How to Conserve the Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Wildlife officials, groups to host two upcoming meetings in Kalispell

Glacier National Park Begins Plowing Roads

Earliest possible opening of Going-to-the-Sun Road is June 15

Learning a Lesson

Lurching from one near disaster to another ...

Forest Service to Purchase, Restore Lands

Two projects in Montana approved through Land and Water Conservation Fund

Season of Mud

The best two seasons are at the front of the queue

Revisions Proposed for Montana’s Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program

Kalispell public meeting scheduled for April 9

Annual Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Public Meeting Scheduled

Public encouraged to attend annual gathering in Seeley Lake on April 14

Gidget’s Origins

Survey: Beetle Kill in Decline, But New Concerns Emerging

Signs of western spruce budworm and pine butterfly in parts of Northwest Montana

Carnal Knowledge

Outdoor television

Award-Winning Short Documentary Profiles Forest Service Fire Lookout

Filmmaker captures daily duties of lookout in North Fork area

Hellroaring Basin on Big Mountain Closes April 1

Snowmobile access becomes limited April 1 as well

More Ski Tours

Tally Lake Ranger District Plans Prescribed Burns

National Forest waiting for right weather, burn conditions

Swan Lake Ranger District Plans for Prescribed Burns

Flathead National Forest will begin burning when weather, fuel conditions are favorable

Montana needs independent journalism.

The Flathead Beacon will always be free, but quality community journalism is expensive to produce. Your support makes our reporting possible. Please consider a one-time or recurring gift to help sustain local independent journalism in northwest Montana. By joining the Editor’s Club and signing up for a recurring contribution, you will receive a custom-designed Glacier National Park print, as well as other exciting perks.

Click here to read about the impact the Beacon has on the community.

Support Our Work