Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have begun extensive public education and rulemaking to prevent the spread of invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels into the Flathead Basin. Invasive Mussels were detected in Montana in 2016. No use of motorized watercraft or boat trailers on any reservation water, ...
News from Energy Keepers, Inc. LAKE COUNTY — A monthly report of the Se̓liš Ksanka Ql̓ispe̓ Hydroelectric Project Operation for Flathead Lake states that March was warm and wet in the Flathead Basin. Precipitation accumulation was 7.48 inches, 223 percent of normal and temperatures we...
News from CSKT Natural Resources LAKE COUNTY — Friday afternoon Kalispell angler Mike Shae turned his Mack Day lake trout entries at the Somers check in station and was surprised when told one of them had a adipose fin clip and could be tagged. He had not noticed the fin clip on any of his fish. T...
HELENA — With the 2017 legislative session halfway over, the Valley Journal looks at the progress of some notable pieces of legislation. SB 305 would allow counties across the state to conduct mail-in balloting for the May 25 special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, who resigned to b...
State Sen. Chas Vincent, R-Libby, is doing his best to prevent mussels from infesting the Columbia River Basin. Vincent filed a bill, SB 363, at the “11th hour” in order to fund mussel prevention efforts in the state. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks earlier this year requested $10.2 millio...
POLSON — Exploring local history is merely a walk in the park along the new Polson Interpretive Trail. More than a dozen weather-resistant signs posted along the paved path bordering Flathead Lake in the Salish, Sacajawea and Riverside Parks depict tribal and city history through words and historic ...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD LAKE — Week three of the 2017 Spring Mack Days had the lowest total catch so far for the event with 2,366. Anglers have turned in a total of 13,694 lake trout over the first three weeks. The 2017 Spring Mack Days nine-week fishing even...
State Sen. Chas Vincent, R-Libby, is doing his best to prevent mussels from infesting the Columbia River Basin. Vincent filed a bill, SB 363, at the “11th hour” in order to fund mussel prevention efforts in the state. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks earlier this year requested $10.2 m...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes The 2017 Spring Mack Days nineweek fishing event on Flathead Lake continues through May 14. Week two of 2017 Spring Mack Days ended with 136 hard-fishing anglers catching a twoweek total of 10,557 lake trout using all the fishing finesse, knowledg...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council took action on Thursday to issue a watercraft and trailer closure on Flathead Reservation waters in response to the recent detection of invasive mussel populations in Montana. Effective immediately...
