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

Proponents say the Flathead National Forest's proposal would reduce wildland fire risk and improve forest health in a critical infrastructure corridor along the Middle Fork Flathead River. Meanwhile, conservation organizations are pressing for more environmental review in a 67,536-acre project area that includes a Wild and Scenic-designated river and roadless lands.

Big cities are for visiting now, not moving back to

An atmospheric river last month deposited up to 36 inches of snow to the mountains, bringing the Flathead River basin snow water equivalent levels to 114% of normal by Jan. 9