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Coeur d'Alene's Wolf Lodge may rise again
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (719+ words) Shawn and Nicole Martel stand at the home of the Wolf Lodge Steakhouse before it was destroyed in a fire on Labor Day 2024. Construction to rebuild the restaurant could begin soon. BILL BULEY/Press The Wolf Lodge Steakhouse is close…...
Canada goose finds birds of a feather in Whitefish
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (795+ words) A Canada goose made friends with a few homeowners in Whitefish in March who were concerned for the seemingly lost, but sweet bird. " "It was here about three days, and then decided to look around," Mitzi Anderson said. "Went down…...
Interior Secretary ramps up assault on public land
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (344+ words) For the second consecutive year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has proposed a budget that attempts to undermine the agencies that care for America's public lands. Released in early April, the fiscal 2027 budget plans to cut nearly 3, 000 positions from the National…...
Osprey monitoring project takes flight in Northwest Montana
2+ week, 2+ day ago (964+ words) A pair of ospreys nest above the Flathead River on Wednesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Beth and Bob Watne work to untangle and osprey that is trapped in bailing twine on a fence in Kalispell on…...
Study: CFAC cleanup will have no lasting impact on endangered species
2+ week, 4+ day ago (304+ words) A supplemental biological assessment on the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site cleanup found the effort is not expected to have any long-term impacts on several endangered species. The assessment, prepared by Morrison Maierle, was required by the Environmental Protection…...
State plans new 48, 000-acre conservation easement near Thompson Falls
2+ week, 5+ day ago (467+ words) A map of forestlands included in the Upper Thompson Conservation Easement. (Courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks) Paddleboarders explore Upper Thompson Lake at Thompson Chain of Lakes State Park on Sunday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider…...
Conservation easement secures wildlife habitat near Jewel Basin
3+ week, 4+ day ago (184+ words) Flathead Land Trust worked with anonymous property owners to enact a conservation easement on a 60-acre parcel of land near the Jewel Basin. (Courtesy of Flathead Land Trust) A recently implemented 60-acre conservation easement north of Echo Lake will offer…...
Bison need better treatment from Montana
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (515+ words) In 1886, the last wild buffalo on the Great Plains was killed among the steep bluffs and badlands of central Montana, the final remnant of the tens of millions of bison that once roamed the nation's vast prairies. " The slaughter of…...
Winging it through winter: Rare Anna's hummingbird finds shelter in Bigfork backyard
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (979+ words) Female Anna's hummingbirds are green, with a small pinkish red marking called a gorget on their throat. (Courtesy of Michell De Leon Tyler) Michell De Leon Tyler poses near a hummingbird feeder and heat lamp she set up on her…...
Recalling birds: Art exhibit manifests reverence for feathered creatures
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) A cyanotype shows a scientist holding a bird at a bird banding station. (Courtesy of Daniel Lombardi) Imagine a world without birds. " No flittering of tiny chickadees on branches. No mocking call from a black raven overhead. No red-tailed hawks…...