Outdoors
News from MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season opened the weekend of Oct. 25 with nearly 2,000 hunters stopping at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 1 check stations, reporting a slightly higher percentage of success compared to last year. The check station results from the opening weekend show increased overall harvests of white-tailed deer and elk across the region over last year, while mule deer numbers were down. The 2025 general season runs through Nov. 30. Check stations are open on weekends during general season from 10 a.m. to approximately 1.5 hours past sunset. The northwest Montana stations are loc...
Learn how to identify and count migrating raptors WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park will host volunteer training for its annual Hawk Watch Program on Aug. 26 and Sept. 22. The training session on Aug. 26 will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in West Glacier in the Community Building. Trainings will...
It is time…the 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake is set to begin Thursday, Sept. 4 and end Sunday, Nov. 2. Nine weeks of lake trout fishing for anglers of all ages and skills will be casting their lines in the hope of catching lake trout at the end of their lines. Come out and join al...
News from the Lake County Conservation District Whether you’re a longtime landowner or new to rural life in Lake County, it’s important to understand how water is managed in Montana, and why it matters to everyone downstream. If you’re considering doing any work near water on your p...
For Landowners Outside the Flathead Reservation: Lake County Conservation District 64352 US Highway 93, Ronan, MT 59864 Phone: (406) 676-2811 ext. 102 Website: lakecountyconservationdistrict.org Email: lakecountycd@macdnet.org Common 310 Permit Activities: Building or rep...
The fire season in Montana this year was supposed to be intense. At the governor’s 2025 fire season briefing in early June, a predictive meteorologist cautioned that the state’s multi-year drought, expected hot temperatures and anticipated dry conditions could paint a grim picture for fires this ...
News from Montana Fish, Widlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has confirmed the detection of a non-native brown trout in the Flathead River upstream of Pressentine Fishing Access Site near Evergreen, and anglers are encouraged to submit any additional brown trout caugh...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Lake Elmo State Park in Billings and Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell each have one Action Trackchair available for the public to use, free of charge. The chairs are designed to empower individuals of all abilities to explore the outdoors and en...
Given northwest Montana’s warm and dry spring, it was a shock to many to see snow at higher elevations on the first official day of summer. One couple even found themselves getting married in powder atop Whitefish’s Big Mountain, generating a snowy story that went viral. The summer solstice storm...
News from Sloane Stinson, Montana Department of Transportation RONAN - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Riverside Contracting Inc. have received the materials from the supplier and will continue to improve the intersection of US Highway 93 with Third Ave. and Old US 93. Traffic cont...
