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Several Large Fires Burning on the Flathead Reservation
The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire is battling several spreading wildfires in the Mission Valley area. Officials welcomes the arrival of more crews and equipment to join the fight. A Complex Incident Management Team will arrive tonight to take command of multiple fires. Extensi...
Glacier National Park 2023 Construction Plans
WEST GLACIER, Mont. – Glacier National Park has announced plans for major construction areas during the 2023 summer season. Visitors are encouraged to plan ahead and prepare for traffic delays at the West Entrance and closures in the North Fork due to construction.
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UM Study: Paramount’s ‘Yellowstone’ Series Generates 2.1M Visitors, $750M in Spending for Montana
MISSOULA – Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” TV’s most popular series, has sparked the interest of a worldwide audience, bringing an estimated 2.1 million visitors and $730 million in spending to Montana in 2021, according to a new University of Montana study.
Conducted by UM’s Bureau of Busines...
Legendary MSU Coach Sonny Holland Dies at 84
BOZEMAN – Usually, the retirement of an athlete’s jersey number is reserved for later in their life or even after death. For Sonny Holland, that honor was bestowed upon number 52 immediately after his final game as a Bobcat in 1959, when Holland was 22 years old. Those arou
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Veterans Get Free Lifetime Pass to National Parks, Forests
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration announced that starting as of Veterans Day (Nov. 11), veterans of the U.S. Armed Services and Gold Star Families can obtain a free lifetime pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites spread out across more than 400 million acres of public lands, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and forests.
“We have a ...
MT DOC: $1.1 Million of Grant Funding Awarded to Blackfeet, Other Montana Tribal Nations
HELENA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today more than $1.1 million of grant funding has been awarded to seven of Montana’s Tribal Nations to enhance tourism activities. The grant funding is provided through Commerce’s Tribal Tourism Enhancement Grant (TTEG) program.
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Exposed Natural Gas Pipeline Forces Closure on a Portion of Stillwater River
BILLINGS – Fish, Wildlife & Parks has closed the Stillwater River to all watercraft between Absaroka Fishing Access Site (FAS) and the confluence of the Rosebud River, which is just upstream of Jeffreys Landing FAS.
Working closely with Stillwater County commissioners, FWP is providing an emergency closure of the area until further notice. The closure w
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UM Public Health Degree Earns National Accreditation
MISSOULA – Carissa Russell wants to work with communities to improve the health of minority populations.
This realization hit her while working toward an undergraduate degree in public health at the University of Montana. An incoming senior from Portland, Oregon, Russell paired her major with a minor in Spanish. This academic ...
MSU Student Publishes Research on Bison Over Past 20,000 Years
BOZEMAN – Though bison are often closely associated with the Great Plains, a new study by a Montana State University doctoral student has found that bison actually occupied much of North America over the last 20,000 years.
John Wendt, a doctoral student in the Department of Earth Sciences in MSU’s College of Letters and Science, studies how the distribution and abundance of large herbivores, such
FWP Announces New Process for Revising Fishing Regulations
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is taking a new approach to the fishing regulations review and development process. The new process will be simpler and allow the department to be more responsive to public input and resource needs.
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