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Cabinet View's front 9 opens for play
The front nine at Cabinet View Golf Club is open for the season.
USFS looks to add 200 private acres, public Falls Creek Falls access
Kootenai National Forest officials look to tap the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire about 200 now-private acres adjoining Savage Lake and Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
Teck appears in Libby, fights back on troubling fish data
Canada’s premier steelmaking-coal miner says fish tissue flagging dangerous doses of an otherwise trace mineral remain bloated downstream in Northwestern Mon...
Spring turkey hunting draws near, bird numbers appear strong
Montana’s spring hunt for nonnative wild turkey starts five days later this season.
Recent data spell trouble for Koocanusa fish
If recent data from peamouth chub and other fish hold valid insight — and at least, biologists in Montana believe they do — selenium levels at Lake Koocanusa...
City councilors turn attention back to turkeys
When City Councilor Gary Beach broached the idea of contacting state officials to discuss getting a handle on Libby’s wild turkey population on March 7, coll...
Montana not interested in 30 by 30 initiative, says governor
Gov. Greg Gianforte registered his opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030 in a March 7 letter to the Interior Department that questioned the level of det...
Wild pig reports on the rise in Montana
Feral swine appear to be rooting up in Montana — and invasive species officials say they will be ramping up Big Sky’s “Squeal on Pigs!” campaign in the Flath...
Cattle ranchers don't want Montana wolves moved to Colorado
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture wolves in Montana to be transplanted in Colorado, after voters there narrowly ...
Permitting system proposed for morel mushrooms
Following last summer’s wildfires, the U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposed morel mushroom permit system for 2022.
Nebraska-born mountain lion killed in Montana
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A mountain lion that was born in Nebraska has been killed in Montana, a first for both states.
Wildlife officials survey for snapping turtles, bullfrogs
State invasive species specialists will take a second official look-see this summer for nonnative snapping turtles and other herptiles in the Flathead.
Commissioners issue new letter panning selenium standards
County commissioners put the finishing touches on a letter opposing the state Department of Environmental Quality’s new selenium standards for Lake Koocanusa...
Teck opens third B.C. water treatment plant
British Columbia-based Teck Resources Ltd. announced Friday that a third water treatment plant is operational for the coal giant to treat selenium in the upp...
Nearly half of U.S. bald eagles suffer lead poisoning
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's national bird is more beleaguered than previously believed, with nearly half of bald eagles tested across the U.S. showing signs ...