Articles with the Tag: Mission Mountains
POLSON — Locals know Mission Valley offers a number of hidden gems that beckon to adventurous wayfarers from across the globe, but even the most experienced of explorers could be missing something unless they see the sprawling geographic diversity from above. Sean Fragua has spent the past 11 years ...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Les Bigcrane, of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Wildland Recreation Program, announces the following tribal recreation seasonal closures and openings: — The use of fireworks at the Blue Bay Camp Grounds is prohibited except at the day-use beach area on the F...
There is a small cabin on a grassy hill above the tree line near the Mission Mountains, but not too near, close to a highway that didn’t exist when it was built in the 1800s, and it usually stays quiet. “When people see this lonesome building out in the field, I’d like them to appr...
POLSON — “A Brief History of the Mission Mountains Wilderness” by Dr. Kari Gunderson, will be Mission Mountain Audubon’s next evening program on Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m. in the Polson Library meeting room. Everyone is welcome. Gunderson spent 35 seasons working as a wilderness r...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Natural Resources Department FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Bears are emerging from dens and moving down into the valley. During a routine radio telemetry flight on Monday tribal biologists located a radio-collared management female grizzly bear a...
RONAN — A Ronan man will spend most of the rest of his life in a place described by Lake County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher as reserved for the "most dangerous, most evil" criminals, after pleading guilty Jan. 21 to shooting and killing his brother Terry Lozeau, 51. In the courtroom Harry Loz...
Dwarfed by the towering brick wall, Polson folks gathered Friday to officially dedicate the new mural on the side of Lake City Bakery that welcomes visitors to town and promotes some of Polson’s best events on the south end of Flathead Lake. Leading the dedication were Mayor Heather Knutson and Rob ...
RONAN – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wilderness Act, approximately 40 second-grade students from Pablo Elementary School hiked on Sept. 3 to the edge of the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness to learn how to safely appreciate and enjoy the great outdoors. The hike to ...
RONAN – Nestled against the foot of the Mission Mountains is an incubator, where for almost a quarter century Donna Mitchell has watched young people transition from childhood into the adult world. “You get great students who come in and they change right before your eyes,” Mitchel...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes implemented a rule prohibiting non-Tribal members from harvesting berries and mushrooms on March 1, 2012. A Tribal member may have non-member children and spouse acco...
