Entering its second year, the new research project by FWP aims to gain a better understanding of Montana’s black bear population, density, habitat, as well as the effects of hunting

The unprecedented number of finishers, along with podium finishes by local athletes and returning champs, highlighted the 17th annual event on May 18

The new conservation easement by Trust for Public Land, Green Diamond Resource Company and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allows public access while ensuring sustainable timber harvests

More than a dozen years after hiking all 734 miles of Glacier National Park’s trails in a single season, Jake Bramante has launched a new driving and biking guide to the scenic alpine highway

Visitor amenities at several popular campgrounds across the 2.1-million-acre forest will be limited due to water system upgrades

Officials say a 38-year-old remains jailed on a probation violation, but they will no longer pursue charges that he tried to “physically pull” a teenage boy into his vehicle in a gas station parking lot

An investigation by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks detected inadvertent releases of nonnative rainbow trout from the Creston National Fish Hatchery, which could further imperil native westslope cutthroat trout

Beset with delays, the Comprehensive River Management Plan for the Three Forks of the Flathead could be available for public review by fall 2024

The 35th annual weeklong expo kicks off May 6 at the Trumbull Creek Education Center west of Columbia Falls

Officials with the Montana Department of Transportation announced that the pavement preservation project on the main access road to Whitefish Mountain Resort will begin June 3

A proposed amendment to the Forest Plan would designate about 12,588 acres as open to over-snow vehicle use while closing an additional 12,258 acres, including near the southwest end of Hungry Horse Reservoir; bicycles would be prohibited in recommended wilderness areas

The Yeats family’s 76.5-acre Heart Rock Ridge farm near Columbia Falls will see its agricultural heritage preserved with a donated easement to Flathead Land Trust

With a renewed degree of community attention on the proposed federal cleanup plan, environmental regulators are ramping up outreach efforts and providing funding for a grassroots coalition to hire independent technical experts

The new fishing access site would be located on the west bank of Flathead River just south of the existing bridge, which in 2009 was deemed unsuitable to accommodate increases in traffic and vehicle size

A pending land sale and development plan on 2,400 acres hinges on the EPA selecting a cleanup plan favored by Glencore, renewing community concerns about the future of the contaminated Superfund site near the Flathead River