May 12 2012
Here’s some more information on road status in Glacier Park . . . Glacier National Park snow plows have advanced to the Big Bend area on Going-to-the-Sun Road, about 2.5 miles west of Logan Pass, while an east-side plowing crew is working in the Siyeh Bend area. Continue reading . . .
May 12 2012
A number of local emergency responders, including North Valley Rescue, were called out to help with a woman who took a tumble into the Flathead River yesterday . . . A woman in her 30s was rescued after falling out of her kayak Friday afternoon on the Flathead River. According to Brian Heino, search and [...]
May 12 2012
Here’s the Missoulian’s report on the Big Creek water quality restoration project . . . A major tributary to the North Fork of the Flathead River was removed from a list of impaired Montana water bodies Friday, becoming the first state stream to meet the standards for delisting. Officials with the Hungry Horse Ranger District [...]
May 11 2012
Glacier National Park is making steady progress opening roads this spring. The Inside North Fork Road is now open north of Logging Creek Ranger Station, making Bowman and Kintla Lakes accessible on the west side of the park. Also, another section of Going-to-the-Sun Road opened up, permitting public access as far as Avalanche on the [...]
May 11 2012
Big Creek, a major tributary of the North Fork, has now officially completed a restoration process aimed at reducing sediment contamination. . . . Big Creek is the first stream in the state to have completed a water quality restoration process aimed at reducing sediments. the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Flathead National Forest [...]
May 10 2012
“OR7,” the first wild wolf to enter California in almost 90 years (see earlier story), seems to have settled down in Northern California for now after a brief excursion back into Oregon . . . A young male wolf from Oregon that has won worldwide fame while trekking across mountains, deserts and highways looking for [...]
May 10 2012
The FWP commissioners voted tentative approval for wolf trapping this hunting season, as well as elimination of quotas . . . Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners have given their initial approval to the 2012 wolf-hunt proposal that would allow trapping and eliminate quotas. After a nearly four-hour hearing Thursday in which more than 60 [...]
May 07 2012
Here’s another sure sign of spring: The area’s national forest campgrounds are beginning to open up . . . Warm temperatures are expected to return this week and just in time for the opening of several campgrounds throughout the Flathead National Forest. Campgrounds at Big Creek, Emery Bay, Holland Lake, Swan Lake, and Tally Lake [...]
May 07 2012
There’s been some loose talk recently about introducing a wolf trapping season . . . State wildlife managers want to substantially liberalize the 2012-13 wolf-hunting season in another attempt to decrease pack numbers in Montana. Trapping wolves, allowing the taking of up to three wolves, using electronic calls, lengthening the hunt and eliminating quotas are [...]
May 06 2012
From the Missoulian . . . A controversial bill that aims to shift authority over federal lands within 100 miles of the U.S. border to the Department of Homeland Security could be nearing a vote on the House floor, a development that has renewed debate over the measure’s applicability in places like Montana, where it [...]
