Articles with the Tag: Flathead Indian Reservation
Input needed for 2016-2017 hunting seasons News from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks WESTERN MONTANA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking hunters, outfitters, landowners and others to get involved now to help set hunting seasons for 2016 and 2017. The deadline to submit initial commen...
ST. IGNATIUS – Briar Ahlborn’s painting with an anti-methamphetamine message held the highest number of votes last week in a contest spread across Montana that ends on Sept. 16. “It was sweet; I was 100 votes ahead,” she said. “I thought it would be smooth sailing if it kept ...
One major fire and several smaller ones were burning on the Flathead Reservation Monday, after thunderstorms and persistent high winds hit day after day in a weeklong barrage that put stress on local fire resources. Governor Steve Bullock declared a State of Emergency on Sunday. “Mont...
News from CSKT Tribal Wildlife Program FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Wildlife Biologists with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes began a project to restore trumpeter swans as a resident species on the Flathead Indian Reservation in the mid-1990s. Subsequent efforts resulted in the release of 249 c...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — McDonald Peak and the surrounding areas in the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness were closed to recreational activities on July 15 and will remain closed until Oct. 1. This area known as the Grizzly Bear Management Zone i...
News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana NINEPIPE – Traditional bowmaker Jim Rempp will be the featured artist at Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rempp is a well-respected craftsman who uses Native American methodology to create self-bows (bows mad...
RONAN — A lightning strike caused a large pile of round hay bales to catch fire at Round Butte Road and Gillette Lane on Wednesday, but fast thinking neighbors and the Ronan Volunteer Fire Department were able to minimize the losses. The fire started after 3 p.m. and neighbor Shane Orien immed...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Brandon Couture joined the staff of the Tribal Conservation Officer Program on May 18, patrolling the south end of the Reservation. “Brandon brings a wealth of enforcement experience and we’re happy to have h...
RONAN — They started out as a few pioneering farmers who gathered in rotating venues, speaking in a foreign tongue, bound together by a resilient faith. The St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ronan will celebrate its centennial at the end of July. “We are very proud of our church,” member Marga...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point on the evening of June 21, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The ...
