By Elizabeth L. Harrison, UM News Service   MISSOULA – As a scientist, Jamie Peeler spent 10 years examining forest-fire dynamics […]

Missoula, Mont. – September 8, 2023  – The Missoula Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest seeks public feedback on the proposed Rock Creek […]

An Emergency area closure has been implemented in the Buck Ridge Yellow Mule area. The closure is necessary after an […]

Rowing a Drift Boat takes practice and training. These high-bowed boats can withstand big waves but can also end up […]

WASHINGTON — The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today announced that, as part of a settlement with the sole remaining […]

Missoula, Mont. – September 1, 2023  – The public is invited to participate in a Forest Plan Development workshop this month to discuss the future […]

Kalispell, MT, September 7, 2023 — The Flathead National Forest is inviting the public to review and make comments on three proposed fuel breaks […]

Missoula, Mont. (Sept 7, 2023) – The USDA Forest Service is making a nearly $19 million strategic investment to address invasive species threatening forests across the […]

On the evening of Sept. 1, two archery hunters shot and killed a large adult male grizzly bear in self-defense […]

Kalispell, MT, August 31, 2023 — The east side road of Hungry Horse Reservoir (National Forest System Road 38) will open […]

MISSOULA, Mont. — Furthering efforts to promote the scientific understanding and management of chronic wasting disease, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation committed $100,000 to two […]

Bozeman, MT – August 31, 2023 – The Custer Gallatin National Forest is seeking public comments on the Goose Creek Fuel Break Project. […]

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Dan Stahler has been selected as the new leader of Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project. A 21-year veteran of […]

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 31, 2023] – Search efforts are underway in Glacier National Park for Adam Fuselier, a 32-year-old man from Castle Pines, Colorado missing since […]

JACKSON – After coordination with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated […]

MISSOULA – Scientists have long assumed that national parks help conserve wildlife and protect biodiversity. But is that truly the case? […]

BOZEMAN – The Bridger Foothills fire in 2020 burned around 8,000 acres along the south end of the Bridger Mountains, […]

Missoula, Mont. (August 29, 2023) – Today, the USDA Forest Service announced it will invest in four proposed projects in the Northern Region to restore forests […]

On Sunday, 8/27/23, at 2109 hrs, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call regarding a male and female […]

Jason D. Wicks, age 49, of Hillman, Michigan, was arraigned in federal court on August 23, 2023, facing criminal charges […]

A new article published last week in Fisheries Magazine, the monthly magazine of the American Fisheries Society, studied fish in Mill Creek, near the […]

MISSOULA – An effort to restore native sharp-tailed grouse to western Montana continues, and this fall Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks […]

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that approximately 2.9 million visitors to Glacier National Park in 2022 spent […]

Red Lodge, Montana, August 22, 2023—White-nose syndrome (WNS) was recently confirmed in Mystery Cave in the Pryor Mountains during a […]

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HELENA – Montana’s famed fisheries provide amazing recreational opportunities, from blue ribbon trout streams in the west, to the world-famous […]

BOZEMAN, Mont., August 21, 2023 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montana is accepting applications for the […]

The Block Management Hunting Access Guide is available! Hunters can request their BMA Access Guide online and can print individual […]

by Joe DuPont First Smallmouth Bass, then Walleye, and now SALMON SHARKS!  When are our salmon and steelhead going to catch […]

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 14, 2023] – The National Park Service (NPS) has approved the Glacier National Park Westslope Cutthroat (WCT) and Bull Trout Preservation project […]

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 16, 2023] – Glacier National Park is seeking public feedback through September 30, 2023, on how visitors will access and experience […]

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 9, 2023] – Glacier National Park is proposing fee rate changes to most front country campgrounds in 2024 and Apgar Group Sites in […]

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – This year, Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks received funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as part […]

West Yellowstone, MT, August 7, 2023— The Custer Gallatin National Forest, Hebgen Lake Ranger District today released the Final Decision for the […]

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today criticized the Biden administration for a recent interpretation of federal law that would eliminate federal education […]

On Monday, July 31, a Teton Valley man was attacked and injured by a sow black bear with a cub […]

LANDER – A man was injured Aug. 5 by a grizzly bear while working in the Shoshone National Forest northwest of […]

Red Lodge, MT, August 1, 2023—Starting August 1, 2023 until rescinded, only hard-sided campers will be allowed at the Rattin […]

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park, in coordination with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Custer Gallatin National Forest, […]

Gardiner, MT (August 3, 2023) – The Custer Gallatin National Forest today released the Final Decision for the Buffalo Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout […]

alispell, MT, August 3, 2023 — As hot and dry weather conditions continue, firefighters continue working to contain several fires on […]