancy’s bimonthly book club will take a look at Michael Dickerson’s “A Fine-Spotted Trout on Corral Creek: On the Cutthroat Com…
Efforts look to restore sharp-tailed grouse to western Montana
The last sharp-tailed grouse in western Montana was seen in 2000.
Red bus sells for $1.3M at Florida auction
A red bus sold at auction Jan. 15 for $1.3 million in Kissimmee, Florida.
New film documents Montana’s freestyle skiing legacy
A new feature-length documentary film from Montana PBS about Montana’s freestyle skiing legacy will premiere on Montana PBS at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30.
Teen swims in the St. Regis River all year long
On a hot summer day, you’d count yourself pretty lucky to drive up to the swimming spot that St. Regis locals refer to as “Scribner’s” or the Joe, and find no …
Popular Glacier Park podcast returns for second season
Telling the lesser known stories of Glacier National Park, the second season of popular Headwaters Podcast will be available to the public Sunday, according it…
Management plan selected for Flathead Lake islands
A management plan for public recreation on four popular Flathead Lake islands is moving forward.