Outdoors
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 include drought conditions with dry forest fuels, very high fire danger across the area, strained fire suppression resource availability at the area level, a continued hot and dry weather pattern, and frequent human-caused wildfires. Restrictions are intended to minimize unwanted human ignition sources to better allow firefighters to focus on naturalIy caused fires. For the year to date, ...
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...
News from Flathead Lakers POLSON — Bring your kayak, canoe, SUP or other human-propelled watercraft to the seventh annual Flathead Lakers POKER PADDLE in Polson Bay. The fun starts at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 and ends with lunch from the Kwataqnuk Resort. Paddlers set their own pace...
News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park is beginning civic engagement for a proposal to close the Swiftcurrent developed area to the public to facilitate proposed road and parking improvements and a water system replacement. NPS has developed a story map desc...
POLSON — The Mission Mountain Rodeo celebrated its 82nd annual rodeo last weekend, packing the Polson Fairgrounds with contestants and onlookers in the first rodeo of the season in the area. Held every year since 1940 – minus a year off for COVID-19 – the Mission Mountain Rodeo is ...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is now accepting pre-applications for the 2024 Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant funding cycle. To review the LWCF grant requirements, project eligibilities, and for questions go to the LWCF webp...
