FWP Begins Opening Watercraft Inspection Stations in Northwest Montana
Boaters entering the Flathead Basin and all other Montana water bodies are required to undergo inspection prior to launching
Boaters entering the Flathead Basin and all other Montana water bodies are required to undergo inspection prior to launching
An additional $470,514 in federal funding will allow Glacier to inventory cultural resources, promote ecosystem restoration and develop climate resilience projects
Officials with the Kootenai National Forest say the project south of Libby would address hazardous fuel conditions on 1,327 acres of timber in the wildland urban interface
Park-wide visitation was down 25% in January, when both snow accumulation totals and temperatures dropped to the lowest West Glacier has recorded in decades
Located at the confluence of the Flathead and Stillwater rivers east of Kalispell, the 405-acre wetland will generate income for Montana’s schools under a conservation easement held by Flathead Land Trust
Park officials are seeking public input as they prepare an environmental assessment for a long-term fire management plan last updated in 2003; comments will be accepted through March 27
Removal of the 400-acre Kootenai Business Park from the National Priorities List would signal a milestone in the federal cleanup of Libby, where widespread asbestos contamination from a now-shuttered vermiculite mine has stifled economic development
The 'Public Lands in Public Hands’ bill draws support from sporting organizations, skepticism from Zinke critics
Outfitters, guides and anglers all supported a gillnetting program to suppress the invasive species and conserve native bull trout and kokanee salmon
One longtime district ranger says he tried for years to suspend an outfitter’s special-use permit in the Bob after repeat offenses. Instead, his efforts were undermined and he was reassigned to an administrative office.
The new deadline for the public to comment is March 9, an extension that state wildlife managers set ‘to ensure Montana counties, Tribes, and state and federal agencies have a chance for input’
The property owners argue Glacier Park has exclusive jurisdiction over their private parcel inside park boundaries, and that it isn't subject to state environmental regulations
Federal wildlife managers will adopt a first-of-its-kind National Recovery Plan to support the conservation of wolves in the northern Rockies, but environmental groups are mounting a legal challenge after the agency rejected a petition to relist the species under the Endangered Species Act
A new draft guidance policy by the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service would classify standard climbing safety tools as prohibited ‘installations’ in federally managed wilderness
As wildland fires grow in intensity, land managers aim to reduce hazards on the wildand urban interface through fuels-reduction work and forest thinning
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