Apr 30 2011
Following many months of extensive and often noisy renovation, the Polebridge Mercantile officially reopens on May 1st. According to their Facebook page, the hours will be: May: 7am-close (6ish during the week and 9ish on weekends) June-August: 7am-10pm September-November: 7am-close (6ish during the week and 9ish on weekends) And even more good news, the Northern [...]
Apr 29 2011
Glacier National Park just announced a two-year project to study harlequin ducks, which are, it turns out, pretty interesting critters. Here’s the core of the press release . . . Glacier National Park scientists in cooperation with researchers from the University of Montana, will initiate a two-year study of harlequin ducks on Upper McDonald Creek [...]
Apr 29 2011
The Daily Inter Lake has a good write-up on yesterday’s National Weather Service briefing on the growing flood potential in the Flathead and surrounding areas. Short version: We’ll almost certainly see flooding and it will likely persist into June . . . As the big chill continues, the snowpack across Western Montana and particularly in [...]
Apr 29 2011
According to this article posted late yesterday to the Missoulian’s web site, meteorologists continue to sound the alarm about the flood potential in Idaho and northwest Montana . . . With no end in sight to western Montana’s unseasonably cool spring weather, the mountains are retaining a winter’s worth of heavy, water-loaded snowpack — and [...]
Apr 27 2011
Larry Wilson’s column this week reveals some tidbits about the early history of the North Fork Road . . . This winter, I have spent more time in my Columbia Falls residence than up the North Fork. It has had some advantages. In town, I have a computer and have received a number of e-mails [...]
Apr 26 2011
The Great Falls Tribune reports on the latest developments in the Coalition to Protect the Rocky Mountain Front’s work on a proposal to provide protection for the Rocky Mountain Front . . . Conservation groups dropped 28,937 acres in the Helena National Forest from a plan to better protect 300,000 acres in the Rocky Mountains… [...]
Apr 24 2011
An interesting retrospective on Ed Bangs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wolf recovery coordinator for the northern Rockies, who will be retiring in June . . . Ed Bangs, who for 23 years led the effort to reintroduce and recover healthy wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains, is retiring from the U.S. Fish [...]
Apr 23 2011
More warnings about possible flooding when this year’s massive snowpack starts melting off . . . Local emergency response officials are urging residents of flood-prone areas to plan and prepare for potential flooding. “Basically, what we’re telling people the best thing they can do to help responders is to be able to take care of [...]
Apr 23 2011
There are some pretty impressive numbers here. It’s looking more and more like flooding will be a significant issue this spring . . . Snow keeps piling up in Glacier National Park and in mountain ranges across Northwest Montana at a time when the snowpack usually is diminishing. Recent storms have delivered 8 inches of [...]
Apr 23 2011
From a recent email sent out by Janet Barwick, NRDC Montana Wildlife Advocate . . . Senate Bill 414, the Montana Wolf Control Act, has been voted down in the Montana House. This bill would have made it legal to shoot wolves on private land, at any time, even without a hunting license, endangering the [...]
