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Guest opinion: States must not determine the fate of grizzly bears
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (505+ words) It’s no secret that grizzly bears in the Lower 48 live close to the edge of extinction. Now, with little explanation and almost no time for the public to respond, the Trump administration and three Western governors have proposed to make…...
Something to cluck over: Competitors rise to the top of the pecking order at poultry show
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (748+ words) Donald Barger, a licensed judge from the American Poultry Association, describes the feathers on a genetic hackle chicken which can be used to make fly fishing flies, during the 4-H Poultry Show inside the Small Animal Barn at the Northwest…...
Wetland conservation is reshaping public access projects
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (634+ words) because they're being designed around natural hydrology, and universal access is expanding beyond conventional trails. Interpretation is also becoming part of the infrastructure, and access projects are creating new partnerships and funding models. According to Open Forests, 25% of wetland species…...
Bison Range flourishes with uptick in calves, visitors
3+ week, 4+ day ago (700+ words) A bison grazes through the tall grass at the CSKT Bison Range on Thursday, June 25. (Emily Messer/Leader) A momma bear heads down the hill to find her two mischievous cubs climbing a tree at the CSKT Bison Range. (Emily…...
Guest opinion: Conservation isn’t a partisan issue
3+ week, 5+ day ago (425+ words) A hiker looks over Wolverine Lake from Poorman Mountain in the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area near Eureka. The Ten Lakes WSA is one of several areas identified for release in Senate Joint Resolution 14. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News) Montana’s…...
State gauges interest in conservation easement near Herron Park
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (181+ words) Flathead Land Trust is partnering with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Foys to Blacktail Trails to implement a 1,100-acre conservation easement south of Herron Park (Courtesy of Flathead Land Trust). State wildlife officials are gauging public interest in a…...
Montana delegation champions ‘America the Beautiful Act’ to fund public lands maintenance
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (706+ words) Mountain goats walk along the Sperry Glacier Trail above Akaiyan Lake in Glacier National Park on Monday, Sept. 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider A bill sponsored by Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines aimed at renewing a $2 billion investment in…...
UM and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation select director of hunting center
2+ mon, 3+ hour ago (383+ words) Dr. Nicole Tatman will serve as the inaugural director of UM’s Center for Hunting and Conservation, the first academic home for hunting research in the country. MISSOULA – The University of Montana recently named Nicole Tatman the inaugural director of the…...
Retiring bio station director’s love for lakes leaves lasting impact
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (940+ words) Jim Elser will retire this year, after serving as the director of Flathead Lake Biological Station for 10 years. (Hailey Smalley/Daily Inter Lake) Jim Elser met two of his greatest loves at once. The sophomore biology student was taking summer…...
Flathead Audubon Society awards Lifetime Conservation Achievement
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (330+ words) Linda Winnie's contributions to the Flathead Audubon Society are woven throughout the organization’s past 30 years of progress. She has been recognized by the society with its Lifetime Conservation Achievement. In 1988, she married fellow IU faculty member John Winnie on Big…...