Conservation easement protects acreage near Bad Rock Canyon

A total of 76.5 acres, just east of the Flathead River at Columbia Falls, was recently protected with a donated conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust from Luci Yeats and her late husband, Dave.

Public access to private timber land

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is again asking for public comments on the second phase of a conservation easement project with the Green Diamond Company, a timber company.

Montana Supreme Court sides with state in water right dispute

The Montana Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in a dispute involving a 64-year-old water right that’s used to irrigate both private and public land.

Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that's meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties.

Putting public Lands at risk is a threat to hunters and heritage

While Montana hunters filled their tags this hunting season, Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Ryan Zinke were working in Washington, D.C., to privatize some of Montana’s coveted public lands.

Montana land should belong to Montanans, not foreign entities

Montana’s land is more than just acres on a map; it’s our heritage, our livelihood, and our future. Yet, for too long, our tax deed process has left the door wide open for foreign entities to scoop up property at the expense of Montanans.

Land trust receives grants for affordable housing

The grants will be used as part of the funding for six affordable homes in Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish, according to the land trust.

Appeals court sides with corner-crossing hunters in Wyoming dispute

A federal three-judge panel has sided with a group of hunters who faced civil trespassing charges stemming from elk-hunting excursions into “checkerboard” land in Carbon County, Wyoming.

US Senate passes sweeping national outdoor recreation package

The bipartisan EXPLORE Act includes more than a dozen policy initiatives to enhance and support recreation on public lands

Next phase of large conservation easement up for review

The new easement would encompass forestlands in the Cabinet Mountains between Kalispell and Libby.

Whitefish Community Foundation awards $120,000 grant for affordable housing

Whitefish Community Foundation recently awarded a $120,000 grant to the Northwest Montana Community Land Trust for the acquisition of four affordable homes in Whitefish.

Montana’s new bison rewilding paradigm

The prairie grasslands of central Montana have been the focal point of wild bison restoration attempts for many years. So far, past bison rewilding efforts have met with little success in our region, notwithstanding the American Prairie Reserve’s attempt to raise bison as domestic livestock for release one day as a wildlife species.

Federal judge to hear arguments next week in Glacier National Park house case

Oral arguments in a case on whether the Flathead Conservation District has the authority to order a home removed from the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park are scheduled for Jan. 8 in federal court in Missoula.

Letters to the editor March 9

Letters to the editor March 9

Kalispell City Hall kicks off land use plan education campaign with open house

City planners and poster boards were staked out at Bias Brewery in downtown Kalispell on Wednesday evening for the municipality’s first open house in its effort to draft a new land use plan.

Ranchland conserved near National Bison Range

A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement that limits development on the land to protect its conservation values. John Weaver put the first half of his ranch, 159 acres, under an easement in 2015.

Elk foundation champions hunting, conservation causes

This Saturday, Feb. 15, will be one of the most fun nights of the year for Kalispell area hunters.

Series looks at land stewardship

The Montana State University Flathead County Extension and the Flathead Conservation District are holding a six-week Land Stewardship Series.

Conservation easement good for Northwest Montana

As Republican legislators representing Northwest Montana and the western edge of our state, we write to express our full support for the Montana Great Outdoors Project.

Legals for May, 16 2024