Avian Flu Detected in Backyard Poultry Flock in Flathead County
A new detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a backyard poultry flock marks the 25th Montana flock linked to the ongoing national outbreak that began in early 2022
A new detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a backyard poultry flock marks the 25th Montana flock linked to the ongoing national outbreak that began in early 2022
Since September, crews have crack sealed the roadway shoulders and installed new signage on approximately 7 miles of MT 35 southeast of Creston; work will be completed in 2025
Wildlife managers in northwest Montana are promoting additional harvest opportunities in Hunting District 170 to assess the prevalence of CWD in the area, per the agency's CWD Management Plan
Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials said in a statement Wednesday, adding the driver was unhurt
Wildlife officials confirmed the disease in a symptomatic buck at the Flathead County Landfill. The detection signals the neurological disease’s first known occurrence in wild deer populations in the Flathead, even as it has gained prevalence in the Libby area since 2019 and was detected in a local game farm in 2020.
In Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness, a team of cavers reaches new depths in Tears of the Turtle, the nation’s deepest known limestone cave. How much lower does it go?
The region’s combined easement acreage totals 226,300 acres; meetings will only focus on existing conservation easements and not proposed easements, such as the Montana Great Outdoors project.
In its 10th year, the annual fundraising campaign supported 80 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations with record-breaking matching grants
With broad public support and the endorsement of Gov. Greg Gianforte, the Montana Land Board's 3-2 vote gave conditional approval to a nearly 33,000-acre conservation easement on working forests between Kalispell and Libby; however, board members sought clarity over litigation involving private mineral rights
New year-to-date data shows the park exceeded 3 million visitors through September, ushering 602,339 people through the park’s entrances last month for the busiest September on record
Citing hazardous ice conditions and winter weather, Glacier National Park officials on Thursday morning temporarily closed the alpine highway to motorists between Avalanche Creek and Jackson Glacier Overlook
Land and wildlife managers, timber companies, hunters, and conservationists have stitched together a checkerboard of vulnerable working forests, using easements to protect private timberland from development. With a critical piece of the puzzle coming up for final land board approval, advocates say a new model of forest management is taking shape.
City, business and marketing leaders on Oct. 16 will review tourism trends from this past summer and forecasts for the coming winter, as well as solicit feedback from community members
Amy Regier, a registered nurse and incumbent Republican legislator seeking her third term, faces a challenge from Democrat Velvet Phillips-Sullivan, a reflexologist and aromatherapist from Whitefish
Leaders of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes pressed federal regulators to conduct further tribal engagement and a more thorough assessment of the contaminated Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site
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