Outdoors

News from USDA BOZEMAN — Summer in Montana is just around the corner. Springtime conditions felt almost summerlike with warmer than normal May temperatures. The seasonal transition spurred rapid snowmelt across the state during May. Snowpack across Montana is around 50%-70% of median, well below normal for June 1. This is a drastic drop from May 1 where snowpack was largely 75%-110% of median. Snowpack in the Bitterroot basin melted out especially rapidly, decreasing from around 75% of median on May 1 to around 25% of median on June 1. The Rocky Mountain Front snowpack remains well below normal, with all SNOTEL sites in the Sun-Teton-Maris basin melted out. One exception is the B...

News from Energy Keepers Inc. POLSON - Unseasonably warm and dry conditions have significantly decreased water supply in the Flathead River Basin and spring runoff is quickly receding bringing river flows to extremely low levels. With the dry hydrologic forecasts for the remainder of 2025 will be the th...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is conducting a voluntary survey to track participation in the new Western Fishing District spearfishing opportunity for northern pike. Starting in 2025, a licensed angler can spear northern pike while s...

News from CSKT, Division of Fire RONAN - On Thursday, May 29, wildland fire officials with CSKT Division of Fire raised fire danger within the Flathead Indian Reservation to MODERATE.  Debris burning with permit is still open, but all outdoor burners are urged to not burn on windy days.You need ...

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD RESERVATION ­- Populations of migratory wildlife on the Flathead Indian Reservation are dynamic, and subject to yearly fluctuations as a result of a number of environmental factors. Living with wildlife can lead to conflict and, the CSKT Wildlife Management ...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks MONTANA ­- Hunters have until June 30 to purchase a chance for a SuperTag for the 2025 hunting season. Eight hunters will win a SuperTag license for one of the following species: moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, antelope, elk, deer, bison and mountain lion...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks MONTANA - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is developing a new Statewide Mule Deer Management Plan and recently held public workshops around the state to hear from the public. FWP still wants to hear from people who care about mule deer management but were un...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks FLATHEAD RIVER - Building on a 2020 regulation that restricted anglers to single-pointed hooks on the three forks of the Flathead River upstream of the Teakettle Fishing Access Site, the new rule extends the ban on treble and double hooks to the main stem of th...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Montana producers have a timely opportunity to enhance their land and wildlife habitat through the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), with additional incentives offered through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Upland Game...

FLATHEAD LAKE -2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ended on Saturday, May 10, breaking the 2019 Spring Event record of 40,362 lake trout with a total of 60,138 entries turned in over the nine weeks of fishing on Flathead Lake. A total of 206 anglers...