Articles with the Tag: National Bison Range
MOIESE — The Charlo Parent Teacher Association decided to bring back the goodies during the National Bison Range Roundup and provide a fry bread lunch for the staff, volunteers and visitors. “The community donated the baked goods,” Jamie Tomlin, PTA president said of the hundreds o...
ST. IGNATIUS – Connor Durglo, 8, invited a group of people from all over the world to the Mission School District on Friday afternoon to learn about local culture. The world travelers called themselves Friendship Force. The club works much like a foreign exchange program where students come to...
News from the National Bison Range MOIESE — Red Sleep Mountain Drive on the National Bison Range in Moiese is set to open Saturday, May 9, for the summer season, weather permitting. The drive offers views of the Flathead River, Mission Mountains and Mission Valley, plus a variety of wildlife i...
RAVALLI – Six sheep escaped from the National Bison Range were killed by Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes wildlife managers last week because of concerns that the animals may have come in contact with disease-carrying domestic livestock. Tom McDonald, director of the tribal division of ...
PABLO – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact pending before the legislature has a long history of legal precedent that played into negotiating a settlement between tribal, state, and federal government, tribal and state attorneys told a bipartisan group of listeners last week. In...
News from the National Bison Range MOIESE — With winter weather keeping folks at home and a flurry of friends and family visiting for the holidays, people need time to get away and unwind. The National Bison Range is a great place to visit this festive time of year. The cold may be nipping at noses,...
MOIESE – Getting wild bison into corrals to check for disease, inspect for health issues and take genetic samples can be a challenge, but at the National Bison Range, it’s necessary to maintain the 300 plus herd on 18,500 acres. “They are 2,000 pounds of muscle,” Bison Range Deputy...
News from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period for 14 days on the draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Annual Funding Agreement that would allow the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to manage an...
The sun finally peeked through the blanket of dissipating winter clouds last week, only for another manmade brown haze to block it out again in some parts of the Mission Valley. Property owners and government agencies were out making the most of what’s left of open burning season. Yel...
News from the Mission Mountain Audubon Society POLSON — “The Great Backyard Bird Count: the Winter Birds of the Mission Valley” by Pat Jamieson, outdoor recreation planner for the National Bison Range, will be the next educational program of the Mission Mountain Audubon Society on Wednes...
