Outdoors

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is organizing a friendly competition in the Flathead Valley to encourage a healthy start to the new year. Hikers are encouraged to participate in “Battle of the Boots” and log their miles at Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell or Flathead Lake State Parks (Wayfarers, West Shore and Big Arm units) in the month of January. Clipboards will be situated at each of the parks’ trailheads starting Jan. 1 and ending Jan. 31. The park with the most miles wins, and the individual hikers with the most miles at each park will receive a prize. Hikers are encouraged to track miles u...

News from Montana State Parks Lone Pine State Park officials will be giving out free Junior Ranger Kits to inspire youth to get excited about the outdoors this winter. The kits will be distributed from the Lone Pine Visitor Center, near Kalispell, on Dec. 30, Jan. 20, Feb. 10 and March 3. The kits wi...

News from Glacier National Park Glacier National Park, in partnership with the Glacier National Park Conservancy, is proud to present the launch of Headwaters podcast.   “This is exactly the kind of innovative project that is going to drive the future of connectivity between the park and t...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks MONTANA — Hunters across north central and northeast Montana reported seeing a large number of mule deer bucks in velvet this general hunting season.  The reason may lie in the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease outbreak that affected deer in several a...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks MONTANA — The 2019 legislature enacted House Bill 29, which changed the legal requirements for certain activities relating to field trials and the training of dogs using captive-reared upland game birds. In addition, HB 29 made some of FWP’s exist...

News from FWP MONTANA ­­— Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have extended the elk hunting season through Jan. 15, 2021, for holders of certain unfilled, antlerless Elk B Licenses that are valid in portions of west-central Montana, FWP region two. The fall hunting of all mountain ...

News from CSKT  FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2020 Fall Mack Days Fishing event ended Nov. 15 with a total of 14,821 lake trout entries turned in by 138 anglers.   The 10-week long event was the longest Mack Days event ever.  The 2020 fall total entries were not the best or the worst of...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Flathead Reservation Fish and Wildlife Board and CSKT Tribal Council are looking for public input on proposed changes to the 2021-22 fishing, bird hunting and recreation regulations. A temporary regulation is requested to begin the proposed regulation imme...

News from CSKT  FLATHEAD LAKE – A total of 14,066 lake trout have been entered so far in the 2020 Fall Mack Days fishing event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.  Mack Days are a management tool used by fisheries managers to reduce the number of non-native lake ...

News from FWP  BIGFORK — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are investigating the death of two grizzly bears near Bigfork. The carcasses of an adult female bear and cub were located Nov. 9 on Bear Creek Road near Montana Highway 83. No additional inform...