Dec 09 2011
Glacier National Park is shifting over to winter mode. The park is not closed by any means; there’s still plenty to see and do. A couple of online publications have excellent articles on Glacier’s winter operations, including fees, activities and facilities. The National Parks Traveler has a very complete write up, whereas the Flathead Beacon [...]
Sep 14 2011
From the Daily Inter Lake . . . Several wildfires touched off by lightning Sept. 8 made galloping runs over the weekend along the Continental Divide, most of them in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Continue reading . . .
Jun 29 2011
From a press release posted to the Flathead National Forest web site . . . Release Date: Jun 28, 2011 Public access on the Moose Creek Road, Forest Road #210C, and the Moran Creek Road, Forest Road #5241, both located north of Columbia Falls on the Flathead National Forest, will have temporary access changes beginning [...]
Jun 09 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . Rising water levels on the Flathead River have forced closures at several access sites in the Flathead National Forest, U.S. Forest Service officials announced Wednesday. The closures went into effect at access sites at West Glacier and Blankenship Bridge, while some sites at Big Creek Campground near the North [...]
Jun 07 2011
From the Hungry Horse News comes word that conditions are just too soggy for Red Meadow Road to open on schedule . . . The Flathead National Forest will keep Red Meadow Road, Forest Road No. 114, about 40 miles north of Columbia Falls, closed to protect the road surface past the usual June 1 [...]
May 15 2011
Saturated soils and a delayed spring runoff are causing a lot of problems in the Flathead National Forest. In the North Fork, for instance, Hay Creek Road is closed due to a slump. Today’s Daily Inter Lake has the story . . . Warming temperatures and snow melt are contributing to increased water levels in [...]
Nov 18 2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the recent shooting of two wolves on the Flathead National Forest. The carcasses were found on the same day, Nov. 6, in different locations on the forest. One was found along Coal Creek Road in the North Fork Flathead [...]
Sep 09 2010
This week’s Hungry Horse News has an interesting write-up on forest recovery after a wildfire . . . On a hard hot day in August, Scott Lang, Alison Lay and Mike McClellan are standing in a young forest in Glacier National Park, taking note of the trees. The forest doesn’t look like much. The trees [...]
Jul 24 2010
Here’s a pretty good article on Chip Weber, the new Flathead National Supervisor, from Thursday’s Daily Inter Lake . . . Chip Weber has a diverse background and broad interests in forest management, all of which should be helpful for the new supervisor of the Flathead National Forest. Weber came to the Flathead about two [...]
Jun 15 2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Flathead National Forest is launching a series of federal stimulus projects this summer, some of which will cause temporary access changes across the forest. “We are doing so much improvements that the public is going to like this and appreciate it. They will be very noticeable,” [...]
