Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
MISSOULA — In an Aug. 14 farewell video, Emily Graslie, volunteer curator at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana, singled out a century old Flathead Lake specimen as one of 24,000 that face an uncertain future due to the departure of her and her supervisor. ...
A rain the night before damped down the dust, but the day of the second annual Polson Triathlon, Aug. 17, dawned sunny and bright. The 2012 Olympic distance course began with a .93-mile swim in the Flathead River, with competitors commenting on calmer water this year. Then athletes shed their wet suits an...
FLATHEAD LAKE — A conservation group is fighting for federal protection of a pond snail that has not been documented alive in Flathead Lake in 19 years. A decision about protecting the Flathead Pond snail could come as early as the end of this year or beginning of the next, according to Misty ...
POLSON — Mack Days began 12 years ago as a management tool aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population while increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout populations. After more than a decade, CSKT fisheries biologist Barry Hansen said the twice-annual fishing tournament ha...
POLSON — Flathead Lake is the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, and almost two-thirds of the lake is patrolled by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. With 15 years of law enforcement experience, Sergeant Glenn Miller heads up the Marine Enforcement Division. He underst...
News from the Flathead Basin Commission POLSON — Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) can foul boats, degrade water quality and wreak havoc on a host of native species. The economic impacts are equally adverse. Once invasive species become established in a watershed, property values and tourism revenues g...
POLSON — Keller Transportation Inc. of Billings recently was fined for a 2008 spill of 6,380 gallons of gasoline on Montana Highway 35. This resulted in gasoline “entering springs along Flathead Lake, impacting groundwater as well as the lake,” according to a May 7 press release from the Un...
Tagged fish were the excitement of the Spring Mack Days Fishing Event during the ninth weekend. May 10 was a winning day for Steven Benson of Four Lakes, Wash. He is one of 850 anglers competing in the 2013 spring fishing event. Benson turned in 43 lake trout, which was the high number for the day, and one o...
POLSON — Now in its 12th year, the twice-annual Mack Days fishing event is aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population and increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout population. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the tournament, however, are the tagged trout. An ext...
The first weekend of the 2013 spring Mack Days fishing event ended with a total of 2,227 lake trout entered in the event, which is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Friday was the best day for fishing during the first weeken...
