In a demonstration of the popularity of private land conservation, Sen. Tony Tezak, R-Ennis, offered to kill his bill to limit the terms of conservation easements to 40 years. He then allowed dozens of people to testify against his own measure, including ranch families, timber interests, hunting and fishing advocates, and business leaders.

The committee will call 14 witnesses, including current Senate President Matt Regier

Rep. Tom Millett, R-Marion, says House Bill 242 would sharpen the enforcement teeth for wardens who since 2017 have issued twice as many warnings to boaters who drive by stations than citations.

In Northwest Montana, large private landowners with open access policies have turned out to support legislation that would give game wardens broader authority to enforce rules on chunks of private land open to the public for hunting, fishing and recreation

More than 3.2 million people came to Glacier National Park in 2024, reflecting a pattern of broader shoulder seasons that stretched the 2024 visitation season later into the calendar year

Under the proposal, portions of the West Reservoir Project would occur in Jewel Basin recommended wilderness area and core grizzly habitat, where forest officials describe a need to improve forest health and restore whitebark pine

Longtime wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has been howling about wolf recovery on the doorstep of Glacier National Park for 45 years, often in the face of public misperception and resistance. Now, having recorded her journey in a book that’s receiving international attention, the “Jane Goodall of Wolves” is telling her story for the first time.

Evidence of the contagious neurological disease in the Flathead Valley first emerged last fall; this is the first detection of chronic wasting disease by wildlife officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

A multi-year infrastructure improvement project in the Swiftcurrent Valley will restrict personal vehicles in the park’s popular Many Glacier area, prompting park officials to devise a temporary, limited shuttle service to accommodate visitors

Pointing to an 18-month community engagement process and a “responsiveness summary” spanning hundreds of pages, federal officials insist they selected the most protective option before finalizing a cleanup plan for the contaminated site near the Flathead River

Federal regulators on Friday afternoon published a record of decision approving a cleanup remedy for the contaminated aluminum plant property near the Flathead River. Federal and state regulators estimate that the actual cleanup activities, once initiated, will take two to four years to complete.

Calling the project “ill-conceived” and framing it as a “clearcut” in lynx habitat, the four conservation groups say Flathead National Forest’s plan to reduce wildfire hazards on 9,000 acres of forest around Tally Lake violates federal law

Calling the arguments "interesting," U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto must now weigh in on who has exclusive jurisdiction over a home constructed on private land in Glacier National Park — the federal government or the state of Montana — and whether the property is subject to state environmental regulations.

In a highly anticipated move that generated immediate backlash against the Biden administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended establishing a single distinct population segment encompassing grizzly bear habitat in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho

Amid unprecedented development pressure, conservation easements have kept vast tracts of northwest Montana’s timbered landscape open to the public. But after the largest sale of the region’s timberland to a private buyer in recent history, the owners of Flathead Ridge Ranch have emerged as the unlikely gatekeepers to 126,000 forested acres of prime hunting habitat.