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, [...]
Oct 12 2011
From the Missoulian . . . Despite a legacy of conservation in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, a biologist told Glacier National Park employees Tuesday that 1.3 million acres of roadless public lands remain vulnerable, and with them a suite of fish and wildlife species… Although the core of the ecosystem is protected by [...]
Sep 23 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The woman who drowned on the North Fork Flathead River on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as Shawna Thomas, 51, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Thomas and her husband were in a rigid-framed collapsible kayak when they came around a corner on the North Fork four miles south [...]
Sep 22 2011
A tragedy on the river yesterday, a couple miles south of Polebridge. The Daily Inter Lake has the story . . . An Idaho woman drowned in the North Fork Flathead River on Wednesday afternoon after her inflatable kayak got tangled in tree roots. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said the woman and her husband [...]
Sep 01 2011
Many of you already got an email from the National Parks Conservation Association announcing the opening of the “Protect Glacier” website. For those who haven’t seen the big announcement yet, here it is: More than 30 years ago, fans of Glacier National Park were alarmed to learn of Canadian coal mining plans that would tear [...]
Jun 23 2011
Some of the discussion below doesn’t match the current North Fork flood gauge forecasts, but it behooves everyone to keep an eye on the river for the next two or three days. Also, the flood watch released yesterday is still in effect. From the Missoulian . . . Warm weather and a deep mountain snowpack [...]
Jun 22 2011
The National Weather service has issued a flood watch for the upper end of the Flathead drainage. Currently, they are forecasting a brief period of flooding for the North Fork at the Canadian border starting late Thursday/early Friday, but not for Polebridge. Here’s the official wording . . . … Flood Watch in effect for [...]
Jun 08 2011
This morning’s river level readings and forecast show the North Fork cresting a little below flood stage today both at the Canadian border and at Polebridge. Elsewhere in the area, minor flooding is expected for the Middle Fork at West Glacier and the main stem of the Flathead River near Columbia Falls. Check out the [...]
Jun 06 2011
From the National Weather Service . . . Statement as of 10:40 AM MDT on June 06, 2011 … Flood Watch in effect through Tuesday afternoon… The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a * Flood Watch for a portion of northwest Montana… including the following County… Flathead. * Until further notice * snowmelt [...]
Jun 06 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . What do you get when you add two warm weekend days, an expected 80-degree high temperature for Monday, and a rainstorm that is expected to move into western Montana late Monday and stay through Wednesday? A good chance that the Clark Fork, Bitterroot and Flathead rivers will be above [...]
