Outdoors

News from CSKT Division of Fire FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Hot, dry conditions and lack of precipitation forecasted prompted wildland fire officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire to raise the fire danger within the Flathead Indian Reservation to extreme.  Extreme fire danger means that dry grasses and needles ignite easily, fires can spread rapidly and may be difficult to control.  Stage 2 Fire Restrictions have also been implemented on the Flathead Indian Reservation as of Aug. 1. The following acts are prohibited on all Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe (CS&KT) lands within the Flathead Indian Reservation until further notic...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Lake levels on Whitefish Lake are dropping, and the public ramps at Whitefish Lake State Park and Whitefish City Beach are approaching levels that are too shallow to launch or take out large boats. All boaters should take precaution when launc...

News from CSKT Natural Resource Dept. FLATHEAD RESERVA- TION — The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes announce the availability of the March 1, 2024, to Feb. 28, 2025, Flathead Indian Reservation Joint Tribal/State Fishing and Bird Hunting and Recreation Regulations and proposed changes. Th...

News from the CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Grab your team of friends and family and join us on Saturday, Aug. 12, to do your part in “Helping Keep Our Favorite Places Clean.” The Flathead Waters Cleanup is an annual volunteer event focused on protecting our waterway ecosystem for fish, ...

News from Northern Rockies Coordinating Group  MISSOULA — Stage I fire restrictions will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 29, 2023, for Flathead County, Sanders County and all State land and private classified as forested land throughout those counties. Factors influencing this decision i...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is advising anglers that full fishing closures and hoot-owl restrictions will be in effect starting July 26 on portions of some rivers and creeks in western and southwestern Montana. Full fishing closures prohibit ...

MONTANA — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials in northwest Montana are considering instituting “hoot owl” fishing restrictions for the first time on the Flathead River, as well as others, as warm weather and low streamflows threaten the region’s trout, particularly westslope ...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park officials, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, euthanized a food-conditioned, five-year-old female grizzly bear on Thursday, July 20. This action was taken after the bear received multiple food rewards from u...

News from the Western Montana Conservation Commission LAKE COUNTY — Registration for the Flathead Waters Cleanup on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is now open. Volunteers for the annual event will clean up trash in and around the rivers, lakes, creeks, and ponds of the Flathead Watershed ...

News from Sloane Stinson on behalf of the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — This week, paving operations on the northbound lanes of US Highway 93 (US 93) will continue. Concrete crews will also be onsite, installing curb and sidewalk in the area around Dairy Queen and the southbound cou...