Outdoors

POLSON — The Mission Valley Back Country Horsemen hosted a hands-on youth education event on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hobby Horse Place LLC, aimed at preparing young riders for responsible and skilled travel in Montana’s backcountry. Designed with the next generation in mind, the event featured a series of educational stations teaching everything from land stewardship to horsemanship. Parents were encouraged to take a backseat during the event to allow the youth to fully engage and absorb the lessons, although adults likely picked up a few tips along the way, too. One standout station focused on mule packing, taught by Savannah Deuter, who volunteered her time to...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — Fish on, fish on, and fish on! 2025 Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake is on course for a new record of lake trout entries. There are three weekends left in this event, which is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The event ends on Saturday, May 10...

News from Fellowship Fitness POLSON — On Saturday, May 3, at 9 a.m. a 5K Fun Run will be held by Fellowship Fitness as a fundraiser to support free wellness opportunities for all.  Fellowship Fitness was established in October 2022 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in partnership with...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – The drawings for Montana deer and elk permits and for nonresident combination licenses are complete and applicants can check their results online. This is the fifth year of the new online application process, which allows Fish, Wildlife & P...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - Mack Days fishing events on Flathead Lake are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a tool to reduce the non-native lake trout and increase native bull trout and westslope cutthroat in Flathead Lake. The event continues until Saturday, Ma...

News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median ...

News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median ...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — 2025 Spring Mack Days week three ended with a total of 20,211 lake trout entries. Weekend totals were Friday - 1,939, Saturday - 1,806, and Sunday - 1,821. The Monday to Thursday total was 4,612 and the Friday to Sunday total was 15,599. We are off to an amazing star...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the 2025 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan recently, wrapping up an extensive public process to capture updates to wolf management strategies and research into a new plan.   The fin...

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE ­- Two weeks of the 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake are complete. There are seven more weekends left for anglers to come out and enter before the last day on May 10.  Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Ko...