Tribal officials say the move, an apparent first among tribal governments in Montana, is intended to prevent potential addiction to products that can have opioid-like effects.

Wildland fire officials with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will burn 180 acres of state trust land to reduce fuel loading and promote forest health across the region. Smoke may be visible from Whitefish and the greater Flathead Valley.

Since 2017, the nearly 8,000-acre Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge near Marion has undergone an extensive landscape-level restoration

As soon as she fell, a Montana woman knew she couldn’t avoid going to the hospital

I’ve found that the skills solo paddling taught me also improve our ability to work effectively as a team

With a new presenting sponsor and a distance for everyone, the two-day trail-running event’s 16th edition is on track for the biggest field yet. For organizers, it’s also an opportunity to grow the community's conservation roots.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials believe hemorrhagic disease is responsible for killing localized populations of deer in Plains, Eureka and Marion

Bill Hodge, a Flathead Valley public lands advocate who has led several environmental stewardship organizations, hopes to move the conservation conversation beyond “hyper partisan politics”

The entire length of the Two Medicine Road will close Oct. 1 for a culvert replacement

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s order narrowed the ways in which the Land and Water Conservation Fund can be spent, but omitted the provision that conservation groups had feared the most.

FVCC’s largest scholarship fundraiser takes place on Nov. 1 at Wachholz College Center on its Kalispell campus. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.

Mountainous terrain and a strong north wind combined Thursday to create challenging fire behavior as crews attempt to secure a perimeter around the 5-acre Marry Ann Fire in the Flathead Valley

The petition from the board of commissioners in Lincoln County is the latest effort to undo safeguards protecting Lake Koocanusa from a mining contaminant called selenium, which is leaching out of B.C. coal mines and into the international watershed

The Montana delegates say they would oppose efforts to divert Land and Water Conservation Fund support away from acquisitions or otherwise limit public land access

The easement on 53,000 acres of private timberland in Flathead and Lincoln counties would preserve public access and timber production. The project received unanimous commissioner support and now requires approval by the land board.