Feb 01 2012
Here is a little more detail on the closure of the wolf hunt in the North Fork area, as well as general hunt status in this corner of Montana . . . A wolf hunting district covering the North Fork Flathead drainage has been closed by the state because the district’s wolf quota recently was [...]
Jan 15 2012
Here’s a little North Fork area search and rescue action . . . Two cross-country skiers were rescued Sunday from the remote North Fork area of Glacier National Park after spending the night lost and stranded in the backcountry during a winter storm. A husband and wife from Kalispell, ages 46 and 39 respectively, sent [...]
Apr 21 2011
Larry Wilson’s column this week discusses the changes on the North Fork over the last century or so, especially those related to Forest Service activity . . . I have written several times about how change has affected the North Fork, especially the changes brought about by the influx of the two periods of homesteading [...]
Jan 24 2010
The Vital Ground Foundation has secured a 160-acre conservation easement in the North Fork Valley, just a little ways north of Columbia Falls. Here’s the lead-in from the official press release . . . The Vital Ground Foundation announced today that it has secured a 160-acre conservation easement in the North Fork Flathead Valley of [...]
Nov 19 2009
From this week’s Hungry Horse News . . . Contrary to rumors, a wolf killed up the North Fork by a hunter was not the alpha female of a Glacier Park pack. Kent Laudon, wolf management specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said the wolf was a 2-year-old and was wearing a radio collar, [...]
Aug 27 2009
The Flathead Beacon has an excellent article on the issues surrounding oil leases on the North Fork. Dan Testa really did his homework on this one. Here’s a teaser . . . During Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s Aug. 11 visit to the North Fork of the Flathead River, he heard from members of various local [...]
Aug 12 2009
The Missoulian covered yesterday’s visit to the North Fork by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar with a nice write-up and about five minutes of video. Here’s the lead-in . . . U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, on a swing through Montana to highlight water issues, came to the North Fork on Tuesday to see the confluence [...]
