CHRIS PETERSON
Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News. He covers Columbia Falls, the Canyon, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All told, about 4 million acres of the best parts of the planet. He can be reached at editor@hungryhorsenews.com or 406-892-2151.
Recent Stories
Dog-eating grizzly causes consternation in North Fork
The problems started on Oct. 1, when a grizzly bear, apparently chasing a dog, encountered and mauled a woman at the “bubble-ups” near Trail Creek Road. Her husband drove it off with bear spray.
Zinke calls for end to Glacier reservation system
In an interview with the Hungry Horse News on Wednesday, Zinke expanded on his concerns, claiming that a person competes with 330 million other Americans for a chance to secure a vehicle reservation to enter Glacier Park.
Interior Secretary visits Lost Trail Conservation Area
The Lost Trail Conservation Area is the culmination of a 20-year locally led effort to conserve important big game corridors and recreational areas in the region.
Glacier Park plows get to work
The annual plowing of Glacier National Park’s roads is set to start this week.
Weyerhaeuser reports record profits in 2021
The year 2021 was a very good one for Weyerhaeuser. The company last week reported record net earnings of $2.6 billion.
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 five-year status review.
In Glacier, latest effort to preserve a native trout species a success
A project to rid a couple of high mountain lakes in Glacier National Park of non-native fish and replace them with native species was a success, Park fisheries biologist Chris Downs said.
Report suggests how to best manage grizzly bears
Gov. Steve Bullock’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council issued its final report to the governor on Thursday, offering a host of recommendations by consensus on how best to manage grizzly bears once they’re removed from the Endangered Species List.
Glacier Park
Hungry Horse News photographer Chris Peterson shot this photo at Glacier National Park.
Plows clearing Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road
The surest sign of spring in Glacier National Park is not the long sweet note of the varied thrush or the call of swans sweeping over the Continental Divide — it’s the rumble of diesels and the screech of steel digging into a winter’s worth of snow.