Glacier Park Clocks 2.94 Million Visitors in 2023
As visitation trends stabilizes due in part to a vehicle reservation system, an unseasonably warm December prompted a 41% uptick in visitors to the park when compared to the same month a year prior
As visitation trends stabilizes due in part to a vehicle reservation system, an unseasonably warm December prompted a 41% uptick in visitors to the park when compared to the same month a year prior
Land managers say the harvest project near Olney could occur as soon as September, before the fire-killed trees lose their economic value
With few exceptions, public and private schools in Flathead County either canceled classes or implemented remote learning lessons Thursday due to impassable road conditions
Separate from the shuttered aluminum plant’s federal remediation plan, the Montana Justice Department’s Natural Resource Damage Program allows state, tribal and federal trustees to seek ‘baseline’ restoration and sue corporate polluters for damages
Two threatened lynx were accidentally captured by bobcat trappers in northwest Montana, resulting in one mortality and a state citation. The case has drawn attention to an obscure set of regulations that anti-trapping organizations say runs counter to the conservation mission.
Conducted by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the University of Montana, the survey has been tracking trends in how residents view wolves since 2012
The newly consolidated regionwide water-quality watchdog will use the funding to address stormwater and septic leachate in the Columbia River Basin headwaters
Agency officials will ask the Fish and Wildlife Commission for approval of a gillnetting program to suppress the invasive species and conserve the native trout
After suspending its uphill travel policy during the holidays due to a low snowpack and high visitation, Whitefish Mountain Resort on Tuesday began allowing skiers to ascend the East Route
The property owners, who are also suing a local conservation district in Flathead District Court, argue Glacier Park has exclusive jurisdiction over their private parcel inside park boundaries
More than 2.9 million people visited the park through November, barely surpassing last year’s totals despite one of the earliest openings and latest closures of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in recent history
The actor best known for his portrayal of James Bond allegedly walked in an off-limits area at Mammoth Terraces on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations issued this week
In the depths of a Flathead Valley winter, light is life. And in those darkest months, it often feels as though light is at a premium.
A scant winter snowpack and below-average temperatures have combined to limit the available terrain on Big Mountain, which opened for its 76th season Dec. 7
The proposal follows longstanding calls from environmentalists to preserve older forests that offer crucial wildlife habitat and other environmental benefits
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