Jun 12 2013
Another problem griz got a free ride to the North Fork earlier this week . . . A 4-year-old male grizzly bear has been captured near the lower Marias River and relocated west of Glacier National Park after a family reported lambs and a calf had been killed. Fish, Wildlife and Parks grizzly bear manager [...]
Apr 06 2013
Your friendly web-slinger was away on an extended road trip, so we’re playing catch-up. Here’s the first clutch of articles about significant events over the past couple of weeks . . . Elk River poisoned by coal mining – Dr. Ric Hauer of the Flathead Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana issued a [...]
Aug 12 2012
(UPDATED) According to the Daily Inter Lake, an 80-year-old Kalispell man drowned yesterday afternoon when his one-person pontoon boat flipped over on the North Fork near the Glacier Rim access point. A second individual, who was accompanying the victim in another one-man boat that also capsized, was discovered safe on shore about a half-mile upstream. [...]
Jul 27 2012
The title pretty much covers it. Larry has a few bones to pick with the Forest Service’s river facilities . . . Last week’s column mentioned concerns that at least some recreationists have regarding Forest Service management of the North Fork River. River launch sites at the international border and at Ford Ranger Station were [...]
May 14 2012
The current unseasonably warm weather will get snowpack runoff moving at a faster pace. Some Northwest Montana rivers and streams could approach flood stage by midweek. Locally, the North Fork Flathead River is forecast to get within half a foot of flood stage at the Canadian border by Wednesday, lasting through the end of the [...]
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
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 03 2012
Rachel Potter thought people might be interested in helping Glacier National Park and the U.S. Forest Service with river management, so she passed along the following information. “North Fork River monitoring and patrol” sounds like a pretty neat volunteer opportunity, but anyone interested needs to jump on it pretty quickly . . . Description: River [...]
Apr 23 2012
The “Crown of the Continent” area in Montana, including the North Fork of the Flathead River, made the list of “Top 5 American Treasures to Protect in 2012″ published on Earth Day by the Center for American Progress . . . The United States is home to some of the most stunning and unique natural [...]
Oct 26 2011
This week, Larry has some observations about the U.S. Forest Service bureaucracy . . . As promised early in the summer, the Forest Service has rebuilt boat access sites at the Canada border and at Ford Ranger Station. Although it will be easier to launch at Ford due to the removal of the wooden terraces, [...]
