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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/26/2026 > montana-delegation-champions-america-the-beautiful-act-to-fund-public-lands-maintenance

Montana delegation champions "America the Beautiful Act" to fund public lands maintenance

5+ hour, 24+ min 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…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/16/2026 > um-and-rocky-mountain-elk-foundation-select-director-of-hunting-center

UM and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation select director of hunting center

1+ week, 3+ day 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…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/15/2026 > retiring-biostation-directors-love-for-lakes-leaves-lasting-impact

Retiring bio station director's love for lakes leaves lasting impact

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/10/2026 > flathead-audubon-society-awards-lifetime-conservation-achievement

Flathead Audubon Society awards Lifetime Conservation Achievement

2+ week, 2+ 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…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/08/2026 > northwest-montana-outfitters-float-on-as-changes-effecting-local-fisheries

Financial ripple: Outfitters protect fishing resources to preserve industry with big economic impact

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1758+ words) Raef Dugan fly-fishes in the Flathead River on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Steve Haag casts a line into the Flathead River from a fishing kayak on Wednesday, Oct. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) G3 Outfitters on Flathead Lake…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/08/2026 > fishing-dollars-flow-quickly-through-montana-businesses

Fishing dollars flow quickly through Montana businesses

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (320+ words) The answer starts with recreation experiences and memories " a quiet morning on the North Fork, a family day on Flathead Lake, or a guide boat working through a riffle. These scenes shape how many people understand our region. They also…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 06/03/2026 > kegan-zoellner-a-mountain-momma-looks-to-preserve-

'Mountain Momma' looks to preserve land east of river with community support

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (509+ words) An aerial view of the River Road parcel. A Columbia Falls woman who is no stranger to public lands advocacy hopes to preserve a key piece of land east of the Flathead River. Keagan Zoellner recently pitched the idea of…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 05/31/2026 > ted-turner-leaves-a-legacy-of-protected-land-in-the-west

Ted Turner leaves a legacy of protected land in the West

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (579+ words) FILE - Ted Turner poses near a herd of his bison in September 1991 at his Flying D Ranch near Bozeman, Mont. (Linda Best/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP, File) AP Before he died at age 87 in early May, Ted Turner knew…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 05/21/2026 > montana-land-board-overhauls-land-swap-process

Montana Land Board overhauls land-swap process

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (498+ words) The Montana Land Board voted Monday to overhaul the process it uses to evaluate land-swap proposals. This is the first time the Land Board has made sweeping changes to Montana's land-swap policy in more than 20 years, and it happened with…...

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dailyinterlake. com > news > 05/08/2026 > more-than-a-media-mogul-ted-turner-leaves-behind-a-conservation-legacy

More than a media mogul, Ted Turner leaves behind a conservation legacy

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (823+ words) FILE - Ted Turner poses near a herd of his bison in September 1991 at his Flying D Ranch near Bozeman, Mont. (Linda Best/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP, File) AP Framing conservation as essential for human survival, Turner saw habitat restoration,…...