An "unrestricted, unlimited" permit system would produce key monitoring data to support long-range user-capacity thresholds and management triggers, while restrictions on motorized camping, human waste and fires aim to improve conditions in the near-term. The draft plan is up for public review until March 13.
Vehicle reservations will not be required anywhere in the park in 2026, but private parking at Logan Pass will be limited to three hours. Tickets for an express shuttle will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
I’ve always been a fan of actor Robert Duvall
Historic workforce vacancies, hiring freezes and budget cuts continue to have a negative impact on trails and public access. On Friday, months after seasonal hiring typically begins, national forest officials opened applications for the upcoming recreation season.
The discovery of pike in Pine Grove Pond has the potential to wipe out a stocked-trout fishery and family recreational opportunity a short distance from Kalispell
In releasing the long-overdue draft plan and environmental assessment, the Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park set forth user capacities and management actions on the three forks of the Wild and Scenic Flathead River system. Public meetings are slated for Feb. 17-18 at Flathead Valley Community College.
Lincoln County commissioners filed a petition last year to undo safeguards protecting Lake Koocanusa from the mining contaminant selenium. Plaintiffs accused local officials of "doing the bidding for a foreign mining company."
After an angler hooked a pike at the popular family fishing site last fall, officials are trying to determine how the nonnative species ended up there. Tipsters with information about the illegal introduction could be eligible for a $3,500 reward.
I’m more obsessive about this bit of gear than most fly fishers
The Flathead Lakers, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes sued the EPA for adopting "arbitrary" and "reactive" standards for nutrient pollution, alleging it violated the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act
The landowner, Connie Lane, partnered with Flathead Land Trust to secure a permanent conservation easement on a forested property along the Middle Fork Flathead River west of Coram
If I get out on the season’s final day, I know where I’m headed.
I’ve learned that a lot of companies and anglers think a standard feature on most fly rods should also go the way of the appendix
More than 3.13 million people visited Glacier National Park in 2025, marking a 2.3% dip compared to a year earlier
Grazing permits granted to the conservation nonprofit as part of its prairie-rewilding initiative have been subject to years of criticism by cattle ranchers and Montana politicians
Many of Main Street’s older buildings do not have fire suppression systems. The reason is a complex web of state and city regulations and on-the-ground factors.
Social service providers recently completed data collection for the annual Point-in-Time survey, which they say has become challenging in recent years as the homeless population resists participation
Three years after the Essex landmark sold to LOGE Camps, an out-of-state hospitality company, its board of directors discovered a real estate portfolio "in significant distress" and began winding down operations at all active properties. The Izaak Walton Inn is expected to close March 6.
