Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Wildlife management plan stuck in limbo
Libby officials are tentatively planning a meeting with FWP representatives to finish hashing out the city’s wil...
Chronic wasting disease test developed by scientists
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scientists have developed a new way to test live animals for chronic wasting disease that holds promise for one day detecting the illness in the wild.
Forest Service projects waiting in the wings
U.S. Forest Service officials are continuing work on a slate of projects designed to increase local timber harvests in the coming years.
Officials: Yellowstone-area grizzly bear deaths up from 2019
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and were higher than the 10-year average, wildlife offi...
Rabbit Tracts partnership receives approval
State officials have approved a local forest management project, which aims to build a partnership between private landowners and county, state and federal o...
Officials seek funding to weed out invasive plant species
Local experts say they have a shot at nipping the spread of an invasive weed in the bud, but they need financial backing from the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners.
FWP looking to hire at area parks
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are looking for full- and part-time hires at several Flathead Valley parks.
Study: Grizzlies should stay on endangered species list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending no change to the current listed status of the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, following the completion of a f...
Teck fined $60 million for polluting Koocanusa tributary
A Canadian coal mining company faces $60 million in fines after pleading guilty to polluting a tributary of Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River.
Flower Creek watershed report nears completion
Without the Flower Creek watershed, there is no City of Libby.
Rescue teams turn up missing outdoorsman
Following a day of search and rescue operations, on March 24 authorities found a missing Libby man who disappeared in the brush with his dog earlier this week.
Longtime game warden reflects on career in Lincoln County
After longtime game warden Tamie Laverdure-Fitchett reinjured her back a few years ago, a doctor advised her to consider a change in career or, at the very l...
Forest officials eye potential projects
The Kootenai National Forest is set to receive another boost in federal funding courtesy of the Great American Outdoors Act.
'Bear aware' season is in full swing
With the onset of spring comes an uptick in wildlife activity in northwest Montana.
Seepage near Libby Creek nonhazardous, officials say
Recreationalists walking the trail along Libby Creek were alarmed to find an orange-colored substance seeping into the stream in January, though officials ha...