At the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, budget cuts and layoffs could jettison decades of cutting-edge research propping up the ecology and economy of the Crown of the Continent
A spate of winter weather closed the scenic highway’s alpine sections on Oct. 4, but officials announced Wednesday the road was open from West Glacier to St. Mary. Closures on the Highline Trail were also lifted.
I can also appreciate the joy my cat obviously gets padding around outside, hunting
Patrick Kelly plans to compare his findings here with his work on European bison in Poland.
The nonprofit Climate Smart Glacier Country will host a free Oct. 23 screening of “One in Five Hundred,” a documentary about the 2022 Yellowstone flood. A panel discussion about flood readiness and lessons learned from the 1964 Flathead floods will follow.
Although the alpine highway remains closed to Logan Pass from the west side, park officials have lifted the closure from the east.
The annual year-end fundraising event for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will be Oct. 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Flathead County Fairgrounds
Although most national parks remain “as accessible as possible during the federal government shutdown,” visitor services in Glacier National Park will be limited or unavailable as officials await guidance and business leaders are left “flying blind”
The 10th Circuit’s ruling should stand. I can’t say I’m confident it will.
A new National Park Service report shows visitor spending supported 5,190 jobs in Glacier’s gateway communities last year, while contributions to the national economy amounted to 340,100 jobs and $18.8 billion in labor income
By failing to apply for permits, a California couple who built a home on a streambank in Glacier National Park skirted state and federal environmental protections, a state agency wrote on appeal to the Ninth Circuit
I still enjoy fall fishing, but I just don’t get as many opportunities this time of year as I’d like
Wildland fire officials with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will burn 180 acres of state trust land to reduce fuel loading and promote forest health across the region. Smoke may be visible from Whitefish and the greater Flathead Valley.
The Montana Snowmobile Racing Association resurrected one of its signature shoulder-season events when it returned to the Flathead Valley with a fall grass drag
With a new presenting sponsor and a distance for everyone, the two-day trail-running event’s 16th edition is on track for the biggest field yet. For organizers, it’s also an opportunity to grow the community's conservation roots.
Several recent high-profile construction projects and a host of new land-use trends prompted a workshop to modernize lakeshore protection regulations last updated a decade ago
While their land valuations tell one story about their wealth, many lakefront property owners who spoke with the Beacon said they’re struggling to afford increasing tax figures and fear losing property they’ve owned for decades as the state’s new property tax code partially fell into place this year.
Teachers and staff members who participate describe several benefits from the program, which pays for them to eat with their students. They say the connections they build with their students make classroom management easier; help give valuable context to better meet their students where they’re at; and offers social safety.
